A Biology/Mathematics Intervention Project for High School Students

维拉诺瓦大学将启动一个为期六周的数学和生物暑期住宿青年学者项目，面向36名11年级和12年级的学生。该项目将课程作业与广泛的实验室和研究经验结合起来。这两个学科的主题以创新、统一的方式提出，强调学科间的联系、科学推理的基本原则、量化思维和可视化技术。参与者将使用NSF资助的两个新实验室进行生理学实验以及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领域广阔的研究和职业机会的认识。参与者将在与项目工作人员和来访科学家的公开讨论中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在项目的暑期部分实施由学生设计的个人研究项目。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.