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An Innovative Educational Approach to Teach High School Students the Physiological Mechanisms and Nutrition Concepts Associated with the Development of Obesity
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Suzan Kamel-ElSayed; Virginia Uhley – Advances in Physiology Education, 2024
An interdisciplinary team-teaching session was introduced to high school students who participated in the Oakland University William Beaumont Future Physician Summer Enrichment Program. The rising prevalence of adolescent obesity necessitates innovative educational strategies that effectively engage high school students in understanding the…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Faculty, Summer Science Programs, Physiology
Broadening Diversity in the Geosciences through Teacher-Student Workshops That Emphasize Community-Based Research Projects
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Murray, Kent S.; Napieralski, Jacob; Luera, Gail; Thomas-Brown, Karen; Reynolds-Keefer, Laura – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2012
The Geosciences Institute for Research and Education at the University of Michigan-Dearborn has been an example of a successful and effective model in increasing the participation of underrepresented groups in the geosciences. The program emphasizes involving middle school and at-risk high school students from the Detroit area public schools,…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Earth Science, Workshops, Middle School Students
No Time For Idleness: Summer Science Institutes
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Wynn, Charles M. – Junior College Journal, 1971
A summer science institute for local high school students conducted at Oakland Community College (Michigan) benefitted both the participating students and the college faculty. (NF)
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, High School Students, Science Education, Summer Programs