Throughout this semester, I was given the opportunity to participate in multiple different service learning activities through my first year seminar class, Science and the Public. Rock Garden When I helped out at the rock garden, I got to help kid find and identify different kinds of rocks around the garden, as well as helping them break pieces of rock. I had to make sure that they were safe when they did so, giving them protective glasses and helmets. All of the kids seemed to learn a good deal from this experience as well as the other activities they participated in that day with other helpers. I learned that the kids learned very well from this kind of hands-on activity, and they were very receptive to myself and all of the other friendly volunteers that helped out that day. Locked Boxes We did this activity a number of times, first with the students in our class and then with elementary school students. In this particular picture, ...