Find service-learning opportunities

 Zooniverse Research Projects

Earn service-learning hours online by participating in science projects through Zooniverse. Help researchers around the world with tasks you can complete on your computer. Some projects include monitoring wildlife cameras, climate patterns, deciphering botany samples, or identifying marine invertebrates!

To get started, visit www.zooniverse.org and create an account. You may choose from any project, and you can track the classifications you’ve completed from your profile page. In order to receive service-learning credit, you must complete our Zooniverse Project Reflection form, which includes uploading a screenshot of your profile page and completed classification number. Approximately fifty classifications equals one hour of service-learning credit.

Example Projects

Snow Spotter: Help hydrologists from the University of Washington analyze forest-snow interception patterns by examining timelapse photos.

Mapping Change: Help us use over a century's worth of specimens to map the distribution of animals, plants, and fungi. Your data will let us know where species have been and predict where they may end up in the future!

Penguin Watch: Count penguins, chicks, and eggs in far away lands to help us understand their lives and environment.

Cedar Creek: Eyes on the Wild: Help researchers untangle the complex and surprising interactions among North American fauna!

Killer Whale Count: Identify and count killer whales to determine if their predation is causing Steller sea lion declines!

Whale Chat: Identification and classification of humpback whale vocalizations.

Cradle of Humanity: Help National Museums of Kenya to transcribe vertebrate fossil specimen cards into a database.

Jovian Vortex Hunter: Help us find interesting features in Jupiter's atmosphere!

https://www.usgs.gov/youth-and-education-in-science/citizen-science 

Spread Awareness on Consent and Bystander Intervention

You are invited to create an artistic project in order to support remote outreach efforts of the Violence Prevention program. You may create digital art, write a story/poem, create videos, paint something and upload it, and more. 

Service Purpose/Project Goal: Students will become aware of the issues of consent and bystander intervention and become empowered by educating others via their service. They will learn about communication and collaboration to achieve social change while assisting the Violence Prevention program in their messaging. 

Project Date: Ongoing 

Service-Learning Hours: 5 hours 

 Please use this link to begin: Bystander Intervention Overview

#SayHerName: Violence Against Women

“On May 20, 2015, at Union Square in New York City, AAPF hosted #SayHerName: A Vigil in Memory of Black Women and Girls Killed by the Police. For the first time, family members of Black women killed by police came together from across the country for a powerful vigil designed to draw attention to their loved ones' stories”. - AAPF

We invite you to learn the history of the movement and honor the women we have lost and acknowledging their stories. We will not allow them to be forgotten. This Action of Service is created to be performed on your time, availability, and location of choice. Please use this link to begin and join us: #sayhername: Violence Against Women 

Food Pantry Cookbook Recipe Project

The Edmonds College Food Pantry is looking for volunteers to help create recipe cards to put together in a cookbook! The purpose of this project is to create simple, nutritional recipes for us to share with our visitors to provide them with healthy options while using the food they take home each week from our pantry.

There are three different types of recipes you can create:

• A meal using multiple food pantry items that we could display as a “Featured Meal of the Week.”
• A substitute/alternative for another item typically found in a recipe (e.g., using applesauce as a substitute for oil or butter while baking)
• A unique way to cook and incorporate the bulk items we buy (pasta, rice, beans, lentils, etc.)

If you're interested in volunteering with the food pantry, please sign up with our Cookbook Recipe Sign-up Form. For more information about this opportunity, check out our Cookbook Recipe Project Presentation! Please contact Stewart Sinning at stewart.sinning@edmonds.edu with any questions.

Idealist and VolunteerMatch

VolunteerMatch and Idealist are two great websites for finding virtual service-learning opportunities. Once you’re in contact with a sponsoring organization, please email Stewart Sinning at stewart.sinning@edmonds.edu to receive service-learning credit for your work.

Recommended opportunities:

• Prayer Shawls for Hospice Patients
• Forest Fire Prevention Serious Game Simulation
• Homeless Prevention Simulation
• Farmer Frog