Programs
COEP communicates general
environmental health and toxicology information and SWEHSC Investigator
research results through media, teacher training, and web-based activities.
NIEHS provides funding for environmental health and toxicology education
and a resource website available to the public.
COEP conducts a one-week intensive summer course each June for teachers
in addition to sessions held in school districts and presented at conferences.
COEP writes and teaches environmental health curriculum that is integrated
into social studies, language arts and math. It has been shown that
such curriculum is motivational to students.
The SWEHSC
does public outreach regarding air and water quality through three
primary mechanisms.
Each summer COEP
participates in on-campus activities for middle school and high school
students. One of the favorite activities is “California
Blackworms”.
COEP has SEPA grants to develop and test an integrated high school
curriculum, to create and disseminate health observance materials,
and to teach toxicology concepts.
Southwest
Environmental Health Sciences Center
University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, Room 244
PO Box 210207, Tucson, AZ, USA 85721-0207 swehsc-info@pharmacy.arizona.edu
520-626-5594
520-626-6944(FAX)
