Zoo 3990, Section 50     Independent study:
                            Internships in Conservation Biology

Brief Description:    In this internship, students will help develop hands-on grade-specific natural history programs for elementary students. Interns will help present programs in local elementary school classrooms.

Instructor:   Dr. Liz Bergey, Assistant Heritage Zoologist (OBS), Assistant Professor (Zoology); Office: SC Bldg 134 (111E. Chesapeake Street on OU’s South Campus), Room 144; phone: 325-7071; e-mail lbergey@ou.edu

Grades:   Zoo 3990/4990 is letter graded
Credit: 1-2 hours. Each hour of credit requires 50 hours of work during the semester.
Prerequisites: Application to the OBS Internship Program, permission of the instructor
Schedule: Schedules will be arranged individually with the instructor.

Additional details of this internship:   This internship falls within the outreach objective of the Oklahoma Biological Survey. The goal of this outreach program is to provide hands-on learning experiences for elementary students, using programs that revolve around a group of organisms (crayfish, freshwater mussels) or a particular topic (mechanisms of seed dispersal). The developed presentations may be used in an undergraduate-run extension program. The intern will help research topics and put together programs, including researching the subject, assembling the needed materials and documenting the presentation. Interns will also trial and refine presentations by testing them in elementary school classrooms, and may also help with the regular outreach program.