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**Lincoln-Preston STEMester of Service Wiki**
 * The 8th grade team at Lincoln I.B. World School was again chosen as a recipient STEMester of Service Grant. Funded by Learn and Serve America, a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, STEMester of Service incorporates YSA’s semester-long service-learning framework to engage educators and students in addressing critical environmental needs and connecting them to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) curricula, specifically science and technology, in order to increase student academic achievement. **

This year students will be collaborating with students at Preston Middle School on our project. This project will align to our I.B. Curriculum and allow students to look at a community environmental issue through I.B. Areas of Interactions of Community and Service and Environments.

This year students will be exploring the community issue of the Centennial Uranium Mine that is being proposed east of Fort Collins in the small town of Nunn, Colorado. Students will use this community issue as a lens it will allow students to draw content connections from the three main units of curricula from the PBIS science curriculum, Living Together (Life Science), Ever-Changing Earth (Earth Science), and Vehicles in Motion (Physical Science).

Throughout the year there are several activities and events are planned. The following are tentatively scheduled for this year so far:

**Water Testing Fieldwork:** Fridays in October and First Week of November The following dates in October students will apply to do water quality testing on the Poudre River and one well site close to the proposed Uranium Mine. As students collect data, Math classes will be organizing and doing statistical tests on the data and Science classes will analyze the data for a water quality report as a baseline to understand the possible impact of the proposed mine. Students will be using Vernir Probeware to collect data.


 * Friday October 8th || Stove Prairie Landing Poudre Canyon, CO ||
 * Friday October 22nd || Poudre River @ Lions Park (Overland Trail) in La Porte, CO ||
 * Friday October 29th || Poudre Learning Center close to Greeley at the Confluence of the South Platte ||
 * November 5th || Well Water Testing @ Mustang Hollow and Powertech Uranium Site ||

Students will be hosting a public Conversation Cafe at Colorado State University (similar to a town hall forum). Experts and community members will be invited to this as well to discuss if the Uranium mine should be pursued in our community Prior to the even, students will hear speakers from Powertec Uranium Corporation speak to our students and a representative from Coloradoans Against Resource Destruction to build their background knowledge and gain a balanced perspective to speak to both sides of the issue.
 * STEMester Kick Off Event: Friday January 21st, 2011 (MLK Week) **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Since the issue on the Uranium Mining is largely about energy and natural resources, students will be doing energy audits with Thermoimaging Cameras/ Software for both Lincoln and Preston to learn the ropes of energy audits. Students will then apply their skills in the community to assisting either a Habitat for Humanity home or other community member in need of an energy audit.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Global Youth Service Week: April 25th- 29th, 2011 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Community Partners:**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This project would not happen with out the help of our community partners. Our community partners include:

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Sarah Bayer (8th Grade Science Teacher) sbayer@psdschools.org or Kathy Sampson kathryns@psdschools.org.