Making the landsea connection in innercity Richmond classroom

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Making the land-sea connection in inner-city
Richmond classroom
Contact Info Malcolm Hill University of
Richmond Richmond, VA 23173 804-287-6628 mhill2_at_ri
chmond.edu

• Bringing the Chesapeake to school and bringing
  students to the Bay

• Overall objectives
• To create a service-learning non-majors science
  course entitled Marine Biology of the Chesapeake
  Bay.
• To build a partnership with a local elementary
  school and integrate the college and 4th5th
  grade classes.

• Course goals
• Teach University of Richmond students about the
  Chesapeake Bay, its watershed, and environmental
  issues facing the Bay through direct data
  collection, observation, and hands-on activities.

• Students will join 5th grade classrooms to help
  teach elementary students about the Bay and
  provide meaningful outdoor experiences for all
  students.

• Achievements To Date
• Course approved by the Department and Curriculum
  Committee for Spring 2007.
• Equipment for the elementary schools is ordered
  and we have received several items.
• Plans have been made with teachers at our partner
  school Overby Sheppard Elementary

Overby-Sheppard Demographics Economics Overview
(2004-05) 99 African American 1 Hispanic 86
Qualify for Free Lunch 4 Qualify for Reduced
Lunch
As part of our assessment, we will compare
science SOL test scores from previous years and
our goal is to help the Overby-Sheppard students
improve their scores.