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Download full textHilarie Davis; Bradford Davey; Jamie Cornish; Nora Smith; Tugba Boz; Rebekah Hammack – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2025
Disease ecology classes were conducted at two residential middle school summer camps held at a university--a camp for local youth who paid tuition and a free camp for youth from statewide underserved communities including Native, low-income, and rural. Disease ecology is defined as the ecological study of host-pathogen interactions within the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Outreach Programs, Partnerships in Education, Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedGibson, Helen L.; Chase, Christopher – Science Education, 2002
Examines the long-term impact of the Summer Science Exploration Program (SSEP), a two-week, inquiry-based science camp conducted at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA from 1992-1994. Aims to stimulate greater interest in science and scientific careers among middle-school students. (Contains 26 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Inquiry, Middle Schools, Science Education, Student Attitudes
Peer reviewedPhillips, Katherine A.; Barrow, Lloyd H.; Chandrasekhar, Meera – Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 2002
Introduces a residential summer program, the New Experiences for Women in Science and Technology (Newton) Academy, which was developed to encourage high school girls' interest in the physical sciences and engineering. Reports the results of a follow-up evaluative study of the 1998 Newton Academy participants one year after participation. (Contains…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Engineering, Females, High Schools
Peer reviewedScience Teacher, 1984
Four middle/junior high school programs, winners in the National Science Teachers Association's Search for Excellence in Science Education are described. Programs focus on: (1) note-taking in the laboratory; (2) natural history expeditions; (3) environmental physical science (social and scientific ecological studies); and (4) use of teaching teams…
Descriptors: Ecology, Environmental Education, Field Trips, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedRohrer, Jane; Welsch, Sue – Roeper Review, 1998
Describes a summer program for high-achieving middle school girls in math and science. It covers the organization, curriculum, instruction, and outcomes of the program and describes elements that students rated favorably (such as being outside a lot) and those which needed to be changed (such as too great an age span) for the second summer. (DB)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Enrichment Activities, Females, Gifted
Bradley, Claudette; Reyes, Maria Elena – 2000
The Fairbanks American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Science Camp was designed for Alaska Native middle school students from 11 school districts. The camp enables students to learn from Native Elders while completing hands-on science projects; stimulates interest and confidence in mathematics, science, and engineering among Alaska…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Cultural Education, Culturally Relevant Education
