Service Project Ideas

SERVICE PROJECT IDEAS

Select a topic to discover service project ideas.

Environment

Hunger

Gardening

Animals

Elderly

Health

Life on Land andLife Below Water

A lack of accessto nutritious food.

A hobby & a way to grow your food.

Animal protectionand care

Caring for those who can't.

Good Health& Well-Being

Poverty

Special Needs

Homelessness

Literacy

A lack of finances to meet a person's basic needs.

Physical or Learning Disabilities

A lack of safe & reasonable shelter.

Reading & Writing

ANIMALS

Animal Protection & Care

History

Math

Art

Languages

Lanugage Arts

Music

Create a timelineof endangered animals.

Develop a budgetfor the weekly costof pet care.

Create an informational brochure in another language about endangered animals in another country.

Use art to raise awareness about endangered animals or animal abuse.

Create & illustratean ABC bookof endangered animals.

Create and play a song to raise awareness about animal issues.

Science

Math

Technology

Math

Create a diarama of the habitatof an endangered animal. Use it to share information about this animal.

Create a graph documenting the population changes of endangered animals.

Create a website to raise awareness about endangered animals.

Use your math skills to build a replica of our animal shelter. Use it to share local statistics.

ENVIRONMENT

Life on Land & Life Below Water

Science

History

History

Art

Math

Learn aboutand then make recycled paper.

Language Arts

Research the history of the National Park Service and plan a trip to your favorite National Parks.

Create a timeline museum of historical environmentalists.

Create postersto share recycling tips with the school campus.

Create an infographic poster featuring environmental statistics.

Create a social media profile for famous environmentalists.

Technology

Languages

Science

Science

Research & share: Does computer use result in less paper being used?

Create Reduce, Reuse, Recycle posters in many different lanuages.

Research & shareinteresting factsabout life on land.

Research & share interesting facts about lifebelow water.

ELDERLY

Caring for those who can't care for themselves.

Science

Technology

History

Music

Social Studies

Research & share tips to lengthen life expectancy.

Language Arts

Create an online memory book for an elderly person in your life.

Create a timeline of important events that happened during the oldest person's life.

Learn & perform music from previous generations.

Create a Venn Diagram to compare how the elderly are treated in different cultures.

Become a Pen Pal with a local assisted living community.

Technology

Math

Physical Ed.

Science

Create a website documenting each decade from the previous century.

Rearch and create graphs to showcase important statistics about the elderly.

Create a game that elderly people could play to stay active.

Research and share health concerns for the elderly and ways to prevent them.

GARDENING

A hobby & a way to grow your own food.

Technology

Math

History

Physical Ed

Social Studies

Research Square Foot Gardening. Create a digital mock-up of yourown dream garden.

Create a budget and price list for plants and materials for a school garden.

Art

Research and share about World War II Victory Gardens.

Research and share the benefits of gardening on the body & mind.

Research and share native plants to your area and Native American gardening techniques.

Sculpt your own planting pot.Don't forget the drainage hole!

Art

Languages

Science

Science

Create weather-proof art for the garden. Donate itto a local non-profit.

Make multilingual signs for the garden, including plant stakes and labels for tools.

Germinate your own seeds.

Study invasive exotic plans in our areaand how to get ridof them.

HEALTH

Good Health & Well-Being

Math

Technology

Art

Physical Ed

Compare andshare nutritional information from food labelsof commonly eaten snacks at school.

Research and share the impact technology has on students' well-being.

Social Studies

Use art to raise awareness about healthy habits.

Social Studies

Research and share the workout routines of famous athletes.

Research andshare about the Slow Foodmovement.

Research and share folk remedies of different cultures.

Language Arts

Languages

Math

Science

Create a persuasive speech to convince a target audience (kids, elderly, etc) about healthy habits.

Research and create recipes from other cultures in their native language.

Compare health care costs around the world. Create a graph to share.

Learn what blood pressure is and how to check it.

HUNGER

A lack of access to nutritious food.

Physical Ed

Math

Art

Science

Research and share the effects of malnutrition on physical health.

Create a world map to share hunger statistics from around the world.

Social Studies

Use art to raise awareness about childhood hungerin America.

History

Learn about the food pyramid to education the campus about nutritional needs.

Create a website for a fictional nonprofit that addresses hunger.

Research and share information about the Irish Potato Famine.

Technology

Physical Ed

Language Arts

Science

Create a brochurefor a local food bank including information about hungerin our area.

Research and plan a volunteer day at The Caring Place or Central Texas Food Bank.

Create your own poem about childhood hunger.

Research the effects of hunger on student achievement in school. Share what you learned.

HOMELESSNESS

A lack of safe and reasonable shelter.

Languages

Math

Physical Ed

Music

Research different kinds of home structures around the world and their names in each language.

Social Studies

Research and create a graphto show the average home price throughout thepast century.

Language Arts

Build a miniature tiny home structure to raise awareness about homelessness.

Create and perform a song about childhood homeslessness.

Research and share nonprofits around the world who are helping to end homelessness.

Read a novelin which the main character is someone who is experiencing homelessness.

Technology

Physical Ed

Art

Science

Create a website fora fictional nonprofit that addresses homelessnessaround the world.

Research and plan a volunteer dayat Habitat For Humanity.

Create art to raise awareness about homelessnessin America.

Research and share the best building materials to use for various regions around the world.

POVERTY

A lack of finances to meet a person's basic needs.

Social Studies

Art

Language Arts

Music

Social Studies

Research and compare the statistics of poverty in different countries around the world.

Language Arts

Create a work of art to raise awareness about povertyaround the world.

Research myths and facts about poverty. Share what you learned with others.

Interview a city council memberto learn about what is being done to address poverty in Georgetown.

Create and playa song about povertyin America.

Read a novelin which the main character is someone who is experiencing extreme poverty.

Technology

Math

Science

Math

Create a fictional nonprofit that addresses povertyin Africa or Asia.

Create a budget for someone in Georgetown living on less than $14,000 per year.

Research and share the impact that poverty can have on the environment. Reference countries like Haiti.

Create a resource to teach others about smart financial habits that can prevent poverty.

LITERACY

Reading & Writing

Languages

Physical Ed

Social Studies

Art

Social Studies

Create kid-friendly lessons or gamesto learn another language.

Create a physical activity to teachthe alphabet to young children.

Research and share storytelling techniques from other cultures.

Learn and share about current legislation that would impactyour school.

Create art that incorporates quotes from famous novels.

Language Arts

Create and sharea book playlist ofyour favorite books.

Math

Science

Math

History

Research and createa graph to show literacy rates for each state or countries around the world.

Research and share about learning differences and learning disabilities.

Learn and sharewhat it means to be math literate. Create a resource for kids to learn basic math skills.

Research andcreate a timeline to document the history of public schoolingin America.

SPECIAL NEEDS

Physical or Learning Disabilities

Languages

Social Studies

Technology

Art

Math

Create a language only using picture symbols. Write a short story using that language.

Research and share about the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990).

Science

Design and createa tool that could help someone with a physical disability.

Research and graph national statisitcs on variousphysical or learning disabilities.

Create an art display that raises awareness abouta certain learning disability.

Learn how thehuman neurological system is affectedby different special needs conditions.

History

Science

Physical Ed

Language Arts

Research and create profiles for famous leaders who hada physical orlearning disability.

Research and share about learning differences and learning disabilities.

Research and share famous athletes who had a physical or learning disability.

Read a novelin which the main character has a physical or learning disability.