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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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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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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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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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Authentic Assessment Online Resources
This resource is compiled by the UW-Stout School of Education. Here you will find a hand-selected index of authentic assessment resources. You are one click away from vital information about performance assessment, rubrics, negotiable contracting, and electronic portfolios. We include links to web based tools for creating your own assessments.
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Badger Boys' Basketball Camps
Coach Bo Ryan has developed these camps to offer great opportunities for honing offensive and defensive fundamentals in drills and games. Each camper will receive instruction from Badger basketball staff and other outstanding coaches. Campers will visit the Kohl Center, experiencing first-hand the excitement and atmosphere of Big Ten facilities. Many different program options are offered, including a father-son camp and one for coaches and teams to attend together. Information on schedules and costs is available on the Web site.
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Badger Boys' Soccer Camps
Camps address the fundamentals of soccer with individual and group instruction, and are available for those new to the game as well as advanced players. Day and residential camps are offered; special goalkeeper training is offered daily. Information on schedules and costs is available on the Web site.
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Badger Sports Camps
This Web site provides links to all of the sports camps sponsored by the UW–Madison Athletic Department, which offers a variety of opportunities for children of all ages throughout the year. Young athletes can participate in camps and clinics in more than 20 sports, ranging from basketball to rowing to golf. Camps range in length, price, and age level, and most are supervised by UW coaches and players. Information on individual camps is posted when it becomes available.
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Biology Outreach Club
The Biology Outreach Club is a group of mainly graduate students who bring hands-on biology activities to young learners and the public – on campus, throughout the Madison community, and around the state of Wisconsin. Its goal is to help people of all ages explore the excitement and wonder of biology. In 2007, the club received an Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment, which will enable members to design new outreach materials on a range of biology topics and make the materials available to teachers statewide. During the three-year grant period, the group also plans to conduct 20 outreach events per year.
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BioTrek
BioTrek is the science outreach program of the Biotechnology Center of UW–Madison and of UW–Extension. BioTrek engages the public in the outreach mission of the University by providing tours and workshops at the Biotechnology Center on the UW–Madison campus. The program also offers workshops and inservices anywhere in Wisconsin for teachers, learners of any age, 4-H and other Cooperative Extension groups, community clubs, and any interested group. BioTrek's mission is "Sharing Science With Wisconsin." Its goal is to transform how people view and do science, and to better enable people to use science in making personal choices and public policies.
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Blue Devil Basketball Camps (UW-Stout)
UW-Stout Athletics offers a variety of boys and girls basketball camps for grades 1 to 12. They help you with everything from the fundamentals to more advanced skills. See the site for more details!
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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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