Science Education with SEPUP

SEPUP is Science Education for Public Understanding Program. This project program works with middle and high schools in helping them to provide hands-on training and materials mainly for chemistry. They work with public and private schools and community organization groups in helping to educate children about science. Their original name was Chemical Education for Public Understand Program or CEPUP, which started back in 1987, but they wanted to broaden their reach and scope so they changed it from Chemical to Science to be more all-inclusive. They are a non-profit organization working with teachers in the United States.

SEPUP gains their support through grants, which enables them to pursue the science education program further. Their first aim is to supply middle and high schools with science curriculum and lab aids. They provide curriculum all over the United States. They provide the textbooks, workbooks, science kits, and science modules on their website as well. They enjoy working with the schools and hope to give students a good and fun learning experience with science projects. Their modules have an aim to help make students aware of their environment and develop an interest and love for learning more science.

SEPUP works with students in gaining a better knowledge of issue oriented science, which is a part of their environmental awareness. Students learn how to take issues such as what to do with old recyclable items and learn the scientific concepts for dealing with this. It is a means of teaching how to "reconsider" issues such as what to do with an old computer, what to do with old plastic containers, etc. Science concepts help to derive answers to these issues and thus help with environmental concerns. It teaches students how to be good stewards of the earth and of all the material things in their possession.

SEPUP helps to bring student interaction with the concepts of science. The science education helps them to take any issue or problem and look at it with scientific evidence rather than just face value. It helps to make the world a better place by understanding the consequences of our actions with how we deal with everything things. This curriculum expects students to learn these concepts and to be able to debate the issues while having group discussions. This type of science education teaches students with skills and knowledge they can carry with them the rest of their lives.