Scientific Discovery for Students from Underrepresented Groups

圣克劳德州立大学将启动一项为期五周的多学科面向24名进入9年级、10年级的学生开展的关注水质的住宿青年学者项目。学生将通过一个校园项目和后续活动，利用“科学-技术-社会”接触到这几个学科。(STS)方法，重点关注与学生及其所在社区直接相关的STS问题。该计划还将包括实地考察、职业意识研讨会、为父母准备科学和工程职业的文学作品、关于美国印第安人、拉丁美洲、非洲和亚洲社会以及少数民族和女性科学家对科学和技术的贡献的研讨会。对社会科学-科学接口的哲学和伦理方面的审查是STS模式固有的和不可或缺的一部分，也将是学生项目的一部分。

St. Cloud State University will initiate a five-week, multidisciplinary, residential Young Scholars project focusing on water quality for 24 students entering grades 9,10. Students will be exposed to these several disciplines through an on-campus program and follow-up activities that use a "Science- Technology-Society" (STS) approach and which focus on STS issues of immediate relevance to the students and their respective communities. The program will also include field trips, career awareness workshops, literature to parents on preparation for careers in science and engineering, seminars on the contributions of American Indian, Latin American, African, and Asian societies and minority and female scientists to science and technology. Examination of the philosophical and ethical aspects of society- science interface is an inherent and integral part of the STS model, and will be a part of the students' projects.