Creating an Inquiry-based Engineering Learning Environment for Upper Elementary Students Through Successful K-16 Service Learning Partnerships: The Happy Hollow Elementary School Story

This paper discusses the cultivation and growth of one successful engineering service learning partnership and how these types of K-16 relationships may influence interest, motivation, and learning in the fields of engineering, science, mathematics, technology, and education. Recommendations for sustaining long term relationships are offered and the mutually beneficial academic and professional benefits of this type of educational methodology are explored by the authors who serve as joint instructional leaders for the Happy Hollow Elementary School and Engineering Projects in Community Service partnership.