SCIENCE

The UC Santa Cruz Division of Physical & Biological Sciences is a world-leading public research institution with a reputation for instigating some of humanity's most high-impact discoveries and empowering students with immersive research experiences since 1965. We're a part of the University of California. Our mission is to serve society through "transmitting advanced knowledge, discovering new knowledge, and functioning as an active working repository of organized knowledge" in the physical & biological sciences... Learning content for a course is only part of what it takes to excel in STEM. At ACE, we design curriculum that also engages students in the skills or practices of science and engineering. When students learn how to think like a scientist or engineer (ie generate hypotheses, articulate scientific arguments, debug code, manipulate graphs, etc.), they are much more likely to succeed on assessments that test critical thinking, as well as become more prepared for authentic..

Primary location: Santa Cruz United States