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MoBikeFed Working Definition of Service-Learning
Cleaning up a river is service. Sitting in a science classroom, looking at water samples under a microscope is learning. Students taking samples from local water sources, analyzing the samples, documenting the results and presenting scientific findings to a local pollution control agency is service-learning.
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