Undergraduate and graduate students take science curriculum on the road by traveling to local schools presenting demonstrations and talking with students about how much fun it is to be involved in science.
Information is left behind for teachers to continue investigations.
Contact with middle and high school students generates a lot of excitement about science while providing an opportunity for me to work with fellow instructors and talented graduate students who share the commitment of enhancing science education. We like to see innovative ways of strengthening science education for middle and high school students and we feel UAF shares our commitment. Undergraduate and graduate students receive credit for participating in the demonstrations, while students at the K-12 level get an opportunity to learn about what types of careers are possible in the sciences and what type of background is needed to enter a college or university. It allows interaction between excited university students and curious college-bound high school students. I commend the Dorr Foundation for their impressive history of supporting science education throughout the country.