CURRENT 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. Currently out of data but keep checking for updated data!

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. Currently out of data but keep checking for updated data!

Cedar Creek: Eyes on the Wild: This is a finished project where real people helped researchers untangle the complex and surprising interactions among North American fauna. Click to see results!

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.

SquirrelMapper: Assist in identifying squirrels of different fur color as well as their predators. With your help analyzing these photos scientists can better understand how mammals adapt to rapidly changing environments.

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

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 Food Pantry Volunteer Interest 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

VolunteerMatchIdealist 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 G a.m.e Simulation
• Homeless Prevention Simulation
• Farmer Frog