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TOP 20 SCIENCE PROGRAM PICKSCompiled by BOOST May 2013Action Science Camp for Young Women learnmore.duke.edu/youth/action/ Contact: Registration Team/919-684-6259Girls will get to experience hands-on field science, along with experiments and lab activities in the Duke University Science laboratories. There will also be explorations of energy and in chemistry.Biosciences & Engineering Camp for HS learnmore.duke.edu/youth/action/Contact: Registration Team/919-684-6259Campers will experience hands-on, applied science problem-solving activities and labs in Pratt School of Engineering and Duke Medical Center labs. Topics for the week will include biomechanics, biomedical imaging, electrobiology, bimolecular and tissue engineering. Students will also work collaboratively on a Team Capstone Design Project and participate in workshops on Ethics and Communication; in addition to Engineering and Biosciences Career Workshop with guest speaker mini-series. There will also be a panel for successful experiences in applying to and surviving engineering in collegeBiosciences & Engineering Camp for MS learnmore.duke.edu/youth/action/ Contact: Registration Team/919-684-6259Campers will experience hands-on laboratory experiments in Pratt School of Engineering and Duke Medical Center labs while covering topics on sensing, mechanics, communication and energy. Week will also include field trips to Duke Primate Center and other co-curricular social and recreational activities.Duke Computer Camp learnmore.duke.edu/youth/action/ Registration Team/919-684-6259Students will have fun creating video games, storyboards, and interactive projects while learning computer concepts, techniques and programming skills that can be applied in more advance programming skills. Students will develop problem solving and critical thinking skills along with building teamwork, collaboration skills, and improving presentation skills.Environmental Summer Science Program sites.nicholas.duke.edu/essp/ Dr. Nicolette Cagle/nicolette.cagle@duke.eduStudents will participate in a 1-week intensive program experiencing the Nicholas School of the Environment’s state-of-the-art facilities and Duke’s renowned outdoor laboratory: the Duke Forest. Student will be working with outstanding interdisciplinary faculty, while exploring local environmental issues, and collecting data in the field to be presented to the public. Students will also receive training with the Nicholas School's own first-rate Career Service of FormGSK Science in the Summer sis_nc/ Contact: Jarrett Grimm/919-843-7716GlaxoSmithKline’s Science in the Summer program in North Carolina is a fun and free science education program that helps elementary and middle-school children “grow into science.” Through classes held in your local public library and taught by certified teachers, this program gets kids excited about learning science with hands-on experiments.31813500320992503181350032099250318135003209925031813500320992503181350032099250Mad Science Campstriangle. Contact: info@Mad Science engages children in scientific explorations that are so much fun children will forget they're learning! Campers can team up with fellow engineers to build a bridge, participate in a dinosaur dig, build and launch a model rocket, explore the science behind their favorite sports--the selection of activities will make your head spin!Math Camp learnmore.duke.edu/youth/action/ Contact: Registration Team/919-684-6259Camp will be aligned with Common Core State Standards in Mathematical Practices while giving campers opportunities to use model and real-world applications while graphing, problem solving strategies.Mop Top Shop, Inc. Contact: Jackie Johnson/(919) 264-3918Campers will learn how to make science and technology fun with lots of hands-on and interactive activities while doing everything from robotics, digital and clay animation, 3-D graphics and video design.NCCU Summer Ventures Program nccu.edu/administration/academicaffairs/summerventures/index.cfmContact: 919-530-6100/summerventures@ncssm.eduThis four-week academic program will give rising high school juniors and seniors an exciting, challenging enrichment experience in science and mathematics. The program consists of five hours of structured, hands-on classroom, field and laboratory activities daily, Monday through Saturday. Students will be allowed to work independently in laboratories while not in class, attend forums on selected topics, and special activities held some evenings and weekends. Students will reside in a residence hall under the supervision of a full-time staff. NCCU Summer Youth & Entrepreneurship Academy nccu.edu/academics/sc/business/summer-academy/ Contact: Neeta Gropper/919-530-6458This program is a non-residential 10-day program. Lectures will be taught by host NCCU professors on topics that include introductory business courses in marketing, finance (financial literacy), entrepreneurship, leadership and ethics. There will be corporate visits to help students gain exposure to the application of business principles in the real world as they interact with local corporate executives during on-site visits. Student will participate in business plan development and team competition with participants to derive a business plan for a new idea to be evaluated and awarded a prize to the winning team. NIH Summer Internship Programniehs.careers/research/summers/process/index.cfm Contact: summers@niehs.This summer internship program will provide an opportunity to spend a summer working at the NIEHS side-by-side with some of the leading scientists in the world, in an environment devoted exclusively to environmental health research. Summer internships at the NIEHS are given to outstanding high school and undergraduate students interested in pursuing education and careers in the biomedical or biological sciences. Interns will work on a research project that entails exposure to the latest biochemical, molecular, and analytical techniques, while investigating environmental health issues.Research Apprenticeship Program (RAP) ncat.edu/academics/schoolscolleges1/saes/agresearch/rap.htmlContact: Angelia Williamson/(336) 285-4701 RAP is a four-week residential program for current or rising high school juniors and seniors. Its main objective is to stimulate interest in agriscience professions. Students will get the opportunity to conduct research projects ranging from landscape architecture and pesticide studies, biotechnology, horticulture and animal sciences to air quality, food and nutrition and international trade. There will also be a number of structured activities including field trips, workshops and laboratory demonstrations, and instruction in computer applications, technical and scientific writing and public speaking.SEEDS Durham Inner-city Gardening (DIG) Program dig/ Contact: Santos Flores/ 919-683-1197 x 5A youth-driven, urban farming leadership development program. Durham Inner-city Gardeners (DIG) empowers teens by teaching organic gardening, sound business practices, healthy food choices and food security values. The program emphasizes sustainable living and growing practices, ecological balance, and the natural recycling of organic materials for plant health and nourishment. DIG youth are paid a stipend to cultivate fruits, vegetables, herbs, flowers, and mushrooms, which they sell at the Durham Farmer’s Market.Shodor Mentor Center Internship Program mentorcenter/about/ Contact: Kristen Ross/programs@ This internship program aims to bring the technologies, techniques, and tools of computational science and related information technology (IT) topics to local high school and college students. As interns, students will contribute their skills toward developing educational materials that will then be launched on Shodor's website and used by educators and students across the country, as tools to improve math and science education. In addition, interns often work off-site with local organizations to utilize the tools they have helped to develop. Interns will be tasked with developing computational science curriculum, editing current curriculum and website content, teaching offsite and summer workshops, and a variety of other related tasks.Shodor Succeed Apprenticeship students/programs/ Contact: Kristen Ross/programs@The SUCCEED Apprenticeship Program is a two-year program that builds on a series of highly successful initiatives to bring the technologies, techniques, and tools of computational science and related information technology (IT) topics to local middle and high-school students. This project is targeted towards developing and evaluating activities and support mechanisms to move students from an excitement for computational science and IT (developed during initial SUCCEED program activities) to becoming an expert in one or more areas of computational science and associated IT components.Shodor Succeed Student Workshops calendar Contact: Workshop Coordinator/(919) 530-1911SUCCEED workshops introduce middle and high school students to a wide variety of computer-enhanced scientific topics. Topics will range from explorations in engineering, math, forensics, web design and introduction to iPhone development.STEM Career Websites for Students students/stem-websites Contact: N/AThe mission of this website is meet the challenges of science education and the need to encourage young people into science careers to meet the demands of global competition and skills needed for 21st century careers. Students will be able to do interactive activities and games as well as search out cool science careers.Step Up to STEM ncssm.edu/stepup/academics/ Contact: stepup@ncssm.edu/919-416- 2801A two-week summer academic program that provides students with opportunities to engage in interdisciplinary (biomedical) science and mathematics curriculum supported by a writing component. The science component will focus on the medical applications of cellular biology, anatomy and physiology. The math component will support the science curriculum by building on the math concepts learned in middle school to analyze and interpret the data obtained from the science experiments. The ultimate goal of the writing component is for each student to acquire the necessary organizational and writing skills to develop and present a research proposal during the summer session, and complete the research over the following school year.Women and Math Mentoring Program Contact: Tina Ewing/919-523-8257This mentoring program links local female professionals from mathematics-related fields with a group of 2 to 3 8th grade girls. The main objective is to encourage girls who have an interest in mathematics to "stay on the math path". The girls will have an opportunity to take field trips with the girls, watch math-related movies, and go to work places while providing them with a strong female role model. Bottom of Form ................
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