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Ninth Grade

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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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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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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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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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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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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 Football Camps
Instructed by Badger coaches and staff, campers learn football from the ground up, receiving fundamental and technique instruction. Groups are divided by position and grade. Camps for high-schoolers feature a padded environment. The Youth Camp (grades 4–8) is in a non-padded environment. Strength and speed training sessions are provided under the direction of the strength and conditioning coach and staff.
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