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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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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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Botany Garden Insects
Lovers of butterflies and dragonflies will enjoy a Web site created by the UW–Madison Botany Department, which has collected photographs of butterflies and dragonflies found in Wisconsin.
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Center for Biology Education
The mission of the Center for Biology Education (CBE) is to mobilize and enhance the resources of the University of Wisconsin–Madison to promote excellence in biology education. Throughout its history, the Center for Biology Education has developed and coordinated a spectrum of activities/programs in biology education at the K–12 and undergraduate levels. Members of the CBE staff have backgrounds and training in a variety of biology subdisciplines as well as in the field of education. CBE also involves members of UW–Madison's biological sciences community (located in more than 68 departments and programs and distributed among seven schools and colleges) in program development and implementation.
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Center for Instructional Materials & Computing (CIMC)
The CIMC in the UW–Madison School of Education has abundant information for teachers and those interested in education. It has collections and services to meet the needs of UW faculty, students and staff, and of area practitioners in K–12 education. The collections include journals, reference works, professional reading, K–12 textbooks, juvenile literature, multimedia resources, tests and ERIC documents. Services include reference, interlibrary loan, bibliographic instruction, computing and media production support, and instructional services. Web site users also will find links to online resources selected by staff, connections to databases for locating educational materials, special services designed for distance users, and lists of workshops open to the public for those wishing to improve their instructional technology skills.
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CIMC Workshops and Tours
In addition to School of Education faculty and students, area teachers are invited to participate in the Information Literacy and Technology Integration workshops presented by the Center for Instructional Materials and Computing (CIMC). The workshops are designed to complement School of Education courses and programs. In addition to scheduled workshops, sessions can be designed or adapted as course-integrated instruction for specific classes, or scheduled as consultation for individuals, meetings, or groups.
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Community Action Theater Troupe (CATTS)
The Community Action Theater Troupe (CATTS) is a diversity education initiative coordinated by UW-River Falls Multicultural Services and students from various cultural organizations on campus. The students conduct programs for River Falls area schools which include Multicultural Reading Programs and Cultural Programs highlighting the history, contributions, and social customs of the many cultures in the United States.
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Continuing Education Classes (UW-Madison)
A number of noncredit courses are offered at UW–Madison through the Division of Continuing Studies. Participants may receive any of several forms of recognition for taking part in continuing education courses. In addition to continuing education units (CEUs) and Department of Public Instruction clock-hours, participants may earn specific types of credit from professional organizations and other sources. A Continuing Education Catalog is available upon request.
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Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) is a library for those with a professional interest in children's and young adult literature. The purposes of the CCBC are to provide a collection of current, retrospective, and historical books for children and young adults; provide Wisconsin librarians, teachers, students, and others with informational and educational services based on the collection; and support teaching, learning, and research needs related to children's and young adult literature. The collection is noncirculating. CCBC's professional staff provides reference assistance, offers continuing education courses, organizes monthly book discussions, and maintains an electronic forum to discuss books for children and young adults. The CCBC's Intellectual Freedom Service (608-263-3720) offers immediate information assistance to any Wisconsin school or library facing a challenge to materials in a classroom or library. The CCBC is housed in the School of Education.
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Crossman Gallery
The Crossman Gallery serves the Department of Art, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and the community by providing a forum for the exhibition of art works and related educational activities. By facilitating the exhibition of distinctive works of art, the gallery offers students, faculty and visitors an opportunity to enjoy and study a variety of art expressions in a free, accessible and open environment. Group tours of exhibits may be arranged by calling the gallery office; please make your tour plans well in advance.
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Curriculum Resources on the Internet
The School of Education at UW-Stout has gathered Internet curriculum resources helpful to teachers. This is a convenient one-stop shop for all areas of the elementary, middle school, and high school curriculums including High School Hub, The Reading Village, PE Central, and much more. This site is a must-see for teachers, parents, and students.
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Educational and Psychological Training Center
The Educational and Psychological Training Center (EPTC) is a student training facility in the School of Education. The primary mission of EPTC is to train students to work with people experiencing learning, behavioral, psychosocial or vocational difficulties. EPTC promotes the research of new and better clinical practices and serves individuals, couples, families, schools, and other community organizations. EPTC’s programs in counseling psychology, school psychology, rehabilitation psychology, and special education are especially designed to serve K–12 communities. Among the services offered by the school psychology program, for example, are educational assessment of children ages 3–21 years, individual interventions for children and adolescents with social-emotional difficulties (e.g., anxiety and depression), and parent-education workshops for parents desiring improved child-management skills.
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Educational Materials Center
The Educational Materials Center (EMC) is designed to support UW-Stout's teacher education programs and area teachers by offering learning resources typically used at the Pre K-12 levels of instruction. The EMC provides a variety of resources for teachers and teachers-in-training that includes curriculum guides, juvenile periodicals, puppets, and much more. Area teachers can get a "community user" card that enables them to check out library materials.
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Educational Media Collection (Polk Library, UW-Oshkosh)
The EMC Collection contains a wealth of educational materials for teachers, from preschool through high school. Included in the collection are children's, adolescent and young adult fiction and non-fiction books, K-12 textbooks, curriculum guides, educational software, children's magazines, a reference collection, and audiovisual (AV) resources. The AV Collection includes videos, kits, games and posters, and serves the needs of the entire UW-Oshkosh campus. EMC staff have created over 30 bibliographies which highlight current "best" titles in children's and YA literature. Of special note are the Wisconsin resources, developed for teaching about the state of Wisconsin.
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Family Village: A Global Community of Disability-Related Resources
The Family Village is a Web site for children and adults with disabilities, and for their families, friends, and allies. Family Village brings together thousands of online resources in an organized, easy-to-use directory. The centerpiece of Family Village is the library, where visitors can find information on more than 300 diagnoses. Visitors can also learn about assistive technology, legal rights and legislation, special education, leisure activities, and much more. The Web site was developed by the Waisman Center.
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