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TOP 20 SCIENCE PROGRAM PICKS
Compiled by BOOST May 2013
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Action Science Camp for Young Women
www.learnmore.duke.edu/youth/action/
Girls will get to experience hands-on field science, along with experiments
and lab activities in the Duke University Science laboratories. There will
also be explorations of energy and in chemistry.
Contact: Registration Team/919-684-6259
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Biosciences & Engineering Camp for HS
www.learnmore.duke.edu/youth/action/
Contact: Registration Team/919-684-6259
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Campers will experience hands-on, applied science problem-solving
activities and labs in Pratt School of Engineering and Duke Medical Center
labs. Topics for the week will include biomechanics, biomedical imaging,
electrobiology, bimolecular and tissue engineering. Students will also work
collaboratively on a Team Capstone Design Project and participate in
workshops on Ethics and Communication; in addition to Engineering and
Biosciences Career Workshop with guest speaker mini-series. There will also
be a panel for successful experiences in applying to and surviving
engineering in college
Biosciences & Engineering Camp for MS
www.learnmore.duke.edu/youth/action/
Contact: Registration Team/919-684-6259
Campers will experience hands-on laboratory experiments in Pratt School of
Engineering and Duke Medical Center labs while covering topics on sensing,
mechanics, communication and energy. Week will also include field trips to
Duke Primate Center and other co-curricular social and recreational
activities.
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Duke Computer Camp
www.learnmore.duke.edu/youth/action/
Registration Team/919-684-6259
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Environmental Summer Science Program
www.sites.nicholas.duke.edu/essp/
Students will have fun creating video games, storyboards, and interactive
projects while learning computer concepts, techniques and programming
skills that can be applied in more advance programming skills. Students will
develop problem solving and critical thinking skills along with building
teamwork, collaboration skills, and improving presentation skills.
Students will participate in a 1-week intensive program experiencing the Nicholas School
of the Environment’s state-of-the-art facilities and Duke’s renowned outdoor laboratory:
the Duke Forest. Student will be working with outstanding interdisciplinary faculty, while
exploring local environmental issues, and collecting data in the field to be presented to
the public. Students will also receive training with the Nicholas School's own first-rate
Career Service professionals.
Dr. Nicolette Cagle/nicolette.cagle@duke.edu
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GSK Science in the Summer
www.scienceinthesummer.com/sis_nc/
Contact: Jarrett Grimm/919-843-7716
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Mad Science Camps
www.triangle.madscience.org/
Contact: info@madsciencekidz.com
GlaxoSmithKline’s Science in the Summer program in North Carolina is a fun and free
science education program that helps elementary and middle-school children “grow into
science.” Through classes held in your local public library and taught by certified
teachers, this program gets kids excited about learning science with hands-on
experiments.
Mad Science engages children in scientific explorations that are so much fun children will
forget they're learning! Campers can team up with fellow engineers to build a bridge,
participate in a dinosaur dig, build and launch a model rocket, explore the science
behind their favorite sports--the selection of activities will make your head spin!
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Math Camp
www.learnmore.duke.edu/youth/action/
Camp will be aligned with Common Core State Standards in Mathematical Practices
while giving campers opportunities to use model and real-world applications while
graphing, problem solving strategies.
Contact: Registration Team/919-684-6259
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Mop Top Shop, Inc.
www.moptopshop.com/
Contact: Jackie Johnson/(919) 264-3918
10. NCCU Summer Ventures Program
www.nccu.edu/administration/academicaffairs/summerventures/index.cfm
Contact: 919-530-6100/summerventures@ncssm.edu
Campers will learn how to make science and technology fun with lots of hands-on and
interactive activities while doing everything from robotics, digital and clay animation, 3D graphics and video design.
This four-week academic program will give rising high school juniors and seniors an
exciting, challenging enrichment experience in science and mathematics. The program
consists of five hours of structured, hands-on classroom, field and laboratory activities
daily, Monday through Saturday. Students will be allowed to work independently in
laboratories while not in class, attend forums on selected topics, and special activities
held some evenings and weekends. Students will reside in a residence hall under the
supervision of a full-time staff.
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11. NCCU Summer Youth & Entrepreneurship Academy
www.nccu.edu/academics/sc/business/summer-academy/
Contact: Neeta Gropper/919-530-6458
This program is a non-residential 10-day program. Lectures will be taught by host NCCU
professors on topics that include introductory business courses in marketing, finance
(financial literacy), entrepreneurship, leadership and ethics. There will be corporate visits
to help students gain exposure to the application of business principles in the real world
as they interact with local corporate executives during on-site visits. Student will
participate in business plan development and team competition with participants to
derive a business plan for a new idea to be evaluated and awarded a prize to the winning
team.
12. NIH Summer Internship Program
www.niehs.nih.gov/careers/research/summers/process/index.cfm
Contact: summers@niehs.nih.gov
This summer internship program will provide an opportunity to spend a summer working
at the NIEHS side-by-side with some of the leading scientists in the world, in an
environment devoted exclusively to environmental health research. Summer internships
at the NIEHS are given to outstanding high school and undergraduate students
interested in pursuing education and careers in the biomedical or biological sciences.
Interns will work on a research project that entails exposure to the latest biochemical,
molecular, and analytical techniques, while investigating environmental health issues.
13. Research Apprenticeship Program (RAP)
www.ncat.edu/academics/schoolscolleges1/saes/agresearch/rap.html
Contact: Angelia Williamson/(336) 285-4701
RAP is a four-week residential program for current or rising high school juniors and
seniors. Its main objective is to stimulate interest in agriscience professions. Students
will get the opportunity to conduct research projects ranging from landscape
architecture and pesticide studies, biotechnology, horticulture and animal sciences to air
quality, food and nutrition and international trade. There will also be a number of
structured activities including field trips, workshops and laboratory demonstrations, and
instruction in computer applications, technical and scientific writing and public speaking.
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14. SEEDS Durham Inner-city Gardening (DIG) Program
www.seedsnc.org/dig/
Contact: Santos Flores/ 919-683-1197 x 5
15. Shodor Mentor Center Internship Program
www.shodor.org/mentorcenter/about/
Contact: Kristen Ross/programs@shodor.org
16. Shodor Succeed Apprenticeship
www.shodor.org/students/programs/
Contact: Kristen Ross/programs@shodor.org
A youth-driven, urban farming leadership development program. Durham Inner-city
Gardeners (DIG) empowers teens by teaching organic gardening, sound business
practices, healthy food choices and food security values. The program emphasizes
sustainable living and growing practices, ecological balance, and the natural recycling of
organic materials for plant health and nourishment. DIG youth are paid a stipend to
cultivate fruits, vegetables, herbs, flowers, and mushrooms, which they sell at the
Durham Farmer’s Market.
This internship program aims to bring the technologies, techniques, and tools of
computational science and related information technology (IT) topics to local high school
and college students. As interns, students will contribute their skills toward developing
educational materials that will then be launched on Shodor's website and used by
educators and students across the country, as tools to improve math and science
education. In addition, interns often work off-site with local organizations to utilize the
tools they have helped to develop. Interns will be tasked with developing computational
science curriculum, editing current curriculum and website content, teaching offsite and
summer workshops, and a variety of other related tasks.
The SUCCEED Apprenticeship Program is a two-year program that builds on a series of
highly successful initiatives to bring the technologies, techniques, and tools of
computational science and related information technology (IT) topics to local middle and
high-school students. This project is targeted towards developing and evaluating
activities and support mechanisms to move students from an excitement for
computational science and IT (developed during initial SUCCEED program activities) to
becoming an expert in one or more areas of computational science and associated IT
components.
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17. Shodor Succeed Student Workshops
www.shodor.org/calendar
SUCCEED workshops introduce middle and high school students to a wide variety of
computer-enhanced scientific topics. Topics will range from explorations in engineering,
math, forensics, web design and introduction to iPhone development.
Contact: Workshop Coordinator/(919) 530-1911
18. STEM Career Websites for Students
www.sciencepioneers.org/students/stem-websites
The mission of this website is meet the challenges of science education and the need to
encourage young people into science careers to meet the demands of global
competition and skills needed for 21st century careers. Students will be able to do
interactive activities and games as well as search out cool science careers.
Contact: N/A
19. Step Up to STEM
www.ncssm.edu/stepup/academics/
Contact: stepup@ncssm.edu/919-416- 2801
20. Women and Math Mentoring Program
www.womenandmathmentoring.org
Contact: Tina Ewing/919-523-8257
A two-week summer academic program that provides students with opportunities to
engage in interdisciplinary (biomedical) science and mathematics curriculum supported
by a writing component. The science component will focus on the medical applications
of cellular biology, anatomy and physiology. The math component will support the
science curriculum by building on the math concepts learned in middle school to analyze
and interpret the data obtained from the science experiments. The ultimate goal of the
writing component is for each student to acquire the necessary organizational and
writing skills to develop and present a research proposal during the summer session, and
complete the research over the following school year.
This mentoring program links local female professionals from mathematics-related fields
with a group of 2 to 3 8th grade girls. The main objective is to encourage girls who have
an interest in mathematics to "stay on the math path". The girls will have an opportunity
to take field trips with the girls, watch math-related movies, and go to work places while
providing them with a strong female role model.