NSF Young Scholars Pacific Region Program

NSF青年学者太平洋地区计划（PRP）的目标是 增加25名高能力高中生在 职业，哲学和道德，以及解决问题的方法， 数学、物理、生物、工程和社会科学， 它们与农业有关。 参加者将由学生组成 在夏威夷、美属萨摩亚、关岛进入10、11或12年级， 密克罗尼西亚和北方马里亚纳联邦。 一个特殊 将努力招收女性、残疾人和 菲律宾，夏威夷和其他太平洋岛民的祖先;目标 是75%的少数民族参与者。 强调实验学习并提供多样性的课程， 独立性和知识构建中的引导发现将是 提供给参与者。 PRP将包括为期6周的夏季 住宿方案和后续活动。 暑期项目将 包括四个相互关联的学习经验：案例研究; 团体经验;实地经验;和独立项目。 学生将被安置在夏威夷大学宿舍。 跟进 活动将采取指导下的研究项目的形式 一位科学顾问。 这些文件将在一个举行的 并在科学博览会，研讨会， 出版物和其他论坛。

The goal of the NSF Young Scholars Pacific Region Program (PRP) is to increase the knowledge of 25 high ability high school students in the careers, philosophy and ethics, and problem solving methodologies in the mathematical, physical, biological, engineering, and social sciences as they relate to agriculture. Participants will consists of students entering grades 10, 11, or 12 in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Micronesia, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas. A special effort will be made to recruit students who are female, handicapped and of Filipino, Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islander ancestries; the goal is 75% ethnic minority participants. A curriculum which emphasizes experimental learning and offers variety, independence, and guided discovery in knowledge building will be provided to participants. The PRP will include both a 6-week summer residential program and follow-up activities. The summer program will consist of four inter-related learning experiences: case studies; group experiences; field experiences; and independent projects. Students will be housed in University of Hawaii dormitories. Follow up activities will take the form of research projects under the guidance of a scientific advisor. These will be presented at a PRP forum held during the academic year and show-cased in science fairs, symposiums, publications, and other forums.