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The Lli Chronicle Volume 7 Number 3, Nova Southeastern University Oct 2016

The Lli Chronicle Volume 7 Number 3, Nova Southeastern University

Lifelong Learning Institute Newsletters

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Science Alive!: Connecting With Elementary Students Through Science Exploration, Aarti Raja, Emily F. Schmitt Lavin, Tamara Gali, Kaitlin Donovan May 2016

Science Alive!: Connecting With Elementary Students Through Science Exploration, Aarti Raja, Emily F. Schmitt Lavin, Tamara Gali, Kaitlin Donovan

Biology Faculty Articles

A novel program called Science Alive! was developed by undergraduate faculty members, K–12 school teachers, and undergraduate students to enrich science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) literacy at community schools located near the university. The ultimate goal of the program is to bolster the scientific knowledge and appreciation of local area students and community members and serve as a model for similar programs. Through the program, we observed that elementary school students made gains toward learning their grade-level science curricula after a hands-on learning experience and had fun doing these hands-on activities. Through the program, undergraduate students, working with graduate …


15th Annual Undergraduate Student Symposium, Farquhar Honors College Apr 2016

15th Annual Undergraduate Student Symposium, Farquhar Honors College

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The Undergraduate Student Symposium, sponsored by the Farquhar Honors College, presents student projects through presentations, papers, films, and poster displays. The event serves as a “showcase” demonstrating the outstanding scholarship of undergraduate students at NSU. The symposium is open to undergraduate students from all disciplines. Projects cover areas of student scholarship ranging from the experimental and the applied to the computational, theoretical, artistic, and literary. They are taken from class assignments and independent projects. Project presentations can represent any stage in a concept’s evolution, from proposal and literature review to fully completed and realized scholarly work. As in past symposia, …


The Lli Chronicle Volume 7 Number 2, Nova Southeastern University Apr 2016

The Lli Chronicle Volume 7 Number 2, Nova Southeastern University

Lifelong Learning Institute Newsletters

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The Lli Chronicle Volume 7 Number 1, Nova Southeastern University Jan 2016

The Lli Chronicle Volume 7 Number 1, Nova Southeastern University

Lifelong Learning Institute Newsletters

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