SERIES

Science Experiences and Resources for Informal Educational Settings

Youth Ages 9-18.

SERIES is . . .

A teen-led science education program developed for use in informal educational settings and designed to provide instructional experiences that focus on science literacy and the application of science and technology to everyday life.

SERIES goals and objectives are . . .

• To increase an understanding of science, productivity in creative thinking, and skills for obtaining and analyzing scientific information.
• To use and apply operational processes of science; observing, communicating, comparing, organizing, relating, inferring and applying.
• To encourage youth to use the problem-solving approaches of science in their personal decision making as citizens of our society.
• To develop teenagers' abilities to share science concepts and processes with youth, ages 9-12.

SERIES offer Curriculum units in the following:

• Chemicals
• Earthquake Safety and Earth Science
• Agriculture
• Oak Woodlands
• Pests
• Recycling
• Sciencing With Snails
• Watersheds

SERIES can be ordered from Extension Distribution Center, 119 Kooser Drive, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011. (515) 294-5247. Order 4H-44.

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Contact information: Vicki Speake speake@iastate.edu
March, 2007