UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater – August 24, 2020
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater
August 24-30, 2020
Good Morning,
As summer winds down and school districts begin gearing up for a (possible) virtual 2020-2021 school year, the task of converting in-person science outreach experiences to virtual experiences becomes even more important. Sharing science with Wisconsin may look a bit different this year, but the Wisconsin Idea signifies that education should influence people’s lives beyond the boundaries of the classroom – into the virtual world as well. Here we go…
-Liz Jesse (Biotechnology Center; and Division of Extension, Wisconsin 4-H)
Note: please visit https://science.wisc.edu/science-alliance/ for the updater archive.
Notable This Week
1. Science Alliance meets virtually via Webex at 10:00 am Monday, August 24th. Email Liz Jesse ejesse2@wisc.edu to receive the link. The draft agenda for August 24 includes:
Welcome
Updates on science outreach programs
Develop a list of questions for the Office of Youth Protection and Compliance (OYPC) regarding youth protection and virtual programming; a representative from OYPC will be joining us at the August 31st meeting
Updates on re-opening of UW–Madison, of peer universities, and of Wisconsin K12 schools
Updates on virtual campus field trips
Other announcements or topics
2. Please add your upcoming online programs or resources with learners of any ages to the list at http://science.wisc.edu/ and be sure to include program events in the calendar at http://today.wisc.edu and tag them with “Science” and any other appropriate tag.
3. Programming Events this week
Badger Talks Live: Growing Fruit in Wisconsin – Amaya Atucha, Assistant Professor and Fruit Crop Extension Specialist. Tuesday, August 25 at Noon. https://www.facebook.com/UWConnects/live
Five Powerful Routes to Promote Your Events: The Updater newsletter (750 subscribers), the science.wisc.edu portal, the @sciencewiscedu Twitter feed (3.2K followers), the @UWMadisonScienceOutreach Facebook page, and the today.wisc.edu calendar.
4. Add your news, requests and programming announcements to the Updater by emailing them to ejesse2@wisc.edu
5. Check out www.science.wisc.edu for more science activities! We’re delighted to help you promote your upcoming science outreach events. Send a note to Liz Jesse at ejesse2@wisc.edu.
Or post your events to the @sciencewiscedu Twitter feed and to the @UWMadisonScienceOutreach Facebook page.
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater
August 24-30, 2020
Good Morning,
As summer winds down and school districts begin gearing up for a (possible) virtual 2020-2021 school year, the task of converting in-person science outreach experiences to virtual experiences becomes even more important. Sharing science with Wisconsin may look a bit different this year, but the Wisconsin Idea signifies that education should influence people’s lives beyond the boundaries of the classroom – into the virtual world as well. Here we go…
-Liz Jesse (Biotechnology Center; and Division of Extension, Wisconsin 4-H)
Note: please visit https://science.wisc.edu/science-alliance/ for the updater archive.
Notable This Week
1. Science Alliance meets virtually via Webex at 10:00 am Monday, August 24th. Email Liz Jesse ejesse2@wisc.edu to receive the link. The draft agenda for August 24 includes: