But the idea did appeal to me - teaching kids and getting to do cool experiments with them. Arnold is currently working with two second grade classes at Cesar Chavez Elementary School in Davis. Ross Ellison, a senior biochemistry major, participated in the internship last quarter. He worked at Winters High School, helping to teach chemistry and physics classes. He said he got involved because he was interested in teaching.
College students are so highly motivated.
I wanted to try it out. Science teaching interns commit a significant amount of time to this program. Interns must also allow time to write lesson plans - a skill they learn in the weekly workshop. Some interns also factor commute time into their schedule since not all participating programs are in Davis. Lusebrink said that UCD interns also work in the Northern California towns of Woodland, West Sacramento, Winters, Vacaville, Fairfield and Suisun.