This was our first year teaching the new Earth Systems curriculum at PHHS. We were supposed to end the year with a capstone project that involved student action. It was to be our final and service learning hours. We learned that it is difficult to make a service learning project a final exam, but for the first time through I think we did a good job. We did a project on bees and their importance in biodiversity and pollinating food crops. Students came up with ideas to improve the bee population on campus and for the final project they made seed bombs in hopes of growing more pollinator friendly plants. We are already talking about ways to improve next year. We would like to start earlier and have the kids grow the plants from seeds and plant them in May. That way they would see the results of their plans.