Welcome to the Life Sciences Graduate Student Outreach website!

Life Sciences Graduate Student Outreach is a program that connects Life Sciences graduate students from the University of Missouri with classrooms in local public schools to show how science is fun and how interesting questions are asked and answered. Teachers can select from a list of graduate students who are available to speak to classrooms about their research and about the excitement of scientific discovery. The diverse backgrounds and research interests of graduate students participating in the program allow teachers to select from a variety of topics and presentation styles (e.g. interactive presentation, nature walk, etc.).

LSO volunteers learning about owl pellets
and lesson plans at our orientation session.

Participating graduate students attended a workshop led by Dr. Sandra Abell and Dr. Marcelle Siegel of the University of Missouri - Columbia Science Education Center. The workshop provided an introduction to effective lesson planning for K-12 students and provided strategies for constructing an engaging and valuable lesson.

Teachers interested in scheduling a speaker can view our list of speakers and associated topics to find a lesson plan that best fits their needs.

A Saturday Science participant solves a whodunit using lab techniques he learned in our CSI lesson

Kate Hertweck is famous! Her visit to Hickman High School is here in the Columbia Daily Tribune.

Questions? Contact us!

Email Andrew Cox or Katy Klymus
or call Andrew at 882-4854