MPWG: Mini-Camps for Female Secondary Students

9450558步行者 女中学生海洋和水生迷你营是一系列为期几天的、以实地为基础的、以探究为重点的、实践性的教育体验，旨在修改墨西哥湾沿岸研究实验室现有的成功项目，以满足特定的需求。一群有科学风险的中学女学生的需求。 主要研究人员认为，拟议的努力将有助于参与学生的学术和专业抱负的现实变化，从而提高他们的科学素养和职业抱负。一个更具体的目标是让参与者通过注册或重新注册高中科学课程来继续他们的正规科学教育。 住宿计划将由四个主要概念部分组成：海洋学和水文过程;海洋和水生生物-动物群;海洋和水生生物-植物群;以及海滩和屏障岛屿。 这项工作将建立在与当地学校建立的关系基础上，以确保选择最能受益的学生，以及可以随着时间的推移进行跟踪的学生。 来自同一所学校的学生将在同一时间参加。 学校分布在佛罗里达西北部、亚拉巴马、密西西比和路易斯安那。 ***

9450558 Walker The Marine and Aquatic Mini-Camp For Female Secondary Students is a series of several-day, field-based, inquiry-focused, hands-on educational experiences designed to modify an existing, successful program at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory to meet the specific needs of a population of secondary, at-risk-for-science female students. The Principal Investigators believe that the proposed effort will contribute to a realistic change in the academic and professional ambitions of participating students, thus enhancing their scientific literacy and career aspirations. A more specific goal is for the participants to continue their formal science education through enrollment or re-enrollment in high school science courses. The residential programs will be composed of four major conceptual sections: oceanography and hydrologic processes; marine and aquatic biology-fauna; marine and aquatic biology-flora; and, beach and barrier islands. The effort will build upon an established relationship with local schools to ensure selection of students who could most benefit, as well who could be tracked over time. Selected students from the same school would attend at the same time. Schools are in northwest Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. ***