SSC: Minority Middle School Summer Science Program

SSC-9353162普渡大学西拉斐特，印第安纳州托德-希克斯，里贾纳和瓦纳布尔，约瑟夫 该项目的主要目标是激发少数民族中学生对科学的兴趣和能力，从而选择科学作为职业。 第二个目标（其成就应有助于实现第一）是激励中学教师重振他们在家乡机构的教学努力。 为了实现这些目标，来自印第安纳州主要城市的50名代表性不足的少数民族学生和他们的8名教师将被选为普渡大学西拉斐特校区的暑期项目。 学生将完成七年级，必须表现出在科学和数学方面取得成就的承诺。 该计划将举行四周，并将通过三年的周期，每一个连续的一年建设前一个进展。 在周期结束时（假设该计划继续得到支持），将招募一批新的学生。 为了取代那些在一个周期中因自然减员而失去的学生，将分别从完成8年级和9年级的学生中招募第2年和第3年的新生。 父母将是该方案的一个组成部分;他们将在方案开始和中期参加讲习班，重点是他们在帮助子女选择职业和维持教育努力方面的作用。 暑期课程将采用几种方法：（1）基于探究的讲座/讨论/实验室体验，重点关注四个科学领域的有趣方面：生物学，化学，地球大气科学和物理学（每年每周一次）。 虽然不会有数学或计算机科学本身。 这些学科将渗透到所选的四个科目中。 这些经验应该增加学生对这些领域的知识，但更重要的是，他们应该产生一种感觉，做科学是一种探索，而不仅仅是记住“事实”。“我们非常希望这一点将得到加强，在中学教师的这些学生，以及，因为他们参加讲座，实验室和讨论。 (2)在科学事业的机会将在白天的讲座/实验室/讨论会，并通过访问laboraties和校外确定。 职业探索和评估也将是在宿舍举行的晚间会议的重要组成部分，无论是与大学工作人员和来自行业的代表。 将特别强调指出少数群体在科学领域代表性不足的问题，并突出少数群体科学家过去和现在的贡献。 (3)帮助鼓励分析思维并帮助制定学术成功的策略，不仅在白天的讲座、实验室活动和讨论中，而且在晚上的课程中通过各种方式（例如，在愉快的游戏中磨练推理能力;探索应试技巧;强调小组学习的价值）。

SSC-9353162 Purdue University West Lafayette, IN Todd-Hicks, Regina and Vanable, Joseph The primary objective of this project is to stimulate minority Middle School students to develop an interest in and a facility for science, and as a result, to choose science as a career. A secondary objective (whose achievement should help with attaining the first) is to stimulate Middle School teachers to reinvigorate their teaching efforts in their home institutions. To achieve these objectives, 50 under-represented minority students from major Indiana cities and eight of their teachers will be selected for a summer program on the West Lafayette campus of Purdue University. The students will have finished the 7th grade and must show promise for achievement in science and mathematics. The program will be held for four weeks, and will progress through a three-year cycle, each successive year building on the previous one. At the end of the cycle (assuming the program continues to be supported), a new cohort of students will be recruited. To replace those lost by attrition during a cycle, new students will be recruited for the 2nd and 3rd years from students who have completed the 8th and 9th grades, respectively. Parents will be an integral part of the program; they will attend workshops at the beginning and at the mid-point of the program that focus on their role in helping their sons and daughters to choose a career, and in sustaining their educational efforts. The summer program will use several approaches: (1) Inquiry-based lecture/discussion/laboratory experiences that focus on interesting aspects of four areas of science: Biology, chemistry, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, and Physics (one per week each year). Although there will be no Mathematics or computer Sciences per se. These disciplines will permeate the four subjects chosen. These experiences should increase the students' knowledge of these areas, but more importantly, they should engender a sense that doing science is a quest, rather than merely memorizing "facts." We very much hope that this point would be reinforced in the Middle school teachers of these students, as well, as they participate in the lectures, laboratories, and discussions. (2) Opportunities for careers in science will be identified during the daytime lecture/ laboratory/discussion sessions, and by visits to laboraties on and off campus. Career exploration and evaluation will also be an important part of evening sessions held in the dormitories, both with University staff and with representatives from industry. Particular emphasis will be given to pointing out the issue of under- representation of minority persons in science, and highlighting the contributions of minority scientists, both past and present. (3) Help to encourage analytical thinking and help to develop strategies for academic success not only in the lectures, lab activities, and discussions during the day, but also by various means in the evening sessions (e.g., sharpening reasoning powers in the context of enjoyable games; exploring test-taking skills; emphasizing the value of studying in groups).