The Young Scholars Program

将为15名有潜力成为科学家的青年男女提供一个令人兴奋的机会，以进一步了解科学的定义和实践。该项目将指导参与者科学推理的原则，同时为他们提供涉及与许多科学领域密切相关的基本实验室技能和技术的实践经验。所有活动的目的都是提高个人对科学的兴趣，并为选择奋进提供指导。正在进行的拟议项目包括两个主要阶段：夏季沉浸式体验和学术年研究项目。暑期沉浸式体验是一个为期四周的计划，旨在为参与者提供科学几个重要领域的广泛指导和实验室经验。本次会议分为六个模块：科学，化学，物理，生命科学和生物技术，生态学和地质学方向，以及为期一天的过渡模块。除了主题内容外，每个模块还将整合科学方法，研究技术，科学职业选择以及伦理学在科学中的作用等主题。每个模块都由大学教师协调，他们将从纽约州立大学普拉茨堡和矿工研究所招募服务教师。在沉浸式体验之后，每个学生将在来自SUNY普拉茨堡和Miner研究所的教师导师的赞助下选择一个学期的研究项目。该研究项目将采用在夏季沉浸式体验中学到的技能，并扩展参与者在特定科学领域的兴趣和知识。书面报告和口头报告将有助于科学素养的发展和科学知识的表达给他人。为了确保该地区中学生的多元化参与，该项目将在大学和中学科学教师之间建立合作关系。

Fifteen young women and men with potential for becoming scientists will be provided with an exciting opportunity to further their understanding of the definition and practice of science. The project will instruct the participants in the principles of scientific reasoning while offering them a hands-on experience involving basic laboratory skills and techniques germane to many areas of science. All activities are designed to enhance the individual's interest in science and provide direction for selecting a field of scientific endeavor. The ongoing proposed project encompasses two major phases: a summer immersion experience and an academic-year research project. The summer immersion experience is a four week program designed to give the participant broad-based instruction and laboratory experience in several essential areas of science. This session is organized into six modules: Orientation to the Science, Chemistry, Physics,Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Ecology and Geology, and a one day Transition module. In addition to subject matter content, each of the modules will integrate such topics as scientific method, research techniques, career choices in science, and the role of ethics in science. Each module is coordinated by a university faculty who will enlist the service faculty from SUNY Plattsburgh and the Miner Research Institute. Following the immersion experience, each student will select a one semester research project under the sponsorship of faculty mentors from SUNY Plattsburgh and the Miner Research Institute. The research project will employ the skills learned during the summer immersion experience and extend the participant's interest and knowledge in a particular area of science. Written reports and oral presentations will aid in the development of scientific literacy and the articulation of scientific knowledge to others. In an effort to insure diversified participation among secondary school students in this region, the project will create a collaboration between university and secondary school science faculty.