Outreach
UA Students
Some of UA's most successful outreach programs use our undergraduate students as instructors and mentors, and offer course credit! Getting involved in science outreach offers real opportunities to develop presentation skills that can be applied in science teaching and other career areas. In addition, science outreach provides real community service. The CATTS program offers fellowships in outreach for graduate and undergraduate students.
College of Science Programs
CATTS (Collaboration to Advance Teaching Technology and Science)
The partnership provides students selected for the CATTS program a prestigious NSF Graduate Teaching Fellowship in K-12 Education to work with K-12 teachers as resource agents.
Marine Discovery
Marine Discovery is a marine biology outreach program for elementary and middle school students. Undergraduate students do all of the instruction in the workshops.
Math Corps Program
Math Corps consists of a cadre of mathematics students from the University of Arizona who are trained to tutor mathematics in the secondary schools.
Science Connection
Science Connectors visit classrooms, elementary through high school, to do hands-on science activities in the Tucson metropolitan area.
Teacher Preparation Program, College of Science
The program provides science majors the opportunity to prepare for a career in science teaching.
Other Programs
- Insect Discovery
- Institute for Mathematics and Education (IME)
The IME supports local, national, and international projects in mathematics education, from kindergarten to college, that pay attention to both the mathematics and the students, have practical application to current needs, build on existing knowledge, and are grounded in the work of teachers. - NOAO Office of Education and Public Outreach
- PERT (Postdoctoral Excellence in Research and Teaching)