Drexel is privileged to have the opportunity to work with the Science Leadership Academy Middle School (SLAMS), located adjacent to our Health Sciences Building, to provide mini-courses in health education for 5th- through 8th-grade students. Faculty and students from the College of Medicine and the College of Nursing and Health Professions will collaborate together to teach these actively engaged mini-courses around two curricular topics:

• The health sciences
• Health professional careers

Register to Volunteer

What

Eight-week cycles of mini-courses in health science topics and health professional careers topics. We only need you to participate in one or two sessions. We aim to have one or two faculty and two to four students from each college at each session. Students are encouraged to lead these sessions with the faculty supervisors. If you would like to lead a session, students will be assigned to support and assist you in the classroom. You may use a topic or curriculum you already have, or one can be provided for you, for presentation in one of two mini-courses:

• “The Science of Health” mini-course (5th and 6th grade) – may include anatomy, physiology, hygiene, nutrition, etc.
• “Go Into Health” mini-course (7th and 8th grade) – may include medicine professions, nursing professionals, medical research scientists, technicians, therapists, etc.

When

Volunteer sessions will be Wednesdays from 2-3:15 p.m., starting September 27

Orientation sessions will be held on the following days:

Friday, September 22 from 4-5 p.m.
Tuesday, September 26 from 6-7 p.m.
Tuesday, October 3 from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Where

Science Leadership Academy Middle School, 3610 Warren Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Who

College of Medicine and College of Nursing and Health Professions faculty and students teaching 5th- through 8th-grade students

Why

There are so many reasons to participate in this tremendous opportunity! Here are a few:

• Teach and learn from our community partners and youth.
• Engage and excite learners about science and health.
• It’s located right next door! And we will have future opportunities to have the middle school students come to the Health Sciences Building to learn more with us.
• Meets our mission of community engagement as an institution, professionals and individuals.
• FUN!!!

Please fill out the registration form to sign up for your session(s). If you have any questions or need further information, please contact Annette Gadegbeku at abg36@drexel.edu.