Prof. Alice Agogino, aagogino@ME.Berkeley.EDU

Day	Time	Units	UCB Location
F	noon-1:00 pm	1 Unit Seminar Class	3112 or 3117B Etcheverry Hall
W	noon-1:00 pm	2-3 Unit Project Class	Computer Lab; 3116 Etcheverry Hall
F	1:00-2:00 pm	2-3 Unit Project Class	Computer Lab; 3116 Etcheverry Hall

This course explores contemporary research and practice in K-12 math, science and engineering education. The focus will be on integrating theory with hands-on activities. Applications will be built around the Interactive MESA (Mathematics * Engineering * Science * Achievement) design competitions. Every year UC Berkeley MESA hosts a series of K-12 student competitions in Math, Science and Engineering. The preliminary competitions for schools we service are held on the UC Berkeley campus and the northern California MESA Centers rotate responsibility for hosting the final competitions every year. The Interactive MESA project is designed to engage more of the UC Berkeley community in this important K-12 outreach activity. In this course we will develop a World Wide Web site for the MESA competitions, containing the MESA competition rules, related curricular material and examples of past designs along with a threaded discourse tool, called SpeakEasy, developed in collaboration with the School of Education.

Students who take the course for 1 unit of credit will be required to attend the seminar lecture and complete the readings. Students who take the course for 2 units of credit will be required to participate in an additional 1-2 hour a week of internet mentoring. Students who take the course for 3 units of credit will need to complete a K-12 outreach project.