Students investigating drug abuse talk with local police officers.

Dr. Beck speaks to students about the Great Ape Trust in Iowa and his work in Rwanda.

Students investigating land pollution take a trip to the MWA landfill.

Payton - "This is where they fill the ground with all the trash."

Andrew - "This black liner protects the ground water."

Vicky - "This gross water is rain water that runs off the trash, and it it is called leachate."

Tiffany - "This is where the leachate gets cleaned and turned into water for plants."

Tiffany - "This is a methane pump that collects the methane for electricity."

Students deliver gift bags to the cancer patients at Blank Children's Hospital.

"I feel really good helping the cancer patients, and the ladies who helped us were really nice.  I'm just really happy." - Maggie D.
"I feel like we helped somebody that needs helping.  Even though we didn't actually cure them, we kind of encouraged them to keep moving." - Sarah S.
"I feel good that we helped people feel better with the things that we got them, and I hope they feel happy." - Junie W.

Child life specialists happily receive the gift bags.

A lesson on the services provided at Blank Children's Hospital.

Students attend budget cut meeting Tuesday night.

"We learned that many people have different opinions about school budgets." - Brian G.
"The governor says to count on getting 0% allowable growth." - Ben H.
"Some people said we need to face that we aren't getting the 2% and we just have to manuever around it." - Greer S.
"The meeting was very emotional.  People felt very strongly about the situation."  - Kate Sh.
"If we don't get the 2% allowable growth our district will have a $7 million shortfall." - Brian G.

Students create posters and bookmarks to share information about their issues.

Child Abuse

Land Pollution

Students are hard at work exploring their issues.

Endangered Animals

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Land Pollution