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、哲学和伦理学以及问题解决方法方面的知识。参与者将包括夏威夷、美属萨摩亚、关岛、密克罗尼西亚和北马里亚纳群岛的10年级、11年级或12年级的学生。将特别努力招收女性、残疾人、菲律宾人、夏威夷人和其他太平洋岛民祖先的学生；目标是75%的少数民族参与者。课程将强调实验学习，并提供多样性、独立性和引导性的知识构建发现课程。PRP将包括为期6周的夏季住宿计划和后续活动。暑期计划将包括四个相互关联的学习经验：案例研究、小组经验、实地经验和独立项目。学生们将住在夏威夷大学的宿舍里。后续活动将采取研究项目的形式，由一名科学顾问指导。这些将在本学年举行的PRP论坛上展示，并在科学博览会、研讨会、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.