A Biology/Mathematics Intervention Project for High School Students

维拉诺瓦大学将为36名11年级和12年级的学生启动为期六周的暑期数学和生物学住宿青年学者项目。该项目将课程作业与广泛的实验室和研究经验相结合。这两个学科的主题以一种创新的、统一的方式呈现，强调跨学科的联系、科学推理的基本原则、定量思维和可视化技术。参与者将使用两个新的nsf资助的实验室进行生理学实验和生物系统的模拟和可视化。实地考察和校园活动将提高学生对科学和数学研究职业机会的广阔视野的认识。参与者将与项目工作人员和访问科学家进行公开讨论，探讨与课程相关的重要科学伦理问题。学年的后续活动将包括学生在暑期设计的个人研究项目的实施。在项目的这一阶段，参与者将使用电子邮件交流想法和实验结果。

Villanova University will initiate a six-week summer, residential Young Scholars project in Mathematics and Biology for 36 students entering grades 11 and 12. The project combines coursework with extensive laboratory and research experience. The subject matter in the two disciplines is presented in an innovative, unified manner that emphasizes interdisciplinary connections, underlying principles of scientific inference, quantitative thinking and techniques of visualization. Participants will use two new NSF-funded laboratories for experiments in physiology and for simulation and visualization of biological systems. Field trips and on-campus activities will increase students' awareness of the broad horizon of research career opportunities in the sciences and mathematics. Participants will explore important course-related issues of scientific ethics in open discussions with project staff and visiting scientists. Academic year follow-up activities will include the implementation of individual research projects designed by the students during the summer component of the project. Participants will use electronic mail for exchange of ideas and experimental results during this phase of the project.