SSC: "Loyola/Aspira Summer Science Camp"

SSC：“洛约拉/阿斯皮拉夏季科学营”

• 批准号: 9550406
• 负责人: Dale Reed
• 金额: $ 3.97万
• 依托单位: Loyola University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-09-01 至 1996-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9550406&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SSC; Loyola; Aspira; Summer; Science

Loyola University Chicago in conjunction with Aspira of Illinois, will offer a bilingual (English/Spanish) six week, commuter Summer Science Camp integrating computer science, engineering, and physics for thirty-five Hispanic middle school students. The program continues with a thirteen-week academic year follow-up. The interdisciplinary activities begin with students being introduced to basic computer architecture, after which they assemble IBM-compatible computers for subsequently use in the program. Each week, the students experiment in three distinct labs: Digital electronics, Engineering design and control, and Computer science programming, where computer concepts are introduced through programming in Pascal language. The summer session includes career-oriented field trips to the facilities of Argonne National Laboratories, Northwestern University, Chicago Research & Trade (a securities trading firm), and People's Gas. Students are paid a $120 stipend to cover their transportation expenses and are granted a high school course credit through the Chicago Public Schools. Loyola/Aspira SSC replicates the DOE Loyola/Aspira Pre-Freshman Enrichment Project (PREP), that in turn is a bilingual version of an NSF Young Scholars Project redesigned for younger students. The NSF Young Scholars Project has already significantly affected minority representation in computer science studies in Illinois. Loyola/Aspira SSC's overall mission is to intellectually nurture Hispanic students of limited opportunity, to provide them with interest-stimulating experiences that enable and motivate them to take college preparatory courses in science, engineering, and mathematics, and to promote ultimately their entry into sophisticated SEM careers. ***

洛约拉大学芝加哥与伊利诺斯州的阿斯皮拉一起，将为35名西班牙裔中学生提供为期六周的双语（英语/西班牙语）通勤暑期科学夏令营，该夏令营将计算机科学，工程学和物理学融为一体。 该计划继续进行为期13周的学年随访。 跨学科活动开始与学生被介绍给基本的计算机体系结构，之后他们组装IBM兼容的计算机，随后在程序中使用。 每周，学生们在三个不同的实验室进行实验：数字电子，工程设计和控制，以及计算机科学编程，通过Pascal语言编程引入计算机概念。 暑期课程包括职业导向的实地考察，参观阿贡国家实验室、西北大学、芝加哥研究贸易公司（一家证券交易公司）和人民天然气公司。 学生获得120美元的津贴，以支付他们的交通费用，并通过芝加哥公立学校获得高中课程学分。 Loyola/Aspira SSC复制了DOE Loyola/Aspira Pre-Freshman Enrichment Project（PREP），这反过来又是为年轻学生重新设计的NSF青年学者项目的双语版本。 NSF青年学者项目已经显著影响了伊利诺伊州计算机科学研究中的少数民族代表性。 洛约拉/阿斯皮拉SSC的总体使命是智力培养机会有限的西班牙裔学生，为他们提供兴趣刺激的经验，使他们能够并激励他们参加科学，工程和数学的大学预科课程，并最终促进他们进入复杂的SEM职业生涯。 ***