After School & Out-of-School Time Classes offered

After School Classes - Spring Session At MTU’s Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC)

Animal Doctors (Gr. 4-5)

Instructors: Megan Baker & Kathryn Allen
Mondays, March 17th - April 28th
Investigate the anatomy & physiology of different wildlife species from wolves and bears to chickadees and fish!.

Water Explorations (Gr. 1-3)

Instructor: Gwen Jacobsen
Mondays, March 17th - April 28th
Explore water chemistry, frogs, wetland in a pan, H₂O Olympics, boats & more….

Just Grow It: Plants (Gr. 4-5)

Instructor: Erica Thompson
Thursdays, March 20th - May 1st
Why do plants have flowers? What’s in a seed? How does green growth happen?
Join us to experience the life cycle of plants!

SIX WEEK SESSIONS

Pay by credit card: call MTU Cashier 487-2247 (Your space is not reserved until payment received.)
Register online: at After School Class Registration - Spring 2014
Questions? Call 487-3341
Note: Houghton school bus will drop off students at the GLRC by 3:45 pm.
No classes during Spring Break (March 31-April 4)

After School & Out-of-School Time Classes offered at MTU’s Great Lakes Research Center

The Western UP Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education coordinates six-week After School Science, Engineering, Technology and Environmental Education Classes taught by Michigan Tech University students, graduates, and Center staff, in addition to offering a 3-day Spring Break Camp and Summer Camps. The classes provide fun, hands-on, inquiry-based activities for students in grades 1-8 and connect to Michigan Content Standards for math and science.

After School Class locations:
Great Lakes Research Center on Michigan Tech’s campus
Nara Nature Center in east Houghton

For more information, contact: Joan Chadde at 906-487-3341 or jchadde@mtu.edu

Pictures 2014

"My daughter loved the Animal Doctors class!"
Quincy Higgins, mother

Archive Photos from
Water & Engineering After School Science Class for Gr.4-6
and
Rocks & Fossils After School Science Class for Gr.1-3

The Western UP Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education coordinates six-week After School Science Classes taught by Michigan Tech University students majoring in science and engineering. The After-School classes provide fun, hands-on, inquiry-based activities for students in grades 1-8 during three sessions of the school year: fall, winter, and spring. The Center develops the curricula so that all activities connect to Michigan Content Standards for math and science, provides activity kits for each lesson, and recruits and trains the MTU students.

For more information, contact: Joan Chadde at 906-487-3341 or jchadde@mtu.edu Schools may submit requests using the registration form (pdf) and fax to: FAX 906-487-1620 .

For more information contact:

Joan Chadde at jchadde@mtu.edu or 487-3341.

Contact the WUP Center

Last Update: 03/10/2014