University of Madison- Wisconsin Community Activities Madison, Wisconsin Laurin Endres Grade 4 4/24/2012 The “Mad City” The Madison children’s museum is a great place to spend time learning and exploring! UW–Madison offers instruction in more than 100 fields, with more than 4,200 course listings. Learning takes place in a variety of settings- from traditional classrooms to undergraduate research opportunities, to service-learning experiences in the community. Additional opportunities for growth range from 800 student organizations to unique residential learning communities. Henry Vilas Zoo has free admittance and has tons of animals to look at! Roar! uisevereweather.pbworks.com The Overture Center is a piece of art! Check out plays and concerts here, you won’t want to miss it! http://www.cityofmadison.com/residents/ http://www.wisc.edu

Basic City Info Parks Education Education is important to the City of Madison. It is actually one of the most educated cities in the United States. It is easy to see why, there are so many levels of schools so people can continue their education. This is a list of the schools offered: Madison Public Area Schools: Madison Metropolitan School District Cambridge Deforest Fitchburg Marshall McFarland Middleton- Cross Plains Oregon Verona Higher Education offered in Madison: U.W. Madison MATC Concordia University Herzing College Edgewood College Upper Iowa University Madison Media Instititue Lakeland College Madison, Wisconsin has been named one of America’s top ten cities to live in—and it’s no surprise. With our university located in Wisconsin’s capital city of more than 233,000 people, our students have a wealth of choices on campus and in the community. You can observe government at work firsthand, shop to your heart’s content, marvel at cultural offerings, enjoy stunning natural areas, and more. And when family members and friends come to visit, there’s plenty to see and do. Madison has many different parks that community members can visit. It seems like every area has a park that you can go to to relax, play with friends or spend time outside with your family! There are various parks and locations that meet specific needs of certain groups. For those who have dogs there are specific places just for them to run free! Madison also has a community pool called Goodman. Madison makes an effort to help it’s community stay active in clean areas! http://www.cityofmadison.com/parks/ http://www.admissions.wisc.edu/studentLife/madisonStudents.php http://www.cityofmadison.com/residents/residentsEducation.cfm