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TITLE Summer Science Camps Program (SSC).INSTITUTION National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.

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Schools; Mathematics Education; *Minority GroupChildren; Resident Camp Programs; Science Careers;*Science Instruction; Science Programs; *SummerPrograms

ABSTRACTThe Summer Science Camps (SSC) Program supports

residential and commuter enrichment projects for seventh throughninth grade minority students who are underrepresented in science,engineering, and mathematics. Eligible organizations include schooldistricts, museums, colleges, universities, and nonprofityouth-centered and/or community-based organizations. The goals of SSCare to provide a foundation for a lifelong interest in science andmathematics for all participants and to encourage the considerationof science, engineering, and mathematics as possible career choices.This document presents the names, addresses, phone numbers, anddescriptions of 28 summer science camps located throughout the UnitedStates. (PR)

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Directorate for Education and Human ResourcesDivision of Human Resource Development

Summer Science CampsFY 1992

Project Directors' Listing

HRD-9255106Jerry R. ShipmanAlabama A&M UniversityDept. of MathematicsP.O. Box 326Normal, Alabama 35762Phone: (205) 851-5316Fax: (205) 851-5622

HRD-9255109Benita BellGloria ScottOffice of the PresidentBennett College900 East Washington St.Greensboro, North Carolina27401-3239Phone: (919) 370-8626Fax: (919) 272-7143

HRD-9255175Carolyn R. MahoneyCalifornia State Univnrstiy

at San MarcosCollege of Arts and SciencesSan Marcos, California 92696-0001Phone: (619) 752-4090Fax: (619) 752-4030E-mail: c-mahoneyOlcsusm.edu

HRD-9252797Eunice KrinskyCalifornia State universityat Domiguez Hills

Dept. of Mathematics1000 East Victoria St.Carson, California 90747Phone: (310) 516-4203Fax: (310) 516-3627

HRD-9252818Teresa E. Pagalingc/o Antonio GarciaMESA Central CaliforniaRegional OfficePacific Gas & ElectricP.O. Box 592San Luis Obispo, California93406Phone: (805) 595-5443Fax: (805) 541-4302

HRD-9252751Melvin R. WebbClark Atlanta UniversityDept. of BiologyBrawley Dr. at Fair St. SWAtlanta, Georgia 30314Phone: (404, 880-8496.Fax: (404) 880-8522

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HRD-9252775Awilda OrtaIsabel Malavet, DirectorEugenio Maria De HostosCommunity CollegeDivision of Planning ResearchCtr. for Pre-College Initiatives500 Grand Concourse/Rm. 533ABronx, New York 10451Phone: (718) 518-6805Fax: (718) 518-4294

HRD-9252819Ann Trahanovsky-OrlestskyHampton UniversityDept. of MathematicsHampton, Virginia 23668Phone: (804) 727-5549Fax: (804) 727-5084

HRD-9252876William WhiteJackson State UniversityDept. of MathematicsJackson, Mississippi 39217Phone: (601) 973-3449Fax: (601) 968-2058

HRD-9255135Dale F. ReeeLoyola University

at ChicagoDept. of Mathematical Sciences6525 N. Sheraton RoadChicago, Illinois c0626Phone: (312) 508-3567Fax: (312) 508-3514

HRD-9255134Christine J. FaltzMarquette UniversityUpward Bound Project1217 West Wisconsin Ave.Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233Phone: (414) 288-7584Fax: (414) 288-1769

HRD-9252820Howard S. KimmelNew Jersey Institute

of TechnologyPrecollege ProgramsUniversity HeightsNewark, New Jersey 07102Phone: (201) 596-3574Fax: (201) 642-1847

HRD-9252807Linda C. CainOak Ridge Associated Univ.Science Education Engineering Div.Institute for Science & EducationP.O. Box 117Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-0117Phone: (615) 576-6220Fax: (615) 576-0202E-mail: cain@orau.gov

HRD-9252830Edward S. PiersonPurdue University-CalumetDept. of EngineeringHammond, Indiana 46323Phone: (219) 989-2472Fax: (219) 989-2898email: piersoes@pucal

HRD-9252780James C. KelleyDean, School of ScienceContact Person:Harold BannermanSan Francisco State Univ.1600 Holloway Ave.San Francisco, California 94132Phone: (415) 338-1989Fax: (415) 338-6136

HRD-9252762Kathleen SullivanSeattle UniversityDept. of MathematicsBroadway and MadisonSeattle, Washington 98122Phone: (206) 296-5931Fax: (206) 296-2163Internet: ksulliva@seattleu.edu

HRD-9252844Henry TeohSUNY College at Old WestburyDept. of Chemistry and PhysicsP.O. Box 210Natural Science Building, Rm.

Science Skills Center80 Underhill AvenueBrooklyn, New York 11238Phone: (718) 636-6215Fax: (718) 398-8102

HRD-9252752Glenn A. CassisConnecticut Pre-EngineeringProgran, Inc.950 Trout Brook DrWest Hartford, Connecticut 06119Phone: (203) 231-2824-x20Fax: (203) 523-1614

HRD-9252773Paul J. Polechla, Jr.University of Alaska

at FairbanksKuskokwim CampusP.O. Box 368Bethel, Alaska 99559Phone: (907) 543-4594Fax: (907) 543-4527

HRD-9255125Winson R. ColemanUniversity of the District

of ColumbiaScience and Engineering CenterWashington, District Columbia 20008Phone: (202) 274-6288Fax: (202) 274-5000

HRD-9255105Bruce MunsonUniverslty of Minnesota-Duluth120 Montague HallDuluth, Minnesota 55812Phone: (218) 726-7141Fax: (218) 726-7073

HRD-9252805William J. OhleyUniversity of RhodeDept. of Electrical

5252 Kekkey Hall Anex

IslandEngineering

Old Westbury, New York 11568 Kingston, Rhode Island 02881

Phone: (516) 876-2753 Phone: (401) 792-2505

Fax: (516) 876-2758 Fax: (401) 782-6422

HRD-9252858Lila DenoyaSUNY College at FredoniaDept. of EducationThompson Hall E-282Fredonia, New York 14063Phone: (716) 673-3521Fax: (716) 673-3397

RRD-9252748Thomas T. LiaoSUN? at Stoney BrookDept. of Technology & SocietyEngineering Building, Rm. 210Stoney Brook, New York 11794-2250Phone: (516) 632-8767Fax: (516) 632-8205

RRD-9255216Michael A Johnson

HRD-9255110Shirley F. BinderContact Person:Dr. Robert R. GalvanUniversity of Texasat Austin

Office of AdmissionsMain Building, Rm. 7Austin, Texas 7812Phone: (512) 471-1711Fax: (512) 471-3529

HRD-9252799Gretchen KalonjiUniversity of WashingtonDepartment of Materials Scienceand Engineering

Seattle, Washington 99195Phone: (206) 543-2600Fax: (206) 685-0666

Directorate for Education and Human ResourcesDivision of Human Resource Development

Summer Science Camps (SSC)FY 1993

Project Directors' Listing

HRD-9350528Ophelia GonaDept. of AnatomyUMDNJ-NEW Jersey Medical Sch.185 South Orange Ave.Newark, New Jersey 07103-2714Phone: (201) 982-5245Fax: (201) 982-7489E-mail: gona@umdnj.edu

HRD-9350547Ann HamadehFrench River Educ. Center, Inc.Science Resource Center1216 Dorchester Ave.Dorchester, MassachusettsPhone: (617) 635-8750Fax: (617) 635-8014

Center for Academic EnhancementGeography Dept.College Station, Texas 77843Phone: (409) 845-2474Fax: (409) 845-6419

HRD-9350576Alan R. HarkerOklahoma State Univ.Botany/Microbiology Dept.307 Life Sciences EastStillwater, Oklahoma 74078Phone: (405) 744-6243Fax: (405) 744-6790

02125 HRD-9350580William M. SudduthContact Person: Lela JacksonPresident and CEOThe Science PlaceFair ParkP.O. Box 151469Dallas, Texas 75315-1469Phone: (214) 428-5555-ext.341Fax: (214) 428-2033

HRD-9350557John C. MertzProject DirectorDelaware Valley CollegeDept. of Biology700 East Butler Ave.Doylestown, Pennsylvania 18901-2607Phone: (215) 345-1500Fax: (215) 345-5277

HRD-9350559T. S. LittleCollege of Science-Math-PSC-109University of South CarolinaColumbia, South Carolina 29208Phone: (803) 777-0310Fax: (803) 777-0314

HRD-9350563Kenneth HillDetroit Area Pre-Col Eng ProgRackham Memorial Building60 Farnsworth, Rm. 110Detroit, Michigan 48202Phone: (313) 831-3050Fax: (313) 831-5633

HRD-9350572Kaxon A..SturdivantTexas A&M U. Researc:, Fdn.

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HRD-9350581H. Frank MorrisonContact Person: Victor CaryProject DirectorUniv. of California-BerkeleyCollege of Engineering-MESA312 McLaughlin HallBerkeley, California 94720Phone: (510) 642-3804Fax: (510) 642-3805E-mail: Vcary@hera.berkeley.edu

HRD-9353152B. Samuel TanenbaumContact Person: Linda Dell'OssoHarvey Mudd College301 E. 12th St.Claremont, California 91711Phone: (909) 621-8240Fax: (909) 621-8360

RRD-9353154Howard K. HardinJefferson County Public Sch.Dept. of Education AssessmentVanHoose Education Center

3332 Newburg Rd.Louisville, Kentucky 40218Phone: (502) 473-3551Fax: (502) 473-3821

HRD-9353155Irvin E. VanceBlack Child and Family Inst.Michigan State Univ.Math Dept.Wells HallEast Lansing, Michigan 48824Phone: (517) 353-4693Fax: (517) 336-1562E-mail: 21144ievOmsu.bitnet

HRD-9353157Julius KroschewskySouthwest Texas State U.Edward Aquifer Research CenterSan Marcos, Texas 78666Phone: (512) 245-3541Fax: (512) 245-3847

HRD-9353162Regina Todd-HicksPurdue University1390 Mathematical Science Bldg.West Lafayette, Indiana 47907Phone: (317) 494-1760Fax (317) 494-1736

HRD-9353164Iris DeLoach JohnsonMiami University at OxfordTeacher Education Dept.301 McGuffey HallOxford, Ohio 45056Phone: (513) 529-6437Fax: (513) 529-4931

dRD-9353171Lily E. ChristJohn Jay College ofCriminal JusticeThe City Univ. of New YorkDept. of Mathematics445 59th St.New York, New York 10019Phone: (212) 237-8926Fax: (212) 237-8777

HRD-9353177Sylvia JamesNational Aquarium BaltimoreEducation & InterpretationPier 3/501 East Pratt St.Baltimore, Maryland 21202Phone: (410) 576-3871Fax: (410) 659-0116

HRD-9353214Ilma Lima

Bank Street CollegeContinuing Education Dept.610 West 112th St.New York, New York 10025Phone: (212) 875-4506Fax: (212) 875-4547

HAD-9353241Cynthia D. ParkSan Diego State Univ. Fdn.Upward Bound/Talent Search6310 Alvarado Ct.San Diego, California 92120Phone: (619) 594-2349Fax: (619) 594-4570

HRD-9353244Mark SmithRensselaer Polytechnic Inst.Minority Student Affairs110 Eight St.Troy, New York 12180-3590Phone: (518) 276-8197Fax: (518) 276-4034

HRD-9353251Louis A. IozziRutgers University& Cook CollegeEnvironmental & Natural ResourceScience Building, Rm. 14New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903-0231Phone: (908) 932-9631/9650Fax: (908) 932-8644

HRD-9353255Edna LamebullAnchorage School Dist.Indian Education4600 DeBarr Ave.P.O. Box 19614Anchorage, Alaska 99519Phone; (907) 269-3211Fax: (907) 269-2222

HRD-9353256Sara J. McCullohSouth Dakota School of Mines andTechnologySkill Program501 E. St. Joseph St.Rapid City, South Dakota 57701Phone: (605) 394-1828Fax: (605) 394-6131

HAD-9353260Joseph KishtonUniversity of North CarolinaPsychology Dept.601 South College Rd.Wilmington, North Carolina 28403Phone: (919) 395-3380Fax: (919) 395-3863

HRD-9353277Helen C. CooksExecutive DirectorPrep TechUniversity of Toledo2801 W. Bancroft St.Suite 2362, SWACToledo, Ohio 43606Phone: (419) 537-3930Fax: (419) 537-3902

HRD-9353279Army Lester, IIIKennesaw State CollegeDept. of BiologyP.O. Box 444Marietta, Georgia 30061Phone: (404) 423-6164Fax: (404) 423-6625

HAD-9353281Dolores JaquezEast Bay Consortium of Educ.314 East Tenth St. Rm. 5Oakland, California 94606Phoae: (510) 836-8367Fax: (510) 836-8607

HRD-9353287Kathryn K. MatthewProject Manager: Susan McGuireNew Mexico Museumof Nat. Hist. & SciencePublic Programs/Educ.1801 Mountain Rd. NWAlbuquerque, New Mexico 87194Phone: (505) 841-8837Fax: (505) 841-8866

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Directorate for Education and Human ResourcesDivision of Human Resource Development

Summer Science Camps (SSC) 1992

Project Abstracts

SSC-9252751Melvin WebbCLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITYDepartment of BiologyAtlanta, GA 30314

"Clark Atlanta UniversitySummer Science Camp'

Clark Atlanta University issponsoring a four-week Summer ScienceCamp for forty seventh and eighthgrade African American students eachsummer for the three year period,1992-1994. Program participants,selected from elementary and middleschools in Metropolitan Atlanta,enroll in an academic enrichmentexperience that . includesintezdisciplinary science, computerapplications, mathematics, andcommunication skills. Instructionemphasizes problem solving andcritical thinking while focusing onreal life situations. In addition toclassroom experiences, participantsinteract with research scientists intheir laboratories and in careerawareness seminars and discussiongroups. Weekly field trips round outthe academic experiences of theprogram. Follow-up activities duringthe academic year include workshopsaach semester for programparticipants and their parents, anawards program at the end of theschool year, and a mentoring programin which participants are matchedwith undergraduate or graduatestudent science majors who serve astheir mentors.

SSC-9252752Glenn A. CassisTRINITY COLLEGE950 Trout Brook DriveWest Hartford, CT 06119

'CPEP Summer Program'

The Connecticut Pre-EngineeringProgram, Inc. (CPEP) Summer Programat Trinity College offers a five-weekprogram which integrates instructionin the sciences, mathematics,computer applications, guidance andcareer counseling and languagearts/study skills. Each year fortyunderrepresented minority risingeighth and ninth grade students takegrade appropriate courses and

participate on field trips. Theprogram employs a hands-on approachto mathematics and science education.Learning experiences are designed toinvolve students actively in scienceinquiry and mathematics as anintegral aspect of investigation.Professionals from the science,engineering and mathematics communityserve as role models and mentors.

SSC-9252762Kathleen SullivanSEATTLE UNIVERSITYDepartment of MathematicsSeattle, WA 98122

'The Mathematics and Physics of

Water: A Summer Activities Camp"

Heritage College and SeattleUniversity jointly conduct a

four-week summer commuter/residentialmathematics and physics camp forethnic/racial minority girls enteringthe eighth grade, with follow-upactivities throughout the subsequentacademic year. The targetedpopulations are Native American andHispanic girls from the agriculturalToppenish area, and African-Americangirls from the urban neighborhoodsnear Seattle University. The program,which involves 50 participants eachsummer in the summers of 1992-1994,serves students who are able andwell-motivated but who might welllose interest in science andmathematics without specialattention. Activities include: 1)

small group daily interactiveactivities and experiments at eachcampus site on topics such as fluidflows, waves, and water quantity andquality, supplemented by field tripsand auest scientists, primarilywomen; and 2) field experiments at aresidential lakeside science camp.

SSC-9252773Paul J. Polechla, Jr.UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA AT FAIRBANKSKuskokwim CampusP.O. Box 368Bethel, Alaska 99559°Yukon Delta Environmental EducationCamp'

This summer residential camp whichaccommodates 30 ninth arade Native

Alaskans per year, is located in aremote site near Bethel, Alaska, inthe heart of the Yukon Delta NationalWildlife Refuge. This is an areawith a great need for the collectionof basic biological data. Studentswill be immersed in a variety ofresearch projects, collecting neededdata to answer existing questions.Program staff and the NativeElders-in-Residence will helpstimulate questions and provideinsight into the natural history ofthe area. Students will prepare afinal report of their research andwill also visit an actual fieldresearch station and assist withactivities there.

SSC-9252775Awilda OrtaEUGENIO 201 DE HOSTOS COLLEGEDivision of Planning ResearchBronx, NY 10451

°Terra: An Environmental SummerScience Camp°

Eugenio Maria de Hostos CommunityCollege and Cornell UniversityCooperative Extension collaborativelydesigned this environmental summerscience camp in which fiftyAfrican-American and Hispanic ninthgrade students per year willparticipate in innovative,inquiry-based scientific projects andlearn about careers in science,engineering, and mathematics.Through hards-on laboratoryactivities, participants will learnabout the deterioration of theenvironment as it affects land, air,and water resources, and the role ofscientists and engineers inprotecting and reversing thisenvironmental damage. Utilizing NewYork City's natural resources as wellas its professional scientists,engineers, and mathematicians,students will also learn aboutscience from a socially responsibleand ethical perspective. TERRAbrings together practicingscientists, college faculty, and highschool teachers to challenge andmotivate minority ninth graders tostay in school, take additionalcourses in high school, and learnabout career opportunities in thesefields.

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SSC-9252780James C. KelleySAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITYDepartment of Geology1600 Holloway AvenueSan Francisco, CA 94132

°Young Engineers & Scientists(Y.E.S.) Summer Science Camp°

The Y.E.S. Summer Science Camp is asix week commuter mathematics andscience program along with a

follow-up academic year program. Theprogram serves two hundred andtwenty-five seventh through ninthgrade African-American, Hispanic andNative-American students over a threeyear period. The objectives of theprogram are to: 1) introducestudents to science, engineering andmathematics concepts in a culturallyrelevant manner; 2) teach studentshow academic coursework relates totheir futures; 3) show students howscience, engineering and math relateto the world around them; and 4) helpparents become better informed andactively involved in the education oftheir children. The program involvesvolunteer scientists and engineersfrom local industry and San FranciscoState University. Program activitiesinclude: Science, computer science,mathematics and communicationscourses, guests speakers, laboratorydemonstration experiments, fieldtrips and group research projects.During the academic year, studentsparticipate in the existing MESAProgram at their school site.

SSC-9252797Eunice KrinskyCALIFORNIA STATE UNrVERS/TY ATDOMINGUEZ HILLSDepartment of MathematicsCarson, CA 90747

Science, Technology EnrichmentProgram (STEP)°

This program offers a three-weeksummer institute of courses in

mathematics and science which aredesigned to reinforce students'understanding of science while alsoencouraging creativity by having themwork on selected topics and projects.The academic year component continuesstudents' explorations throughsessions with visiting scientists,special activity groups and fieldtrips. Eighty students willparticipate each year. Major goalsof the program are to: 1) encouragestudents to continue taking the

critical mathematics and sciencecourses during their secondaryeducation; 2) create an awareness

within the community for talentedstudents to pursue careers in theseareas; 3) create a cohort of studentswho share similar interests; 4)

ensure that these students proceed tohigher education; and 5) increase theprobability t'nat these students willpursue a career in mathematics and/orscience.

SSC-9252799Gretchen KalonjiUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONDepartment of Materials Science andEngineeringSeattle, WA 98195

University of Washington TechnologyCamp°

The Technology Summer Camp providesan environmental science andengineering program for rising ninthgrade African-American, Hispanic,Native-American and Pacific Islanderstudents. The camp involvesstudents, through group interactiveactivities, in the excitement of theprocess of science and engineeringand will expose them to a widevariety of career options andmentoring experiences. The program'sgoal is to encourage students topursue rigorous math and sciencetraining in high school and to beginconsidering the many options forscientific and technologicaleducation at the university level, aswell as to make students more awareof science and technology as a socialendeavor.

SSC-9252805William J. OhleyUNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDDepartment of Electrical EngiaeeringKingston, RI 02881

"A Native American Summer ScienceCamp"

This camp, designed for NativeAmerican middle school students,focuses on engineering, includingelectrical, ocean, civil, andmechanical engineering. Studentswill design wooden flutes, canoes,model airplanes, and bridges. Theprojects are chosen in part to havesome grounding in Native Americanculture. The camp is integrated intoa local ongoing American IndianScience and Engineering Societyprogram which will keep the studentsin close contact with students andfaculty at the University. The campincludes field trips to nearbymuseums and industrial organizationsand involves parents and the

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community through Native Americanstory telling activities.

SSC-9252807Linda C. CainOAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITYScience Education EngineeringDivisionP O. Box 117Oak Ridge, TN 37831-0117

°Minority Student Suaraar ScienceCamp"

The goals of this Summer Science Campare to generate and maintain aninterest in science and mathematicsamong African-American and Hispanicstudents and to encourage them toconsider careers in science andmathematics. Sixty rising seventh,eighth, and ninth grade minoritystudents from Knoxville, Chattanooga,and other areas of East Tennesseewill participate in this camp. Theprogram focuses on both life andphysical science, thus exposing themto two major divisions of scientificinquiry. Mathematics, as well asother discipline areas are integratedinto the four-week residentialprogram. The life science componentfocuses on population studies; thephysical science component focuses onthe science and mathematics ofseveral aspects of daily living andrecreation. Biology, mathematics,geology, chemistry, physics, moneymanagement, and nutrition are

integral facets of both projectareas. Students participate in

hands-on research activitiesinterspersed with discussions relatedto their activities. In addition,students participate in careerguidance and counseling activities,learn to write and present a formalreport, practice good study skills,are exposed to motivational programs,and interact with role models from avaliety of settings. During thefour-week camp, activities will alsobe offered for parents and siblings.Instructors are experienced collegeand high school staff members,practicing scientists andmathematicians, and high school

students. Follow-up activitiesduring the academic year will be on abi-monthly basis.

SSC-92521318Teresa E. PagalingCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITYSACRAMENTOMinority Engineering ProgramSacramento, CA 95819

°MESA Success Thiough CollaborationSummer Science Camp°

MESA's Success Throuan Collaborationprogram expands to offer a scienceand mathematics summer camp for 40American Indian middle schoolstudents from throughout Californiaper year. Held on the CaliforniaPolytechnic University campus in SanLuis Obispo and centering on anenvironmental theme, the camp isdesigned to: develop a community ofacademically oriented rural and urbanIndian students; excite studentsabout science, mathematics andengineering and the careerpossibilities in those fields;bolster self-esteem; demonstrateleadership training; increasecritical thinking and communicationsskills; and deepen students'commitment to remain in school andobtain a college degree in science,mathemics or engineering. Theinstructional approach includescultural activities imbedded in aninterdisciplinary environmentalcurriculum of hands-on mathematicsand science and is facilitated byundergraduate role models and smallgroup cooperative learning. Studentswill complete environmental projectsand present them through aconference-like forum to parents andpeers.

Professors and practicing engineersand scientists provide careercounseling. Academic year follow-upincludes activities in MESAAcademies, field trips, and guestspeakers and MESA Clubs. Campgraduates subsequently become membersAISES and interact with AISESuniversity student mentors.

SSC-9252819Ann Trahanovsky-OrlestskyHAMPTON UNIVERSITYDepartment of MathematicsHampton, VA 23668

*Summer Science Camp for RisingSeventh Grade UnderrepresentedStudents°

The Hampton University sponsors a

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forty-e.Lght rising seventh grademinority students. Programactivities include: 1) instruction

in geometry, probability, statisticsin experimental mode with emphasis onscientific research methodology,supplemented with problem solving,problem-solving techniques, graphiccalculator and computer usage; 2)

enrichment exneriences such as studyskills and writing for success inmathematics; alleviation ofmathematics anxiety; guest speakerswho discuss career options inmathematics and local field trips tobusiness and professional operations.Parents play an active rofe byproviding after school and weekendhelp for the student on the basis oftheir own program orientationtraining. Follow-up activitiesinclude minds-on, hands-on activitiesdeveloped and presented by studentsusing the skills and techniquesacquired during the summer program aswell a s additionalclassroom-laboratory activities.

SSC-9252820Howard S. KimmelNEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYPrecollege ProgramsUniversit-y HeightsNewark, 1..J 07102

°Summer Science Campo

The New Jersey Institute ofTechnology Summer Science Campprovides a four week commuter campwith academic year follow-upactivities for seventy-eight seventhgrade, low income, educationallydisadvantaged African-American andHispanic students from Newark publicschools. Instruction is.provided inscience and math, based on the themeof Marine Science, oral and writtencommunication skills, as well as fourfield trips to various marine sciencelocations in New Jersey. Inaddition, students receive academic,financial and career counseling andare exposed to formal and informalinteraction with minority and womenprofessors and students alreadyengaged in science based careers.Parents-guardians are involvedthroughout the program. Projectpartners include: The Newark Boardof Education, The New Jersey MarineScience Consortium and The ProtestantCommunity Center, Inc, a communitybased parcnc organization. Follow-upactivities will be carried out duringeach academic year which provideadditional math/scienceopportunities, academic and careercounseling, and monitoring of studentprogress.

SSC-9252830Edward S. PiersonPURDUE UNIVERSITYEngineering DepartmentHammond, Indiana 46323

°Engineering and Science SummerProgram"

The objective of this program is todemonstrate to African-American andHispanic students in the Calumetregion the real life relevance of andopportunities in engineering andscience. This is a five-week summerprogram for students completinggrades 6, 7, and 8 with follow-upactivities in subsequent years. Thisis a cooperative effort betweenPurdue University- Calumet and Garyand East Chicago school systems. Thekey feature is the structure whichties math, science, and applicationstogether; thus topics are chosen sothat the participants see theimportance of math as a basic tool,and its application to engineeringand science. Hands-on laboratory andcomputer usage sessions andindustrial tours are provided.

SSC-9252844Henry TeohSUNY AT OLD WESTBURYChemistry and Physics DepartmentOld Westbury, NY 11568

°Summer Science Camp"

The camp at SUNY/College at OldWestbury extends the summer program,established six years ago, forminority high school students tofifty African-American and Hispanicmiddle school students (grades seventhrough nine) per year and admitsthem to the Science Training andEducation Program (STEP) . Activitiesin the four-week summer camp includeintensive instruction in mathematics,communication skills, and computerscience and analytical skills usablein developing research orientedscience projects. Students areexposed to career exploration'activities such as science projects.Students are exposed to careerexploration activities such as fieldtrips to industries, governmentlaboratories and college researchlabs complete with pre-tour briefing,post- tour evaluations and informalmeetings with scientists, along withmentoring by college role models.Group workshop strategies forreinforced learning, motivationthrough team competitions, asupportive climate, experienced staffand carefully chosen courses tailoredto students' needs are the key

elements of this SSC. Programs whichassist students in developingpositive attitudes towards SEMcareers, increase their academicconfidence and encourage parentparticipation in education areincorporated.

SSC-9252858Lila DenoyaSUNY AT FREDONIADepartment of EducationFredonia, NY 14063

°Pathways of the Math and SciencesSummer Program°

The State University of New YorkCollege at Fredonia sponsors the"Pathways of Mathematics and SciencesSummer Project" for minority studentsannually from three target schools.This five-week commuter projectprovides unique learning experiencesin mathematics and science toencourage students to continue thestudy of math and science, to realizethe importance of these subjects intheir everyday lives and appreciatethat both are interestina andenjoyable. The summer project hasthree modules: I) Knowing theCoursework; II) Knowing Yourself; andIII) Knowing the School System. Themathematics content includes sciencecontent sucg as ecology,environmental geology and mineralogy.Instructional activities involvehands-on, independent study,intensive lab use, work stations, andfield trips. Problem solving,communication, reasoning, andconnection provide students withstimulating conditions for learningmathematics and science. Communityand institutional support are strong.

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SSC-9252876William WhiteJACKSON STATE UNIVERSITYDepartment of MathematicsJackson, MS 39217

°Summer Science Camps for Seventh andEighth Gradersat Jackson State University°

The Summer Science Camp Program isdesigned to rejuvenate the studentinterest in natural science andmathematics at an early age.Annually, forty-eight seventh andeighth grade African-Americanstudents are exposed to naturalsciences, mathematics, communicationskills and computer science in anintensive four-week residentialsummer session at Jackson StateUniversity (JSU) . Activities include

classroom instruction and laboratorydemonstrations-experiments andinvolve individual as well as groupinteraction with communication skills(oral and written) , applications ofmathematical concepts, and computerapplications. Upper level sciencetechnology students serve as mentorsfor the participants and continuethis contact throughout the academicyear as well as actively assist theinstructors. In addition, speakersfrom local industry and JSU serve asinvited speakers; students take fieldtrips to science museums,planetariums and Federallaboratories. Students willparticipate in similar programs untilgrade twelve and will be trackedthroughout their academic career.

SSC-9255105Bruce MunsonUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH120 Montague HallDuluth, MN 55812

°Native American Summer Science Camp°

Ninety seventh and eighth gradeAmerican Indian students participatein summer science camps offered atthree different locations in theUpper Midwest: Duluth, Minnasota,Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Tama, Iowa.The camp curriculum focuses onnatural resource management issuesand American Indian traditionsParticipants conduct scientificresearch projects in cooperativegroups and discuss scientificresearch with professional scientists(including American Indian rolemodels) . The program integratesscience, mathematics andcommunication skills through thisinformal camp setting. Projectfollow-up includes participantnewsletters that discuss schoolscience and math topics and theirrelevance to the summer campexperiences as well as visits to camplocations for seminars with parentsand participants.

SSC-9255106Jerry R. ShipmanALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITYDepartment of MathematicsNormal, AL 35762

"Summer Science Camp at Alabama AELMUniversitym

The Summer Science Camps at Alabama AUniversity provide

African-American students enteringgrades 7-9 with innovative activitiesdesigned to provide: 1) a foundation

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for influencing their interest inscience and mathematics; 2) positiveattitudes toward staying in schooland continuing the study of scienceand mathematics; and 3) encouragementto consider science, engineering andmathematics disciplines as possiblecareer choices. The SSC activitiesinclude a combination of enrichmentinstruction and laboratoryexperiences in science andmathematics, problem solvingexperiences, experiences indeveloping strong study andcommunications skills, exposure toresearch methodology, experiencesdesigned to improve self-esteem andmotivation, and career explorationemphasizing student interactions withscientists , engineers andmathematicians.

SSC-925510',Benita BellBENNETT COLLEGEDepartment of ChemistryGreensboro, NC 27420

"Bennett College Summer Science Camps

Bennett College offers a six-weekcommuter and residential SummerScience Camp for the same fifty localAflican-American seventh throughninth grade minority youth on theBennett campus. The camp andacademic year follow-up activitiesfeature classroom, laboratory andenrichment activities, provideself-paced mathematics and sciencesinstruction, individualized tutoring,outreach sarvices, mentoring, lifemanagement skills development, parentinvolvement, and appropriate supportsystems and utilize audio-tutorialand computer assisted instructionaltechniques.

SSC-9255110Shirley BinderUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINOffice of AdmissionsAustin, TX 78712

"University Outreach Centers SummerScience Camps°

The University of Texas at Austinconducts three series of SummerScience Camps annually for 150'51rican-American and Hispanic youthsantering the eighth and ninth grades.Designed to build a coherent andsolid foundation among minoritymiddle schoolers for an interest inand understanding of science andmathematics, these programs arepresented in the context of existingOutreach Centers established by the

University in major concentrations oftarget minorities in Austin, Dallas,and the Rio Grande Valley. The SSCenvironment and activities aredesigned to bring the participantinto immediate and personal contactwith the people and "things" ofscience, mathematics and technologyby having them participate in a widerange of research processes andinteracting with activemathematicians, engineers andscientists. The focus of each of theSSC's curricula is embodied in amajor yearly theme for each site thatis derived from the particular natureof local student populations and theavailable resources of that area(e.g. basic foundations, robotics andspace technology, ecologyplant/animal study, and agribusinessand genetic engineering, etc.) . SSCstudent participants will interactwith teachers trained in teacherenhancement programs, thus matchingthe middle schoolers with trainedscience and mathematics teachers thatthey will likely encounter in uppermiddle and high school. The ultimatedesigned outcome of this interactionis.the creation of "student-teacherallies" in the academic-yearclassroom who are bound together byboth shared interest and commonexperience in the science andmathematics learning process.

SSC-9255125Winson R. ColemanUNIVERSITY OF rut. DISTRICT OFCOLUMBIAOffice of the DirectorWashington, DC 20008

'Summar Science Camp (SSC)'

This program expands the existingScience and Engineering Center'spre-college program to include sixtyseventh and eighth grade minoritystudents in a summer academicintervention commuter program.Activities provide a non-traditionallearning environment that allows forparticipant acquisition of knowledgefrom hands-on mathematics, computerscience and electrical engineeringinstruction. Participants in thisprogram will also participatesubsequently in the Physical ScienceInstitute, a science program forninth through twelfth grade students.

SSC-9255134Christine J. FaltzMARQUETTE UNIVERSITYUpward Bound ProjectMilwaukee, WI 53233

'Summer Science Camps'

The Marquette University EqualOpportunity Program (EOP), togetherwith the College of Engineering,offers a 4-week Summer Science CampProgram that provides enrichmentexperiences in science, engineeringand mathematics for 48 middle schoolminority students, plus academic yearactivities at Marquette and in threearea middle schools. Activitiesinclude: 1) exploration of "TheWonderful World of Robotics" throughhands-on discovery and demonstrationactivities in civil, mechanical,electrical and computer engineering;and 2) construction of a LEGO/TCrobot to accomplish a task of theirchoice. Academic year follow-upactivities include: 1) ScienceSaturdays at the MU College of

Engineering; 2) Science Clubs; 3)

one-on-one assistance with students'science fair projects; and 4)

participation in a mini-science fairat MU. Both summer and academic yearprogramming provide careerexploration, college planning, andpersonal development componentsdesigned to inform and motivatemiddle school students aboutpreparing for careers in science,engineering and mathematics.

SSC-9255135Dale F. ReedLOYOLA UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGODepartment of Mathematical Sciences6525 N. Sheraton RoadChicago, IL 60626

'Loyola/Aspira Summar Science Camp'

Loyola University Chicago, inconjunction with Aspira of Illinois,offers a bilingual (English/Spanish)six week, commuter Summir ScienceCamp integrating computer science,engineering, and physics for risingseventh through ninth grade "Highability/low opportunity" Hispanicstudents. A subsequent academic yearfollow-up program is also provided.The interdisciplinary activitiesbegin with students being introducedto basic computer architecture, afterwhich they assemble IBM-compatiblemicrocomputers for subsequent use inthe program. Students are guidedthrough experiments in three districtlabs: Digital electronics,engineering design and control, andcomputer science programming, where

computer concepts are introducedthrougn programming in the Pascallanguage. Summer sessions includecareer-oriented field trips to thefacilities of Argonne NationalLaboratories, NorthwesternUniversity, Chicago Research & Trade(a securities trading firm), andPeople's Gas. Students earn highschool course credit through thegifted program of the Chicago PublicSchools.

SSC-9255175Carolyn MahoneyCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITYAT SAN MARCOS

College of Arts And SciencesSan Marcos, California 92696-0001

°Middle School Mathematics andScience at San Marcos (MS)2(SW°

"Middle School Mathematics andScience at California StateUniversity San Marcos" HMS)2(SM)) isa summer camp initiative sponsoredby California State Universlty SanMarcos in collaboration with thepublic school districts of Escondido,Oceanside, San Marcos, and vista.This academically based enrichmentprogram offers mathematics andscience related activities to developand sustain the interest of sevenththrough ninth grade African-American,Hispanic, Native-American, andPan-Asian students in north San DiegoCounty. Each summer the studentsattend a four-week institute taughtby local science and mathematicsteachers and college or universityscientists and mathematicians.Students use calculators andcomputers as they develop thecritical thinking and p-coblem- solvingskills that form the basis forscientific work. During the summerand academic year, participants takefield trips to interact withscientists in a variety of worksettings and are mentored by localcollege students anci academic orindustrial scienti, s. Projectresults will be disseminated throughprofessional education networks,submission of articles to refereedjournals, and presentations at local,state and national meetings.

SSC-9255216Michael A. JohnsonSCIENCE SKILLS CENTER80 Underhill AvenueBrooklyn, NY 11238

"SSC: The Science Skills CenterSummer Science Camps

Founded in 1979, the Science SkillsCenter (SSC) is a non-profitcommunity based program whichencourages young minority and femalestudents to pursue careers inscience, mathematics, and technology.At its current two sites in Brooklyn,N.Y., approximately 400 students,ages six to eighteen, are enrolled inprograms where they take acceleratedcourses in biology, chemistry,physical science, rocketry,oceanography, botany, andmathematics. This summer sciencecamp expands two of the existingsites to include an additional totalof one hundred and fiftyAfrican-American and Hispanic middleschool students. At one site, theSummer Science Institute, a group ofstudents spend one week in each ofsix areas (i.e. chemistry,biochemistry, biology, botany,computers, electronics andchess/mathematics) . Students alsotake weekly field trips to museums orengineering firms. At another site,the Science Skills Center and IBMhave developed an engineering BASE(Building Access to ScienceEnrichment) program, a program whosegoal is to cxpose talented minorityyouth to careers in engineering.Students get to observe first-handscience principles at IBM's Brooklynfacility and receive instruction fromIBM engineers in several coursesincluding eystems architecture,chemical and electrical engineeringand computer science.

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Directorate for Education and Human ResourcesDivision of Human Resource Development

Summer Science Camps (SSC) 1993Project Abstracts

SSC-9350528UNDNJ-New Jersey Medical SchoolNewark, NJGona, Ophelia

wITIMS Summer Science Camps

As a means of stimulating minorityyouth to stay in school and pursuecareers in sciences, engineering ormathematics ( S E M) , amultidisciplinary Summer Science Campfor rising ninth graders will beconducted at the New Jersey MedicalSchool. Specific objectives addressthe acquisition of certain SEM skillsand familiarity with professions andprofessionals of these disciplines.The camp will provide an almost totalimmersion and integrated experiencein SEM for participants. A novel,Fantastic Voyage, by Isaac Asimov,will provide the central theme forcamp activities which will include:field trips, visits with SEMprofessionals, hands -onexperimentation and exploration, andcomputer use.Built into the design are activitiesto encourage and enhance basicskills. Numerous opportunities willexist for campers to meet SEMprofessionals. Various activitieswill explore the training necessaryfor SEM careers.

Parents will be active home partnersin their children's summer experienceand will have opportunities to visitthe camp and take field trips withcampers. Participants will beacademically capable minoritystudents. Staff will include theDirector, Counselors (teachers fromlocal high schools), and JuniorCounselors (rising college freshmenwho have interest and ability in thesciences or mathematics), all of whomwill be underrepresented minorities.Achievement of the camp's objectiveswill be assessed by techniques suchas pre-and post-testing, anecdotalrecords, etc. Long-term monitoringand follow-up of participants will beachieved by academic-year Science

Days and by biannual communj.cationwith parents and participants forfour years following the campexperience. Long-term goals are forparticipants to graduate from highschool four years after the campexperience, to attain a grade of B orbetter in each of three high schoolscience courses and three mathematicscourses, and to be admitted to acollege at the end of high schoolwith a major in one of the SEMdisciplines.

SSC-9350547French River Education Center, Inc.N. Oxford, MAHamadeh, Ann, Lou Horner, MichaelFields, Bernard Brown, and JosephineCorro

°On DEC 2000° Summer Science Academy

This project conducts the "On DEC2000" Summer Science Camp, a four-week science enrichment and careerexploration project designed forfifty Black inner city seventh gradestudents. The project represents analliance between the Boston PublicSchools and, among others, DigitalEquipment Corporation, in whichstudents participate for threeconsecutive summers. Students areexposed initially to careers in

chemistry, physics, astronomy,engineering, and computingtechnology, through hands-onactivities, guest speakers, mentors,and field trips to area universitiesand colleges. Returning studentswill select three of these coursesfor in-depth study in the secondyear, while third year studentsenroll in the course that mostinterests them and devote the entiresummer to its study. New "freshmen"classes are recruited annually.Academic year follow-up activitiesinclude after-school science clubsand a "Science by Mail" program withthe Boston Museum of Science.

SSC-9350557Delaware Valley College S&ADoylestown, PAMertz, John

SSC-Pre-Freshman Enrichment Program'

Delaware Valley College's PREPInitiative is an enrichment programwhich will target average achievingseventh and eighth grade students whohave been traditionallyunderrepresented in the areas ofmathematics and sciences. TheCollege has collaborated with fourPhiladelphia School District MiddleSchools for student and staffrecruitment. Each of the fourschools will identify a maximum offifteen students per school. A fourweek summer encampment at theDelaware Valley College will providestudents with the opportunity toengage in group and individualeducational programming. Parentalparticip7tion is an essentialcomponent of program activities. Thethematic educational focus is onenvironmental issues. Through theemphasis on the environment, studentswill learn basic scientific,mathematical and communicationskills. In addition, an on-goingsub-theme will be career development/exposure. This component will becarried out in follow-up activitiesas well, which will include mentoringvisits to the four schools andevaluative activities.

SSC-9350559University of South CarolinaCollege of Science & MathColumbia, SCDurig, James R. and Timothy S. Little

"University of South Carolina-SummerScience Camp"

This project conducts a four-weekresidential camp for forty-four Blackeighth- and ninth grade students fromrural areas. The camp is held on theColumbia campus and on Pritchard'sIsland. The project focuses oninstruction in life-, earth-space,and physical sciences and includesmentoring by faculty and graduatestudents as well as academic-yearfollow-up. It is consistent withstatewide efforts to restructurescience and mathematics education atthe K-12 levels and is located in thesame region as the undergraduate

level Alliance for MinorityParticipation (AMP) at the Universityof South Carolina.

SSC-9350563Detroit Area Pre::College Engineering(DAPCEP)Detroit, MichiganHill, Kenneth, Arthur Haman, and MarkThomas

"DAPCEP-University of Detroit PaperVehicle Project°

The Detroit Area Pre-CollegeEngineering Program (DAPCEP) and theUniversity of Detroit- Mercy conducta five-week commuter summer camp forfifty seventh- through ninth-gradeAfrican-American and Hispanicstudents annually. The camp focuseson the design and building of a full-size vehicle made of paper products.The curriculum is based on the PaperVehicle Project written by engineersat General Motors. Students learnengineering concepts and take fieldtrips to an automobile assembly plantand proving ground. The projectincludes mentoring by professionalsin industry and area high schools aswell as parental involvement.

SSC-9350572Texas A&M Research Fdnt.College Station, TXSturdivant, Karon, John Giardino,Juan Valdes, and Rodney Paris

"Camp Planet Earth: A SummerEnvironmental Science Academy"

The goal of the Texas A&M UniversityCamp Planet Earth: SummerEnvironmental Science Camp is toincrease the number of AfricanAmerican, Hispanic, and NativeAmerican students from educationally,disadvantaged backgrounds who succeedin college preparatory courses inmathematics and science during theirhigh school years and then to enterthese disciplines of study at thecollege level. Participants will workin a stimulating, non-threateningeducational environment withprofessors as mentors and Texas A&MUniversity graduate students as wellas selected former Camp Planet Earthstudents serving as mentors and peerrole modes. Through a variety ofinstructional activities at Texas A&MUniversity and the actual field

experience, participants will obtainknowledge and skills related to thescientific investigation of theenvironment of Planet Earth; developa strong Interest in pursuing careersin science and increase theirknowledge of the educationalpreparation required for suchcareers; develop academic skills fortheir high school studies throughsessions which focus on strengtheningtheir skills in reading, writing, andcommunications with particularemphasis on helping students developgood study skills for mathematics andscience courses; and develop anincreased level of pride andappreciation in their ethnicities andcultural sensitivity to other ethnicgroups.

Environmental science has beenselected as the focus for the Campbecause it integrates a number ofscientific disciplines: aeology,meteorology, biology, chemistry,geography, physics, engineering, andmathematics. This interdisciplinaryapproach is based on the strongbelief that the environment can bestbe understood by the application ofgeneral systems theory to planetaryprocesses. The approach requiresthat Camp participants consider theplanet from a holistic point of viewand emphasizes the idea of linkagesbetween the subsystems of the earthas well as the various components andelements of the subsystems.

After two weeks of classroominstruction, at the universitycampus, the participants, campfaculty and staff will travel to theprogram's field camp in Alamosa,Colorado. The camp will be acombination of an academic experienceand an "outward-bound" adventure.

SSC-9350576Oklahoma State UniversityStillwater, OKHarker, Alan

°Exploring Contemporary BiologicalDilemmas°

The NSF Summer Science Camp will beexecuted within a larger ongoingprogram to enhance recruitment andretention of Native American studentsin the biological sciences. It willemploy an investigative approach to alocal environmental problem_

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Interdependent research groups of

students will focus on differentareas of a common problem andcooperate to propose a solution. Theproposed research will combine fieldand laboratory components. Theenvironmental emphasis will allowstudents to focus on many disciplinesincluding: life sciences, physicalsciences, statistics, engineering,economics, as well as libary,writing, and presentation skills.The groups will attend joint meetingsonce each week to inform others oftheir progress, share information,and offer suggestions. Students willsee how the various disciplines worktogether using technology to meet theneeds of society.

Local industry, community, anduniversity professionals will providediverse presentations on relevantresearch activities and careeropportunities. Local tribes willprovide cultural evenings andspeakers to address issues relativeto the preservation of culture,traditional ways, and tribal views ofthe environment and science.Advisory boards composed of parents,tribal leaders, teachers, andadministrators within the cooperatingtribes and school districts willcoordinate recruitment ofparticipants. Summer Science Campactivities will be coordinated withschool year programs establishedwithin the larger program. Theseinclude science clubs, equipmentloans, speaker programs, problem-oriented curriculum development, etc.

SSC-9350580The Science PlaceDallas, TXSudduth, William, Elizabeth Mooz, andCharles Hafey

°Summer Science Camp°

The Science Place (TSP) SummerScience Camp (SSC) is designed toprovide a six-week program tominority middle school students byemphasizing scientific and computerinstruction, exposure to scientificresearch, career exploration,communication skills, familyinvolvement, and student contact withscientists and engineers. Theprogram is a collaborative effortinvolving TSP staff, DallasIndependent School District (ISD)

students, the YMCA of MetropolitanDallas, and the D.C. James LearningCenter. Several scientific moduleswill be used depicting: physics, theenvironment, electricity, astronomy,biology and math. Students will aslobe exposed to visiting scientists,career opportunities, and physicaleducation. During the SSC, studentteams will select one area of specialinterest, write a report and give anoral talk at a family camp-in at TSP.Students will be encouraged tocontinue contact with TSP throughoutthe year with a complementary TSPmembership. Students will be trackedfor their progress by the DISD,encouraged to educate their peers andmaintain their interest in science byvolunteering at TSP.

SSC-935058IUniversity of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CAMorrison, Frank H.

°Summer Science Camp-MESA Project°

The six-week SSC project will provideinstructional support for 60 Bay Area7th, 8th and 9th graders in the SSC-MESA (Mathematics, Engineering,Science Achievement) Project at theUniversity of California, Berkeleyand as part of the MESA SaturdayAcademy.

Program participants will reflect therich cultural and ethnic diversity ofthe Bay Area which includes African-Americans, Chicano/Latinos, American-Indians, and Puerto Ricans.

The primary objectives of theproposed SSC-MESA Project are tointroduce students to engineering andscience concepts, demonstrate howacademic course work relates to theirfuture, how science and engineeringrelate to the world around them, andto have parents become informed andactively involved in the education oftheir children.

To meet its objectives, the SSC-MESAProject includes morning mathematicsand communication courses, afternoonengineering and science projects, anda "shadowing" program, where studentswill meet with mentor scientists andengineers. Tne academic-year programincludes; 1) a Saturday Academy (9

sessions each semester) ; 2) after-

school math and science workshops forstudents who attend MESA scnools and3) evening and Saturday meetings thatprovide parents and students withinformation on college entrancerequirements, financial aid, thetransition from mridle school tosecondary school, and career optionsin science and engineering.

SSC-9353152Harvey Mudd CollegeClaremont, CATanenbaum, Samuel B

°Harvey Mudd College Summer ScienceInstitute°

The Harvey Mudd College SummerScience Institute will provide a

commuter summer science programtargeted to underrepresented minoritystudents in grades 7 and 8 from thesurrounding local school districts.The five week program will offerstudents the opportunity to explorefive different science andengineering topics in-depth, and givethem hands-on experience in highlymotivating projects especiallydesigned to excite the enthusiasm ofjunior high students. Students willalso interact with representativesfrom industry and selected members ofthe Harvey Mudd faculty and studentbody. Follow-up activities duringthe academic year are designed tofurther motivate the students tocontinue their studies of science andmathematics, and ultimately pursuecareers in technical fields.

SSC-9353154Jefferson County Public SchoolsLouis,''lle, KYHardir., Howard

°Science With A Twist TechnologyEducation Attracting Minorities (SWATTEAM) "

The Jefferson County Public School(JCPS) District's SWAT TEAM is aprecollege project that focuses ondeveloping African-American middle-school students' interest in scienceand mathematics, engineering andother careers requiring knowledge andskills in science and mathematics.The project also encourages thestudents to enroll and achieve inscience and mathematics during theirtenure in high school.

SWAT TEAM consists of threeconsecutive 4-week, 5-day summercamps, with school-year follow-upactivities. Extending over a three-year period, each year the camps willenable 50 African-American middleschool students to participate inclassroom and field learningexperiences. The students will learnabout environmental science andstructural design, biologicalscience, and aviation and aerospacedynamics.

They will engage in the scientificmethods of observation, datacollection and analyzation, and drawconclusions through the use of non-hazardous performance events. Theywill use microscopes and computertechnology, where appropriate, tocomplete hands-on learningexperiences.

Career exploration will be a part ofeach instructional activity.Students will interact with African-American chemists, engineers, pilots,etc. to explore careers that requirescience and mathematics.

The success of the project will bebased on the students' ability toperform events using science andmathematics, their increased interestin science and mathematics, theirperceptions of their learningexperiences, and follow-up datashowing compentance in the scienceand mathematics courses taken by thestudents in high school.

SSC-9353155Black Child and Family InstituteLansing, MIVance, Irvin, Mozell Lang, and JohnPollard

°Michigan Summer Science Camps°

Michigan State University MathematicsDepartment, in collaboration with theMathematics and Science Program ofthe Michigan Department of Educationand the Black Child and FamilyInstitute of Lansing, offers a five-week summer science camp projectcombined with an academic yearprogram for underrepresented minoritystudents. This is a statewideprogram with science camps offered intwo Michigan sites each year. One inLansing/East Lansing, and the otherone in Pontiac. Each site operates

with ics own staff but with a commonset of goals and a commondisciplinary focus. A professionaldevelopment workshop for staffprecedes the camp.

The young people served includeAfrican-American, Hispanic-Americanand Native-American students seventh-throuah ninth-graders from theLansing and Pontiac areas. Twocommuter camps, each enrolling 75students, are held. In addition, afive-day residential camp with anenvironmental focus is held at theKellogg Biological Station at GullLake. Students receive instructionsin mathematics, science, andenvironmental and computer science.Parents of participants attendselected sessions and workperiodically as program volunteers.

Nine Saturday morning sessions forparticipants are held at each siteduring the academic year. Arecognition program for all

participants, funded b y

Macmi 1 lan/McGraw Hill Publ ishing

Company, will be held at MichiganState University in the spring ofeach year. The summer science campprogram will address the need for ascientifically literate populationand reversing the declining aptitude,interest and participation in scienceby underrepresented groups.

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The science camps offer: 1) Anenvironment, conducive to learningscience and mathematics, with tools,resources and expert teachers; 2)

mentor relationships to nurtoreskills and predisposition for scienceand mathematics; 3) four-weekcommuter summer science camp plus aone-week residential camp withopportunities to practice science andmathematics with a problem-solving,exploratory approach; 4) a series ofhalf-day Saturday programs, one eachmonth during the academic year, 5)

strong parental involvement tosupport and guide the interest anddirection of the child.

SSC-9353157Southwest Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, TexasKroschewsky, Julius

°Summer Science Camp - SouthwestTexas State University"

Southwest Texas State Universityconducts the "Hands-on AquaticsSummer Science Camp" for fiftyseventh grade Black and Hispanicstudents from rural central Texasannually. The project emphasizes theinterdisciplinary relationships amongbiology, chemistry, physics, geology,mathematics and computer sciencethrough carefully selected field andlaboratory experiments andobservations focusing on the fresh-water environment in the nationallyacclaimed San Marcos River. Theproject includes career counselinc,daily role model interaction withBlack and Hispanic students, faculty,and practicing scientists, and hands-on research experience.

SSC-9353162Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, INTodd-Hicks, Regina and Joseph Venable

'Minority middle School SummerScience Programo

The primary objective of this projectis to stimulate minority MiddleSchool students to develop aninterest in and a facility forscience, and as a result, to choosescience as a career. A relatedsecondary objective is to stimulateMiddle School teachers toreinvigorate their teaching effortsin their home institutions.

To achieve these objectives, 50underrepresented minority studentsfrom major Indiana cities and eightof their teachers will be selectedfor a summer program on the WestLafayette campus of PurdueUniversity. The students will havefinished the 7th grade and must showpromise for achievement in scienceand mathematics. The program will beheld for four weeks, and willprogress through a three-year cycle,each successive year building on theprevious one. At the end of thecycle a new cohort of students willbe recruited. To replace those lostby attrition during a cycle, new

students will be recruited for the2nd and 3rd years from students whohave completed the 8th and 9thgrades, respectively. Parents willbe an integral part of the program;they will attend workshops at variouspoints of the program that focus ontheir role in helping their sons anddaughters to choose a career, and insustaining their educational efforts.

The summer program will use severalapproaches: (1) Inquiry-basedlecture/discussion/laboratoryexperiences that focus on interestingaspects of four areas of science:Biology, Chemistry, EarthAtmospheric Sciences, and Physics(one per week each year). Althoughthere will be no Mathematics orComputer Sciences per se, thesedisciplines will permeate the foursubjects chosen. These experiencesshould increase the students'knowledge of these areas, but moreimportantly, they should engender asense that doing science is a quest,rather than merely memorizing"facts." This point will be

reinforced by the middle schoolteachers of these students, as well,as they participate in the lectures,laboratories, and discussions; (2)

Opportunities for careers in sciencewill be identified during the daytimelecture/ laboratory/discussionsessions, and by visits to laboratieson and off campus. Careerexploration and evaluation will alsobe an important part of eveningsessions held in the dormitories,both with university staff and withrepresentatives from industry.Particular emphasis will be given topointing out the issue of

underrepresentation of minoritypersons in science, and highlightingthe contributions of minorityscientists, both past and present;and (3) Help to encourage analyticalthinking end help to developstrategies for academic success notonly in the lectures, lab activities,and discussions during the day, butalso by various means in the eveningsessions (e.g., sharpening reasoningpowers in the context of enjoyablegames; exploring test-taking skills;and emphasizing the value of studyingin groups).

SSC-9353164Miami University at OxfordOxford, OHDeLoach-Johnson, Iris,Roychoudhury and Nate Carnes

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°MiamiUnivereity-Science-EngineeringMathematics Project (MU-SEMP)°

Miami University's minority summerscience camp, referred to as MiamiUniversity-Science EngineeringMathematics Program (MU-SEMP), iscarefully designed to build upon theexperience of its principalinvestigators, to extend the scopeand effectiveness of two majorprojects in Southwestern Ohio, and toprovide a holistic approach todeveloping in minority youth theknowledge and skills needed forentrance co and retention in thescientific and technologicalpipeline. The project's location!Oxford, Ohio) will allow it torecruit from the large concentrationsof minority, specifically African-American, youth in the Cincinnati andDayton metropolitan areas as well asfrom minority youth who are isolatedin rural schools surrounding thoseurban areas.

In order to reach its goal cfassisting people of color in becomingmore active members of the science,engineering, and mathematicspipeline, both as American citizensand as potential employees in relatedcareer fields, MU-SEMP will combineinquiry-based content courses inscience, mathematics, and computerscience with a supportive living andlearning environment for four weeks.Students will also attend fieldtrips, receive training in technicalwriting, sommunications, and researchand study skills. Guest speakers whowork in science, engineering, andmathematics careers will also providereflections from the real world.Furthermore, in order to assure thatthe supportive environment continuesafter the duration of the camp,parents as well as college students,college faculty, and middle and highschool teachers will be involved asstaff and mentors.

MU-SEMP will build upon and expandthe strengths of two systemicinitiatives in its geographical area.First, Ohio's Statewide SystemicInitiative is also located at Miami

University, and MU-SEMP will useteachers trained by Discovery as wellas adapt Discovery materials andcurricula. In addition, Discoveryteachers will have opportunities towork with MU-SEMV youth while bothgroups are in residence in thesummer. MU-SEMP staff have beeninvolved previously in developing andteaching Discovery courses. Second,Minorities in Mathematics, Science,and Engineering (M2SE), one of theregional Alliances for MinorityProgress centers is located inCincinnati.Recruitment, sensitivity,and retention techniques used in thatproject will be adapted for the youngteenagers who participate in thesummer science camp. Two of theproject's investigators have alsobeen trained by this program. In

summary, by combining rigorouseducation in science and mathematicswith a supportive, pleasant,residential environment, MU-SEmP willattract, motivate, and retain moreminority students in the educationpipeline.

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SSC-9353171CUNY John Jay CollegeNew York, NYChrist, Lily and Edward Green

°John Jay Summer Computer Camp°

The John Jay College Summer ComputerCamp (JJSCC) is an academicallyintensive five week summer programfollowed by an academic yearcomponent with mathematics as thecurricular focus. This program ismodeled after the TexPrep curriculum,with some modifications to suit thelocal conditions. The targetpopulation for JJSCC is studentsentering grades 7-9 from selectedschools in New York City.

The Program consists of: (1) astructured schedule from Mondaysthrough Thursdays during the summerincluding courses in computerscience, logic, probability andstatistics, and problem solving; and(2) informal field trips, hands-onproject workshops, and SEM careercounseling on Fridays during thesummer and six Saturdays during theacademic year. Guest speakers serveas role models and provide the

participants with personalizedexposure to the multitude of careeropportunities in the fields of

science , engineering, and mathematics(SEM)

The curriculum emphasizes thestudents' development of abstractreasoning and problem solving skills.All courses will be taught by using"team-teaching" and "cooperativelearning" techniques. Students willbe encouraged to work together and toutilize peer-tutoring by establishing"Academic Fraternities". Computersand calculators will be an integralpart of the program.

The John Jay Summer Computer Campwill enroll 35 students in jJSCC Ithe first year and 55 students ineach cf the second and third years.

SSC-9353177National Aquarium in BaltimoreBaltimore, MarylandJames, Sylvia M. and Retina S. Jagan

'Junior Aquarist Summer Science Camp°

The National Aquarium in Baltimore isa major resource for marine andaquatic science in the mid-Atlanticregion. Its live and interactiveexhibits along with its on-site andoutreach programs focus on creatingan attitude of respect for theenvironment and the ecologicalbalance of life.

The Summer Camp will offerinstruction in marine and aquaticscience, hands-on projects andinformation on career strateaies.Additionally, the proaram is designedto encourage the Junior Aquarists tocontinue their interest andinvolvement in the sciences beyondthe four weeks of Summer ScienceCamp.

As Junior Aquarists, participants areimmersed in an environment unseen bygeneral Aquarium Visitors -- the dayto day routines involved withmaintaining a world-classinst,tution. They go behind-the-scenes and interact withprofessionals in the field. Studentsgain hands-on experience workingalongside the Individuals who havechosen to pursue careers asaquarists, mammalogists,herpetologists and aviculturists.Students acquire an understanding ofthe secondary and undergraduateeducational requirements needed to

pursue various fields of study andhow "book learning" is applied to thereal world. Finally, JuniorAquarists "do science" by designing,carrying out and presenting to theirfamilies and friends, researchprojects using the National Aquariumin Baltimore's renowned collection ofpoison arrow frogs.

The program provides the foundationfor a lifelong interest in scienceand research as well as an extendedrelationship with the Aquarium.Following participation in the NSF-funded Summer Science Camp program,students can continue to meet on amonthly basis as part of an ongoingJunior Aquarist Club. Further,completion of the Junior Aquaristprogram Can be followed byparticipation in the High SchoolInternship Program and ultimately theHigh School Student Guide program.The latter carries high schoolstudents through the Aquarium'srigorous seven-week volunteertraining program, provides payingsummer jobs and culminates incertification as full-fledgedvolunteer exhibit guides. Whilestill in middle and high school,students can apply to the Henry HallScholarship Fund for additionalmarine science opportunities. Shouldstudents attend college, they arealso eligible to participate in theAquarium's College InternshipProgram. Therefore, the JuniorAquarist Summer Science Camp is not afour-week, one-shot experience.Rather, it is both the beginning of apotentially longlasting fascinationwith marine and aquatic science, andpossibly the catalyst that produces afuture scientist.

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SSC-9353214Bank Street CollegeNew York, NYHogan, Kathlen and David Penberg

°Liberty Environmental ScienceAcademy (LESA)

The Liberty Environmental ScienceAcademy (LESA) will serve 40 AfricanAmerican and Latin(' rising seventh,eighth and ninth graders fromCommunity School District Three inManhattan, which includes CentralHarlem. All are part of BankStreet's Liberty partnership program,a New York State-funded comprehensive

college preparatory program thatstresses prevention through earlyintervention.

LESA's residential, 20-day, intensivesummer science experience will takeplace at Bard College. Developed andcoordinated by the Bronx BotanicalGarden's Institute of EcologicalStudies (IES) , field investigationwill alternate yearly between aterrestrial and an aquatic ecologyfocus. Outdoor BiologicalInstructional Strategies (OBIS)investigations will familiarizestudents with organisms and theirenvironments with activities centeredon the physical environment, aquaticenvironments, and organisms, plants,insects, and other invertebrates,birds, and mammals. Mathematics willbe continually integrated intoactivities. Students will attend"Writing to Learn Mathematics andScience," and receive careercounseling.

During the school year, weeklySaturday Environmental ScienceClusters at Bank Street will involveLESA students in accessing LearningLink, a national electronic network;using the Center for Children andTechnology's NSF-sponsored Imagine, acomputer-based environment; andparticipating in Wave Hill's naturalarea restoration project.

SSC-9353241San Diego State Univ. Fndt.San Diego, CAPark, Cynthia D.

"Summer Science and Technology toAdvance Research Skills (SSTARS)

The Math/Science Regional Center atSan Diego State University conducts athree-year Summer Science andTechnology experience to AdvanceResearch Skills (SSTARS) for 50

students entering 9th grade. The SanDiego County schools which arelocated in the South Bay and Skylineareas include representation fromeach of the predominantunderrepresented ethnic/racial groupsin those areas.

The project consists of two closelyrelated parts: a four-week summerresidential program on the San DiegoState University campus and anacademic year follow-up for selected

students. The summer session offersentering 9th graders an experimentalpre-aeometry class and a geometrycomputer lab, as well as aninterdisciplinary earth sciencecourse which integrates a workshcpsin career exploration and adolescentproblems. A technical writing classusing Hypercard allows students todocument their findings in innovativeand expressive ways.

All students participate in a

research project, as well as

environmental field trips whichsupplement the courses. Thisincludes a mentoring program in whichuniversity science faculty will workup to four hours weekly with smallgroups of students.

Each succeeding project year will bea recapitulation of the first projectyear. Students graduating from

SSTARS will be able 7.o continuesummer science study at any one of 15specialized Upward Bound Math/ScienceCenters.

SSC-9353244Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.Troy, NYSmith, Mark

"Rensselaer Summer Science EnrichmentProject

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute willconduct a five-week residentialSummer Science Enrichment Program forfifty entering 7th, 8th and 9th grademinority students per year. Theprincipal objective is to design thesummer experience to use cognitiveapprenticeship and project teamapproaches to facilitate learning andproblem solving skills. The summerprogram will model science andengineering processes using a

project-oriented, problem solvinginstructional format. Participantswill be selected from target schoolsin Albany, Schenectady and Troy CitySchool Districts, New york State.Participants will form ten 5-memberteams, each team working on a projectto be completed at the conclusion ofthe summer. Coursework will consistof a technology lab, chemistry laband research skills. Supplementalactivities will consist of careerexploration in the sciences,engineering and health professions,field trips to local industry and

science museums, recreationalactivities, team competitions, and amentoring component using Rensselaerfaculty and professional scientistsand engineers. Instructional staffwill be selected from local schoolsand residential teaching assistantswill be selected from Rensselaerundergraduate/graduate students.Participants will enroll inRensselaer's academic year precollegeprograms to continue the effortsbegun during the summer. The plannedoutcome from participation in theSummer Science Enrichment Program isto prepare participants to pursuehigh school coursework that willequip them with the kinds of skillsand knowledge leading topostsecondary education and careersin the sciences, engineering andhealth professions.

SSC-9353251Rutgers University Busch CampusNew Brunswick, NJIozzi, Louis, Daulat Husain andPatricia Johnson

°Science Summer Camp - (CAMP PROMISE)

This camp will act as a feeder to thecollege bound programs as well asinitiate a consolidated andcoordinated effort to effect minorityparticipation in science and scienceeducation.

The goals set by this project are tosignificantly increase theparticipation and commitment ofminority students in the sciences,and to heighten the level ofawareness of students with potentialcareers in science and mathematics,including school teaching.

Fort7 eight minority students fromunderrepresented and disadvantagedgroups, who have completed their 7thand 8th grades, will be eligible toattend the camp. Recruitment will befrom the state of New Jersey, basedon "need" and interest in the fieldof science, mathematics andengineering.

The summer session of Camp PROMISEwill be the key component, andconsist of three inter-relatedcomponents: a) an enrichmentapprenticeship component, wherestudents will be dssigned asapprentices to faculty/scientists for

a week at a time; b) a remedialacademic component which will offerclasses in mathematics and English) acultural resident component whereparticipants will room and board oncampus during the week. The programwill operate weekdays only. Anacademic year component is included.

Portfolio assessment of students'progress using lab books, and otherdaily lesson plan data will beprimarily anecdotal and qualitative.However, evaluation will also includequantative assessment of studentachievement.

A broad range of participatoryactivities, not experienced in schoolclassrooms, will help bring the"wonder" of science and encouragestudents to select science courses athigh school. The ultimate aim is toinfluence minority students to makeacademic preparations in middle andhigh school so as to be able to makecareer choices in the are of science,engineering and mathematics.

SSC-9353255Anchorage School DistrictAnchorage, AKLamebull, Edna and Jim Bailey

°Ellamek Elicarag (Yupik) °LearningAbout Our World°

The five week "Ellamek Elicaraq"Summer Science Camp is designed toprovide exciting, career-oriented,and culturally relevant science andmath experiences for fifty AlaskaNative American middle school age

students-experiences grounded in

real-world hands-on exploration. Theprogram's purpose is to provide theparticipants with basic tools to

choose to take science and mathcourses, stay w4th their studies,

achieve in their studies, andgraduate to further science studiesor careers.

The science disciplines will beintegrated with applied math conceptsand with activities requiringwriting, speaking, reading, andcomputer work. All three years willinclude fixploration of science,engineering and careers inpetroleum-based industries. Major areas ofstudy will be biology in 1994,(including marine biology,microbiology, botany, forestry,

animal studies, and ornitholccy),physics and technology in 1995,(including forces, weather, andaerospace), and geology and mineralsextraction in 1996 (includinggeology, geophysics, and chemistry) .

Although Anchorage-area explorationwill be at the core of the program,out of town site field work will takecampers to major sites of marineactivity, forestry, fisheries, oilrefining, rocketry, and mining overthe three-year period. Professionalscientists and engineers, Universityof Alaska Anchorage researchscientists, university students, highschool students, tribal traditionbearers and role models, and veteransummer science campers will serve asmentors and co-learners. And becauseNative cultures are grounded intradition, archeological sites,subsistence experiences, and the'Knowledge of elders will beInterwoven into each summer.Cultural heritage will play a majorrole in building self esteem andlinking tradition with the science,mengineering, and math careers oftomorrow.

Methods applied in the camp will becontextual, i.e., they will bepracticed and applied in the field.lab, and workplaces most central tothe future of the participants. Asstudents see, construct, andunderstand the connections betweentheir own lives and careers inscience, they will begin to believethat such careers are within theirreach. They will construct goals andplans to achieve such careers.

SSC-9353256South Dakota School of Mines andTechnologyRapid City, SDMcCulloh, Sara and J. A. Weyland

"Skill Summer Science Camp forAmerican Indian Students°

The Skill Summer Science Camp Projectof the South Dakota School of Minesand Technology will be a 4-weekresidential math/science program forAmerican Indian students. FiftyAmerican Indian students per summerwill be selected from South Dakota'snine Indian reservations toparticipate each summer.

The goals of the Skill Summer ScienceCamp are to provide a foundation fora lifelong interest in science andmathematics for all participants andto encourage the consideration of SEMas possible career choices. Studentsentering eighth grade will beselected based ca their applicationa n d teacher' srecommendation/commitment to assistwith a Science Fair project.

The curriculum uses a hands-ondiscovery approach, collaborativelearning work groups andinterdisciplinary curriculum. Thedisciplinary focus is on"Mathematical Problem Solving inPhysics" and includes the followingactivities: 1) Basic Skills:Mathematical Problem Solving in

Physics; Computer Lab e ;Communications ; Math Applications ; 2)

Research: Science Fair Proj ect

Development; and 3) Careers:Robotics; Career Semimars;Geology/Paleontology.

In order to provide intensive rolemodel/mentor experiences, the programstaff/faculty includes over 19 SDSM&Tfaculty and AISES students, andtribal school/college faculty to workwith the SSC students.

Evening programs will includeastronomy, Project Wild(environmental activities from theGame, Fish and Parks Dept.), fieldtrips and cultural activities.Parents will be invited to

participate in the Family Mathprograms each week as well as thegeology field trip, science fair andgraduation.

School year follow-up will include:bi-monthly newsletters, invitationsto Saturday seminars, and a Skill SSCAlumni Reunion during the High plainsRegional Science Fair.

SSC-9353260University of North Carolina at

WilmingtonWilmington, NCKishton, Joseph M.

°Cape Fear Summer Science Camps

Cape Fear Summer Camp is a four-weeksummer program combined with academicyear follow-up activities aimed atincreasing minority representation in

the areas of science, engineering andmathematics. Objectives of theprogram include providing studentswith hands-on experience developingthe process skills of observation,measurement and analysis. Successivegroups of fifty minority studentswill he taught by experienced publicschool science and mathematicinstrv.ctors. Classroom andlaboratory instruction will beintegrated with field exercises witha coastal science emphasis. Some ofthe accomplished graduates from eachgroup will serve as peer mentors forsubsequent students and will alsoparticipate in focused careerexploration activities includinginvolvement in mentoringrelationships with professionalsworhing in science, technology andengineering occupations.

SSC-9353277University of ToledoToledo, OHCooks, Helen, Lauremce Collins,Sharon McDonald and Anthula Natsoulas

°The University of Toledo-PREP/TECHProgram°

A 5-week Prep/Tech Summer InstituteSummer Science Camp (SSC) andAcademic Year Program will be held atThe University of Toledo and isdesigned to: 1) afford fifty (50) 7-9grade African and Hispanic-Americanstudents academic enrichmentopportunities in mathematics,science, and language arts; 2)

challenge and develop criticalthinking abilities through dailyclassroom exercises and laboratoryprojects which employ a hands-onapproach to problem solving; 3)

expose students to the laboratoryenvironment through experiments thatare designed to increase theirawareness and understanding ofscientific and technicalmethodologies; 4) familiarizestudents with computer usage; 5)

provide stipends for students whosesocio-economic circumstances reflecta need for economic assistance toencourage full participation in thePrep/Tech program; 6) assist selectedstudents in their 9th gradetransitional year with science andmath studies though an ExtendedPre(/Tech curriculum; 7) providefollow-up academic year activities;8) expose students to research

methods using resources provided byThe University of Toledo's CarlsonLibrary, faculty, students, andcampus, as well as community rolemodels and parents. Members of civicand community organizations will alsoserve as role models, mentors andguest lecturers.

SSC-9353279Kennesaw State CollegeMarietta, GALester, Army

°Summer Science Camp For PrecollegeMinorities in Science andEngineering°

This project will offer a four-weekcollege/community operated summerscience camp that will foster theefforts of Kennesaw State College,local school systems and communityorganizations to: (1) help break thenegative stigma of SEM relatedsubjects; (2) help students developthe skills and motivate them to dowell in these courses; and (3) toprovide targeted students withinformation on career opportunitiesin SEM. Underrepresented minority7th -9th grade students from suburbanAtlanta (Cobb County and MariettaCity School Systems) will take partin this program. Project staff andseveral volunteers will coordinateactivities that include lectures andseminars, guest speakers, laboratorystudies, group research projects,career exploration, academicenrichment and field trips. Coursework will cover a range of SEMrelated courses, with an emphasis onthe application of those fields.Following the summer science camps,tutoring and mentoring will continuethroughout the academic year. Theeffectiveness of this program will bedetermined by the students' attitudesand behaviors toward science, successof the participants in scienceclasses and science fairs, andmajor/career selection in college.

SSC-9353281East Bay Consortium of Educ.Oakland, CAJaquez, Dolores and Victor Gee

Pre-Collegiate Community Laboratory"

This summer science camp, to beoperated by the East Bay Consortiumof Education Institutions, Inc., aninteragency collaboration of 19Oakland-area schools, colleges, anduniversities, will serve 50 Black andHispanic seventh- and eighth-graderswho attend seven schools in aseverely educationally andeconomically disadvantaged area ofSoutheast Oakland (CA) . The projectsite will be Merritt College (PeraltaColleges) . Learning experiences willbe offered for five weeks per summer,with 12 Saturday follow-up activitiesscheduled during the followingacademic year.

Classroom instruction will follow anintegrated, multidisciplinary,thematically organized model. Themeshave been chosen which highlightapplications of science andmathematics to events, issues, andpast-times of interest to the youngtarget population. These include theLoma Prieta earthquake and theaccompanying collapse of the NimitzFreeway, the recent Berkeley fire,issues related to pollution,development, and economic potentialof San Francisco Bay; the physics ofsports movement; and implications ofmathematics for strong and durableconstruction.

Each class section of 25 studentsill be under the care of aninstructional team composed of fullycredentialed teachers (qualified inboth mathematics and science), anupper division mathematics or sciencemajor planning to teach in the publicschools, and an older high schoolpeer mentor/role model. Theinstructional team will themselvesmodel appropriate individualresponsibility and cooperativeproblem solving.

Instruction will follow acceptedresearch practice. Participants willfirst observe phenomena and gatherdata. They will then analyze thisinformation in an effort to formexplanatory/ predictive hypothesefp.After testing their assumptions, t1.2ey

will fine-tune their hypotheses andshare their findings with others.

Classroom activities will besupplemented by field study/researchthroughout the greater Oakland area.A culminating event of each summersession will be a two and one-halfday ecological camping expedition atPinnacles National Monument, jointlysponsored by Naturalists at Large,who will provide onsite explanationsand guidance. Additional fieldexperiences will be offered inacademic-year follow-up sessions.

SSC-9353287New Mexico Museum of Natural HistoryAlbuquerque, NMMatthew, Kathryn and Susan McGuire

'Minority Family Workshop: WaterEcology Project'

The New Mexico Museum of NaturaiHistory and Science seeks to improvethe science literacy of NativeAmerican middle school studentsthrough an expansion of its

successful Water Ecology Project.This program takes Native Americanyoungsters and exposes them to hands-on activities to give them a morerealistic understanding of sciencecareers. To carry out this project,partnerships have been formed betweenthe Museum, governmental agencies andeducational institutions. Thesepartnerships have been designed toprovide middle school students with abroad exposure to science-basedcareers in New Mexico. Using waterquality monitoring as a theme unifiesall of the student activitiesassociated with this project. Waterquality, water conservation, and theecology of riparian areas are ofgreat concern to the aridsouthwestern U.S. This theme hasbeen chosen to facilitate the

involvement of whole families andrural communities in the program.The community and family supportproduced through the choice of thistheme is intended to reinforce thesnifts in student attitudes towardscience. Thus, thir. project is well-suited for Native American studentswhose sense of self is often stronglyinfluenced by fartily.