Faculty in the Department of Environmental Toxicology have been closely associated with the program, particularly Mike Denison and Marion Miller. The Aquatic Toxicology Outreach Program, also funded by CEHS, has also been a partner for the last two years. The Science Education Outreach and Internship Program, offered quarterly, provides university students with training and experience in interactive public education and community science outreach. The program also serves as a vehicle for university outreach in which students communicate current research findings and university based knowledge to youth and the general public in an engaging and informative manner. Through the development and implementation of hands-on inquiry based activities, exhibits, or curricula, undergraduates gain knowledge and experience which give them valuable work place skills.
Students receive internship credit and transcript notation.
Students work in teams and present their work in school classrooms and nonformal campus, field and community settings. HealthPower is an outreach program for schools developed and implemented by UCD medical students. Medical students have been giving presentations in Davis elementary classrooms for a couple of years. They contact teachers in the upper elementary grades and schedule visits. This adds up to approximately 60-80 presentations per year.