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Math Service-Learning Project Ideas

Here are some service-learning ideas that will promote math education:

Community Garden
A community garden would require students to do a lot of measuring! Students will strengthen their math skills by measuring the square footage of the garden plots, the space between plantings, the amount of rainfall during the growing season, and the amount of plant food to be diluted for feeding the garden. When the plants are ready for harvest, students will be able to measure the yield of the crops that they have planted.

Math Games
High School or Middle School math students can create math games for elementary students. The games would help the elementary students get better acquainted with different math concepts, and if the older students were to visit the elementary classrooms in order to teach the games, tutoring skills would be promoted amongst the high school students!

Tax Season
Tax season can be a troubling time for low-income households, senior citizens, or even certain disabled populations. In conjunction with a local office of the IRS or a professional organization of CPAs, students could organize tax clinics at a local community center. In addition to learning more about the many professions involved with taxes and accounting, students can become more familiar with the math procedures involved with filing taxes and filling out the many different types of tax federal, state and local tax forms.

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