Informal Science Education for Scientists: A Practicum

Dates: TBA
Instructors: Steve Ackerman, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Course Description: Communicate your work to a wide array of audiences by examining informal communication strategies. Make no mistake about it. One of the most important skills you need to develop during graduate school is the skill of communicating your scientific work to a wide array of audiences. That facility will serve you across audiences, from your scientific peers to students to your neighbors and the general public. This project-based course seeks to familiarize you with concepts and processes important to communicating science successfully to a variety of audiences and through a variety of settings. On both Saturdays (April 5 and 26), students will present interactive science displays that they will have spent the semester designing and testing. April 5 is Science Expeditions day here on campus. On April 26, the students will present their displays to visitors at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
Credits: 3
Registration information:

Permission to enroll is required. Please email Brian Manske at bfmanske@wisc.edu.

Course website: Informal Education

To view the Spring 2008 Syllabus, click here.