NSF Young Scholars Pacific Region Program

美国国家科学基金会太平洋地区青年学者计划（PRP）的目标是增加25名高能力高中生在与农业相关的数学、物理、生物、工程和社会科学的职业、哲学和伦理以及解决问题方法方面的知识。参加者将由夏威夷、美属萨摩亚、关岛、密克罗尼西亚和北马里亚纳联邦的10年级、11年级或12年级的学生组成。将特别努力招收菲律宾、夏威夷和其他太平洋岛民血统的女性、残疾学生；目标是75%的少数民族参与者。课程强调实验学习，并在知识建设中提供多样性、独立性和引导发现。PRP将包括为期6周的夏季住宿计划和后续活动。暑期课程将包括四个相互关联的学习经验：案例研究；组织经验;领域经验;和独立项目。学生将被安置在夏威夷大学的宿舍。后续活动将在科学顾问的指导下采取研究项目的形式。这些成果将在学年期间举行的PRP论坛上展示，并在科学博览会、专题讨论会、出版物和其他论坛上展示。

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.