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Adapted Fitness and Personal Training Program
The Adapted Fitness and Personal Training classes offered through the Physical Education Activity Program serve a diverse population that includes students with permanent as well as temporary disabilities. While many class members are UW students, the classes are also open to members of the community. Participation requires status as a special, guest or degree-earning student; those who receive disability benefits may be eligible to have their tuition waved. Community members with disabilities who wish to become involved in the program must first meet with Tim Gattenby, the adapted physical education coordinator. In addition to serving students with disabilities, the program also provides professional development opportunities for teachers who wish to attain the DPI 860 endorsement. Details are provided on the Web site.
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Adult Role Models in Science (ARMS)
Sponsored by the Center for Biology Education, ARMS is designed to help make science real and meaningful at the elementary level through long-term community partnerships. The program works to bring scientists and aspiring scientists into schools as role models and also to help teachers and parents to be role models in science. Programs include classroom volunteers, after-school science clubs, and Family Science Nights. ARMS also works to connect classroom learning to informal education venues. Seven Madison schools participate in ARMS: Frank Allis, Emerson, Hawthorne, Lake View, Lincoln, Lowell, and Mendota.
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Advanced Placement Institute
The Summer Advanced Placement (AP) Institute, in partnership with the College Board and administered by the Division of Continuing Studies, conducts seminars for entry-level and experienced AP high school teachers. The institute's primary goals are to prepare high school teachers to teach or improve their teaching of AP courses; to familiarize teachers with AP program management, curriculum materials, testing, and reading processes; and to provide for professional networking. Participants may enroll online.
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Advancing the Math Skills of Low-Achieving Adolescents in Technology-Rich Learning Environments
The purpose of this project is to implement, test, and refine the most effective ways of helping low-achieving students develop their computation and problem-solving skills in mathematics within the context of a teaching method called Enhanced Anchored Instruction (EAI). The question of how best to integrate instruction of higher- and lower-order math skills is important because many teachers of low-achieving students are reluctant to teach challenging math problems before students have mastered basic skills, which often leads students to dislike mathematics and drastically reduces their motivation to learn math. The Web site provides access to a variety of teaching resources including CD-ROMs, teachers' manuals, and learning tools. This project is supported by the Wisconsin Center for Education Research and by the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education.
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Afghanistan: Images from the Harrison Forman Collection
The online exhibit documents the life and culture of Afghanistan in the late 1960s. The photographs were taken by Harrison Forman in 1969. The online collection consists of 186 images selected from a set of 733 slides of Afghanistan in the Harrison Forman Photographic Collection housed at the American Geographical Society Library. These beautiful photographs can be used to teach abut the life and culture in Afghanistan.
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African Studies Outreach
The African Studies Program offers a range of outreach services for educators and others, including a large selection of slides, videos, sound clips, maps, artifacts, and books for teaching at all levels; curriculum specialists to consult with schools; and regular conferences and workshops. Of special note on the program’s Web site are two features: Africa Focus, which contains digital forms of the program’s 3,500 images along with dozens of sound clips; and Passeport à l’Afrique Francophone, a unique resource for French teachers, with video clips and curriculum units.
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AMSER
AMSER (the Applied Math and Science Education Repository) is a portal of applied math and science educational resources and services built specifically for use by those in community and technical colleges but free for anyone to use. AMSER is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of the National Science Digital Library, and is being created by a team of project partners led by Internet Scout.
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Annual High School Dance Workshop
Held in February, this annual workshop for high school and college-transfer students includes a full day of master classes in modern, ballet, and world dance taught by the UW–Madison Dance Program's multi-talented faculty, staff, and guest artists. This workshop is a wonderful way to peruse and experience the program first hand. Program auditions are also held on this date, and incoming freshmen have an opportunity to simultaneously audition for a generous dance scholarship for the upcoming academic year. An audition application and workshop pre-registration form will be posted on the Dance Program's online calendar a few months before the event, along with information about the workshop.
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Arboretum and Center for Restoration Ecology (UW-Madison)
This 1,280-acre nature preserve is a research and teaching facility located south of the campus. It includes world-renowned collections of restored, native Wisconsin plant and animal communities, as well as an extensive collection of woody plants. The arboretum boasts more than 25 miles of woodland and prairie hiking trails. Public tours are available on weekends; school groups can schedule appointments during the week. Self-guiding brochures are available for families about Curtis Prairie, Gallistel Woods and Indian Mounds. Birding backpacks can be checked out for free at the arboretum bookstore. On the second Saturday of every month, the arboretum offers Earth Partnership for Families, a two-hour, kid-friendly program that uses nature hikes, stories, crafts, and activities to explore animals, plants, and natural phenomena. On the second Sunday of every month, the arboretum offers one-hour family walks with topics that are especially appealing to youngsters.
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Art Colloquium
The Art Colloquium, a one-credit course offered in the fall and spring semesters by the UW–Madison Art Department, brings artists from all over the world to campus to discuss their artwork in forums that are open to the general public. Invited to speak because of their achievements, the guest artists and art professionals represent a broad range of specialties. Colloquium programs are also presented by members of the Art Department faculty.
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Arts Institute
Created in 1998, the UW Arts Institute works to make the arts at UW-Madison more visible and effective. It funds projects with university- and community-wide impact, including artists’ residencies, awards and fellowships, arts communications and outreach, and public programs such as Arts Night Out and the Wisconsin Film Festival. The Arts Institute is directed by an executive committee composed of the chairs and directors of the major campus arts departments and resources.
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Arts Night Out
Arts Night Out is a campus arts festival for students, especially those new to campus, and the general public. Offered on a single weekend evening in the fall, Arts Night Out provides a sampling of the wide array of arts programming that is regularly offered by campus galleries, theaters, and music and arts groups. The event is sponsored by campus arts departments and organizations, Visitor & Information Programs, and the UW–Madison Arts Institute.
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Arts on Campus
The Arts on Campus Web site provides a portal to art activities and resources available at UW–Madison. It includes an arts calendar and information on film, music, dance, theater, writing, and the visual arts. In addition, links to a variety of K–12 art resources for teachers and schools are listed on the Web site.
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Arts Outreach Program
A component of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arts Institute, the Arts Outreach Program works hand-in-hand with the School of Music to share the expertise of its three faculty ensembles-in-residence with young musicians and community audiences around the state. These ensembles are the Pro Arte String Quartet, Wingra Woodwind Quintet, and the Wisconsin Brass Quintet. In addition to performing as part of the School of Music Faculty Concert Series, each ensemble travels to Wisconsin high schools and concert halls, working with young musicians and performing for local concert series patrons.
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Atlas of the Biosphere
The Atlas of the Biosphere brings environmental information to the widest possible audience. Although specifically designed for high school and university students and teachers, anyone can benefit from a stroll through this online collection. The maps section contains geographically explicit data broken down into four general categories: humans, land use, ecosystems, and water resources. The schematics section looks at the various resource flows and pools that make up individual earth systems. The collection was developed and is maintained by the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), UW–Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.
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