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Teaching Units

Teaching Units

IST’s curricular program is divided into six five-week Instructional Units, each of which contains a Field Trip; we see Tucson as a classroom and make use of the rich and varied resources available to us. Past Field Trips have included ;

  • Bank of America building
  • BICAS
  • Desert Museum
  • Live Theater Workshop
  • Pima County Landfill
  • Sweetwaters Wetlands
  • Telemundo television studios
  • Transportation Museum
  • Tucson Music Hall
  • Tucson Puppet Works
  • UA Physiology Laboriatories
  • UA Plant Biology Laboratories
  • Wild Oats wholefoods market
  • Wildlife Museum
  • And a tour of local homes for sale investigating the meaning of “Home Sweet Home”!

We also have a number of visitors related to the Units who come to share their expertise. Past Visitors have included :

  • Acapuncturist
  • BICAS recycling artist
  • UA Education PhD students
  • UA Professor of Physiology
  • UA Professor of Plant Biology
  • UA Psychology PhD students
  • Yoga instructor

Each Unit concludes with an Exhibition, when students show their parents and the community what they have learnt in that Unit. The ISTPA arranges food creating a great evening for IST families and friends.

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