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Engineers as Teachers (AME490) Course
The Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering department allows its undergraduates to earn 3 Technical Elective credits for developing and teaching hands-on science courses to K-12 children in under-served communities. This semester (Fall 08), students followed a 7-week training in educational psychology, lesson planning, evaluation and motivation, after which they went into the community and conducted 8 full courses and 6 single-session courses at 9 different LAUSD schools - reaching more than 420 children and 120 parents.
Amongst the topics taught: Renewable Energy, Physics of Sailing, Optics, Anatomy through MRI, Sports Science, Animal Locomotion and CardioVascular Mechanics.
Click HERE for more details on the program and to watch interviews with students that have taken the course.
Course description & registration details >>
Course coordinator Tara Chklovski is also the founder and CEO of the non-profit body Iridescent - Learning by Doing.
