Our Vision

We believe that high quality service-learning instruction prepares students to use their knowledge and skills to solve community problems. Students who participate in service-learning gain the knowledge, attitudes and skills needed to become engaged citizens and impact environmental challenges that lie ahead. Our goals are to support teachers' science instruction, boost students’ collaborative skills, and spark students’ interest in future civic work.

The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) has been reviewing evidence-based SEL programs since 2003. Connect Science meets CASEL’s Promising Program designation and is included in their CASEL Program Guide as a recommended program for social and emotional learning. Research from a randomized controlled trial in the 2017-2018 academic year showed that Connect Science improved teacher science instructional practices and 4th grade students’ science achievement, as well as their energy attitudes and behaviors.