21st Century Community Learning Centers The CPE in collaboration with the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District has developed three 21st Century Community Learning Centers that will provide ...
4-H After-School Clubs and Summer Discovery This program teaches more than 600 low-income and homeless youth age 6 to 12 throughout the year in ten Northern Nevada sites. It provides students w...
A New Capstone Course for High School Science and Math Teachers A team of UNR faculty from the Colleges of Engineering, Education, Mines, Business Administration and Arts & Sciences teas a course for in service and...
AP Chemistry The Department of Chemistry is offering lab classes for college credit to local high school AP Chemistry classes. The classes are taught by chemistry ...
AP Physics Labs The physics department is now offering lab classes for credit to local high school AP physics classes. The classes will usually be taught by the high ...
Astronomy Education Outreach A student in the Physics department maintains a website with astronomy images and information as well as a large number of astronomy education links t...
Basketball Camps There are a number of different kinds of camps for various age groups. Some are residential and some are local day camps only. Usually there is at l...
Biology Department Pen Pal A Biology Department faculty member will correspond by mail or communicate by phone with 4 - 12 grade students who are interested in careers in the fi...
Biology Outreach Program A variety of seminars and hands-on labs in Ornithology, Herpetology, DNA technology, Anatomy, and Bat Biology are presented to middle and high schools...
Career Counseling Presentations and/or information about choosing a college major and exploring career options. ...
Chautauqua First-person scholarly portrayal of Donner Party survivor Lewis Keseberg for third-grade students in Tahoe Unified School District (North Tahoe & Truc...
Chemical Engineering Open House Selected Nevada high school science teachers were taken on a tour department facilities, given presentations on chemical engineering opportunities, ho...
Chemistry/Physics Teacher Outreach Nevada high school chemistry and Physics teachers were sent information about career opportunities in chemical engineering, materials engineering, ca...
Classroom visits by French faculty During the spring semester, the French faculty schedule visits to Washoe County High School French classes upon requests from teachers. ...
Elementary School Science Fair Chemistry faculty and graduate students served as judges for elementary school science fairs in the Reno-Sparks area. ...
Family Storyteller The Family Storyteller program involves a series of workshops aimed at getting parents and children together around literacy and language activities. ...
FIRST Robotics FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)is the brainchild of inventor Dean Kamen. FIRST is a nationwide team robotics competi...
Football Camps The UNR football program has dedicated its coaching staff to two one-week sessions of football camp every June. It is a residential camp held the sec...
Gifted and Talented Coordinator Outreach Washoe County Gifted and Talented Coordinators are hosted for a campus visit. They tour the Chemical Engineering Department's teaching and research ...
Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) This new program, which will begin summer 2000, will provide science and math enrichment in a six-week, Las Vegas based program for grades 7 and 8. B...
High School Outreach The University Studies Abroad Program (USAC) provides presentations to high school students regarding study abroad opportunities and benefits at the U...
High School Outstanding Chemistry Student Awards The top chemistry student at each of the northwestern Nevada high schools are chosen on the basis of examination, written and graded by UNR Chemistry ...
Honors Program The Honors Program serves academically motivated undergraduates by providing enhanced educational opportunities, and a challenging and supportive acad...
Independent Learning, University Courses for Teachers & High School courses for High School students Teachers can choose from more than 150 college classes by Independent Learning through the College of Extended Studies. Many of the classes are offer...
Internship Advanced theatre students are placed in school settings to assist with theatre programs. May include: short term classroom theatre activities;theatre ...
Junior Master Gardeners This youth program provides basic instruction in gardening, science, insects, water and other conservation activities. Teachers and Home-School Leader...
K-16 Data Profile This group consists of representatives from Washoe County School District, Truckee Meadows Community College, and UNR who are involved with student da...
Laboratory for AP Physics Students An evening laboratory course is offered to local high school students taking advanced placement physics. Students attend lab once a week. ...
Liaison with the Education Alliance The Education Alliance of Washoe County consists of respresentatives from the local business community, Washoe County School District, Truckee Meadows...
Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) in History The M.A.T. program in History is designed for teachers in History and Social Studies. A 32-credit master's degree program, it includes course work in...
Nevada High School Physics Prize Exam Several hundred students take the physics prize exam administered by high school teachers throughout Nevada. The top scoring student from each partic...
Northern Nevada Writing Project The activities of the NNWP include: teacher training workshops, teacher research groups, Write Stuff and TWIST (summer writing programs for students)...
Nurturing Partners This is a maternal and child health nutrition progam designed for pregnant/parenting women. It reaches out to teen parents in selected area high scho...
Open House at the W.M. Keck Museum Held during Earth Science week in the fall, the Museum is open for teachers in K-12. Tours are also scheduled at the Museum during the year. ...
Project SEED in Las Vegas This program offers elementary school teachers in Clark County assistance with hands-on science. The program places UNLV undergraduate science majors ...
Reading and Writing Tutoring Children who struggle learning to read and write are tutored by preservice and inservice elementary teachers. This program runs throughout the year: i...
Reading Buddies Tutoring Programs Reading Buddies is a developmental literacy program for children who experience difficulties learning to read, write and spell, and has been shown to ...
Robert S. and Dorothy J. Keyser High School Internship Program Nevada Cancer Institute (NVCI) recognizes that the professional experience and learning provided by student internship opportunities can have a powerf...
Science Teacher Education Programs Teachers throughout the state have attended this summer program offered in partnership with the Washoe County School District each summer. This progr...
Southern Nevada Minerals Education Workshop Held at Cheyenne High School during the Easter week vacation. This program is open to all teachers who wish to improve their earth science skills. T...
Spanish 400, Practicum in Spanish in the Community A regularly scheduled course that allows students, who are placed in various local agencies or schools, to practice their oral and/or written Spanish....
Spanish Community Outreach Project This program promotes the development of language skills by undergraduate students. Volunteers are placed in schools, offices, and agencies where they...
Teaching American History Project (TAHP) Teaching American History Seminars offered in the Spring semester and duringa seven day period in the Summer - usually toward the end of July. Semina...
Telescope Outreach program The Physics Departmentoffers daytime observing or night star parties organized with local K-12 teachers for their students using portable 8,11,and 14 ...
Testing for College Readiness Mathematics professors Jerry Johnson, Jeff Mortensen and Inmaculada Aban, began a project supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation. e...
The Magic Physics Bus-Taking Physics on the Road The physics department is expanding a program of "demonstrations" outreach to elementary and middle schools by taking the demonstration shows "on the ...
tours and special programs Teachers and students are invited (on a limited basis) to explore the worldof research into structural engineering and earthquake research at th...
Tours of Getchell Library Getchell Library provides tours for K-12 groups interested in resource information at the University of Nevada, Reno. Tours are usually one to one a...
Tutor Referral Education students who wish to tutor privately are referred to families who call the Center. A student worker provides the parents with the names of ...
UNR Herbarium The University Herbarium is a plant reference library with over 90,000 plant specimens preserved on paper. We have an adjacent classroom with microsc...
Visitations, Tours, Class Visits Students are invited to tour facilities and, when possible and appropriate,view a current play performance. Special group rates may be available for s...
Visiting Your Future This interactive presentation includes information about normal anddisease related changes as well as psychosocial aspects of aging.Partic...
Volleyball Camps The UNR Women's Volleyball coaching staff designs and delivers the camps. Run much like the football and basketball camps. Premier camp is an overnig...
Washoe County High School Externship Program A student selected from the gifted and talented program spends 3 to 4 hours a week working with a faculty member on a physics related project receivin...
Word Study Workshops Teachers and teacher leaders learn techniques to blend reading, word study and spelling instruction in workshops. The 8th annual Words Your Way Worksh...
