BIOL 172 - Service Learning in Biology: Teaching Concepts of Freshman Biology to Middle School Students

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Widener University-Main Campus

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Description:

Students travel to Smedley Middle School and offer life science enrichment education sessions for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders as part of an ongoing after school enrichment education program by the Chester Education Foundation. The goals and content of these enrichment sessions are closely aligned with ongoing middle school curricula in these classrooms, and are based on the content areas of the freshman major's curricula in biology at Widener (ecology, evolution, and plant and animal structure and function [BIOL 161 and 162]). These science enrichment sessions constitute "experiential service learning" for students.Prerequisite: BIOL 161. Pre- or corequisite: BIOL 162, or permission of the instructor. 3 hours classroom/lab time per week. 3 semester hours

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.widener.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 499-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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