2010 K–12 Educator Forum (High School)
Course Overview
ECOL 596s is structured as a 2-unit graduate course with discussion, lecture and activities on the teaching of life sciences in a high school classroom. The course is focused around an evening speaker series offered through the College of Science.
Teacher-participants meet once a week for three hours in the evening. In the first hour the class participates in an activity for teaching science in a high school science classroom or a presentation on a K–12 outreach opportunity at the UA. In the second hour the class attends the College of Science Mind and Brain lecture. The third hour consists of discussion of the lecture and its application to the high school classroom.
This course is structured for science teachers at the 6–12 grade level, but K–12 teachers at all levels are invited to participate. Pre-service teachers who are not yet certified may also take the course and earn undergraduate credit. Teachers earn two units of graduate credit.
For More Information
- Contact Rich Thompson
- rmthomps@u.arizona.edu
- 520-404-1493
To Register
- Contact Continuing Education and Academic Outreach
- 520-621-7724
- Enrollment is limited.
Tuition and Fees
100% tuition and fees (two units) are paid by the College of Science through funding provided by Research Corporation for Science Advancement and Tucson GEAR UP Project.
Location and Time
Classes meet in the Mines Building, room 213. Classes run from 6:00-9:00 pm each Tuesday evening from February 16 to April 23. Parking is available in the Tyndall Avenue Garage.
View map to the Mines Building
View map to Tyndall Avenue Garage
Educator Series
- Tuesday, February 16
- Three-hour class
- Tuesday, February 23
- Building Brains, Making Minds
- Lynn Nadel, Regents' Professor, Psychology
- Tuesday, March 2
- The Plastic Brain
- Leslie P. Tolbert, Regents' Professor, Neuroscience and Vice President for Research
- Tuesday, March 9
- Evolution of Mind and Brain
- Anna Dornhaus, Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Tuesday, March 23
- The Making of a Mind
- LouAnn Gerken, Professor, Psychology and Director, Cognitive Science
- Tuesday, March 30
- Metamemory: How Does the Brain Predict Itself?
- Alfred W. Kaszniak, Professor and Head, Psychology
- Tuesday, April 6
- Morality and the Emotional Brain
- Shaun Nichols, Professor, Philosophy
- Tuesday, March 16
- Three-hour class
- Tuesday, April 23
- Three-hour class
