All activities will be evaluated by teachers and students. A graduate student in education will facilitate the undergraduate component and work with the HealthPower coordinators for cooperative planning and scheduling. The program has two primary target audiences. The external one is 5th - 8th grade students and their families, primarily in Yolo County. Students in a school setting will enjoy health education activities created and presented by UCD undergraduates and medical students.
Adolescence is the time that youth begin to think about personal health.
They become aware of choices they can make to increase or decrease risk. Adolescence is a time for the development of critical thinking and decision making skills. By also making the activities and accompanying exhibits available to families through community science events, the learning can be extended beyond the classroom drawing the entire family in. This reinforces the school experience and connects it to real life. The internal audience is the UCD undergraduates who, through this program, get to experience something of what teaching is like in formal and nonformal contexts.