Marine
Discovery Outreach Program (Koffler Room 511)
Updated October 26, 2009
workshop and parking information
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Program
Director: Dr. Katrina Mangin
mangin@u.arizona.edu,
520-626-5076,
Biological Sciences East Rm 107,
University
of Arizona, Tucson
Reservations begin on the first Monday of August for the Fall Semester: To book your class for a workshop, call the workshop coordinator 621-8309 (SAMEC office, leave a message)
- Requested
Donation: $3.50 per student
- Minimum
students: 16, Maximum Students: 32
- Workshops
are held on the University of Arizona campus in Koffler Rm
511, Tuesdays-Fridays, 9-11, Sept-Nov
Marine
Discovery workshop stations are hands-on,
activity-based laboratory programs which provide students with
the opportunity to work with live marine animals and teaching
specimens. Students are exposed to living and preserved organisms
found in the Gulf of California and gain a general understanding
of the scientific relationships between them. Marine Discovery
is offered through the Dept of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology,
University of Arizona.
Program
Goals
- To
encourage students to "think like scientists" using their
observational, critical thinking and problem solving skills.
- To
introduce students to the marine environment, especially the
Gulf of California, Tucson's near-by ocean.
- To
encourage higher education by allowing interaction with university
students
Finding
us when you get to campus
General
Workshop Set-up
Each workshop lasts approximately 2.5-3.0 hours and is organized
as follows:
- Students
are introduced to the day's activities, laboratory procedures
and the undergraduates who will teach the workshops, and are
divided into 4 groups of 6-8.
- Students
participate in five stations
(25 minutes each).
- The
stations are facilitated by University of Arizona undergraduates
(science and education majors).
- Many
classes choose to eat lunch on the University Mall, in front
of the Koffler building where workshops are held.
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