ENTOM 3350

Naturalist Outreach Practicum

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

An interdisciplinary course on how to do effective scientific outreach. The goals of the course are 1) to train students to speak about science with passion and clarity, 2) for the students to be able to teach science effectively in classrooms, science centers, and in large community outreach events, and 3) to train a generation of civically engaged scientific outreach leaders. Students give presentations in schools. Class size is limited. Students who wish to enroll should read blogs.cornell.edu/naturalistoutreach, please contact the instructor to get an enrollment code. 

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: one college-level biology course.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: upperclassmen and graduate students.

Course Attribute (CU-CEL, CU-SBY)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2024FA, 2023FA, 2022FA

Outcomes

• Students will be able to give knowledgeable, well-organized and dynamic hands-on presentations. Students learn how to assemble and design illustrative display materials.
• Students will understand the complexities to design, organize, and manage an outreach event.
• Students gain experience with the pleasures and realities of teaching children. Additionally, students interact with teachers to integrate their presentations with the curricular needs of the class.
• Students learn to synthesize biological concepts and create experiential learning materials for use by others

When Offered Fall.

Comments This course receives more credit than typical for the meeting pattern due to fieldwork outside the formal meeting times.

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