The Science Detectives Summer Academy asks “Are there a growing number of organisms developing resistance to antibiotics?” This academy will include experience in field biology, laboratory science and inquiry, as well as exploration of health care careers. It is also an opportunity to experience what it is like to study and live on a college campus. Through the course of the academy, students will be introduced to methods of collecting samples, scientific laboratory methods, scientific inquiry and opportunities for high school students to pursue biomedical education through the Oklahoma Technology Centers, as well as explore and experience health care careers in a hospital setting.
During this one-week commuter academy, ninth- and 10th-grade students will collect and analyze water quality data, determine the threats to water quality and develop possible solutions. Utilizing environmental conservation as a platform to understand science and mathematics, students will conduct water experiments, take field trips and explore related career opportunities. Ultimately, students will be transformed into potential researchers, scientists and statisticians who will present findings through technology-driven presentations to parents assuming the role of Environmental Protection Agency representatives.
This two-week residential academy for ninth- and 10th-grade students deals with learning quantitative methods, including statistics and research methods. The skills learned in this academy are tools that will transfer to a variety of domains. The overall goal of the academy is to enhance students’ mathematical and scientific reasoning abilities. To this end, they will learn basic research design and statistical concepts, how to use computers for data analysis and presentation and as a resource for information, learn more about career opportunities in math and science, and foster a desire to attend college and pursue such careers.
University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond
Exploring Chemistry
Commuter
Session I: June 7-11
Session II: June 14-18
The University of Central Oklahoma will offer an Exploring Chemistry Summer Academy featuring two, five-day, non-residential sessions. UCO will accept 40 ninth, 10th and 11th graders. Participants will engage in scientific inquiry through lab experimentation to include organic synthesis, nanotechnology, toxicology, biochemistry and nuclear chemistry to understand how these disciplines affect daily life. UCO chemistry majors will guide participant teams, with UCO faculty serving as instructors. Lunchtime seminars will include career specializations in chemistry, how to prepare for academic success, and information on college admissions, financial aid, and enrollment.
Visit: http://www.chemistry.uco.edu/
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Grades 9-12
Northern Oklahoma College, Enid
CSI: Northern Summer Academy
Residential
July 12-15
CSI: Northern Summer Academy is looking for high school students interested in science, mathematics and/or career opportunities in criminal justice. Twenty students will be selected to participate on the Northern Oklahoma College Enid campus for four exciting days of hands-on activities, science experiments with “who-done-it” mysteries, field trips, business and industry visits, and exciting guest speakers who work in the criminal justice system.
Seminole State College
Peek Into Engineering (PIE)
Residential
July 26-30
Peek Into Engineering (PIE) is a residential academy targeting rising ninth-12th-grade students. Teams of students will assemble robots and model boats and design an obstacle course in the form of a maze. Participants will also be exposed to virtual digitally controlled mass inflow systems. Exciting activities will expose participants to aerospace, computer, electrical, material, mechanical and systems engineering. Field trips will be taken to the University of Oklahoma, the Jasmine Moran Museum, and engineering facilities like Enviro Systems and OG&E. Competition will be held throughout the academy.
Contact: 405.382.9217 or www.sscok.edu/PieAcademy/PieMainPg.htm
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Cameron University, Lawton
NanoExplorers: A High School Summer Science Academy
Residential
June 14-25
NanoExplorers: A High School Summer Science Academy is a 10-day residential academy that will feature participation by 24 highly motivated and talented high school students who have completed their freshmen or sophomore years in high school and are Oklahoma residents. The academy will introduce students to those concepts necessary to understand why very small systems exhibit unique behavior. Students will engage in hands-on activities designed to introduce the concepts of nanotechnology and related careers, including applications in both chemistry and physics.
Contact: Dr. E. Ann Nalley, annn@cameron.edu or 580.581.2889, or Dr. Ramiro Moro, rmoro@cameron.edu or 580.581.2309, or visit http://nanoexplorers.50webs.com/
East Central University, Ada
Coding Theory, Competitive Strategies, Risk Analysis and Other Mathematical Pursuits
Residential
June 6-11
Langston University presents An Intensive Summer Academy in Math, Science and Technology for Grades 10-12. This is a two-week residential academy for 36 aspiring mathematicians, scientists and engineers. The focus will be on improving students’ appreciation for and enrollment in Oklahoma core curricula through intense, positive experiences in mathematics, chemistry, biology, technology and Preparation for Success. Oklahoma core curricula, ACT preparation, scholarships and undergraduate and graduate school matriculation are addressed. Experiences will incorporate cutting-edge technologies that support hands-on activities and innovative teaching and learning.
Contact: Dr. Alonzo F. Peterson, Director, afpeterson@lunet.edu or 405.466.3341, or visit http://www.lunet.edu/MSA/
“We cannot expect nature’s forgiveness forever.” This engaging residential academy is an investigation into the scientific and cultural applications of ethnobotany as it pertains to medicinal remedies and the reclamation of a significantly damaged ecosystem. Students will have the opportunity to study “one of the most challenging sites in the United States,” which encompasses more than 104 km² of mine tailing and chat piles that have traumatized ecosystems. Under the guidance of nationally recognized scientists and tribal leaders, students will have the unique opportunity to study multiple sites and evaluate reclamation efforts. You will actively participate in data collection and analysis and conduct multiple laboratory studies designed to evaluate the impact of ethnobotany on phytoremediation and on its implications for medicinal remedies. During this culturally rich academy, students will explore how native species can be used to improve the quality of life and will provide solutions for restoring ecological balance.
Contact: JulieAnna Rohde, jrohde@neo.edu or 918.540.6271, or Sally Fenska, sfenska@miami.k12.ok.us or 918.542.5680
Explore and experience the excitement of the technology and sciences that reshape our world. During an intensive weeklong residential program, participants are challenged with laboratory and field-based scenarios centered on a common theme “fire.” Participants investigate careers, learn new skills, and prepare for the fascinating world of technology. Specific activities include biosystems, robotics and the science and engineering of fire.
Contact: Jovette Dew, Jovette.dew@okstate.edu or 405.744.2920
SSMA is designed to give 32 high school sophomores, juniors and seniors a two-week experience in science, mathematics and technology. This program is designed to motivate students toward pursuing higher education and careers in STEM disciplines. SSMA will be located on the Southwestern Oklahoma State University campus with participants living in dormitories, eating in cafeterias and taking classes in a variety of science content areas. Laboratory and field experiences will enhance the participants’ problem-solving skills. During the last two days, participants will be involved in a problem-solving competition.
Contact: Dr. Brian D. Campbell, brian.campbell@swosu.edu or 580.774.3118, or visit www.swosu.edu/chemistry/academy.asp
Students will participate in a series of stimulating, hands-on learning activities in mathematics, science and multidisciplinary studies, including experimentation and exploration. Two academies, each serving 24 students in grades 10-12, will seek to provide students with the tools to take full advantage of their high school education, make informed decisions about their postsecondary education and begin conceptualizing an eventual career by giving them further knowledge of the health care sector. The first academy, located in Tulsa, will have an urban influence, while the second academy, hosted by Indian Capital Technology Center in Muskogee, will have a rural focus, though much of the curriculum for the two camps will be the same.
Contact: Jessica Flanagan, jflanagan@tulsacc.edu or 918.595.7400, or Allison Seigars, aseigars@tulsacc.edu or 918.595.8403
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Camp T.U.R.F. is a two-week, residential academy at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. Students will interact with professors and explore a variety of careers in horticulture and landscaping, with hands-on activities in botanical gardens, field research stations, a turfgrass research center and greenhouses, as well as local museums and special OSU facilities such as the Insect Zoo and H. S. Mendenhall Observatory. Helpful sessions about college admission, financial aid and study skills will be interspersed throughout the academy. Evening and recreational activities are also planned.
Contact: Shelley Mitchell, Shelley.mitchell@okstate.edu or 405.744.5755
The OSU High School Aerospace Academy makes it possible for 30 students who are beginning grades 11 and 12 to actively study aerospace education concepts. The academy strives to nurture students’ interest in technology, biology, chemistry, physics, earth science and mathematics, to demonstrate how these disciplines can be integrated into aerospace education studies, and to support the Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS). This two-week experience provides on-campus classroom activities and regional field trips, including trips to Oklahoma aviation industries and the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, to study aerospace career options, technology applications to the aerospace industry, and the impact of aviation and space exploration on society.
Contact: Dr. Steven K. Marks, steve.marks@okstate.edu or 405.744.8125
One of the fastest growing technologies is use of hi-tech sensors. “Smart sensors” are being used in hundreds of application areas, like environmental monitoring, homeland security, medicine, aerospace and automobiles. Students will use smart sensor concepts to stimulate interest in science, math and technology, during a weeklong residential academy. The students will develop a smart sensor system for steering an autonomous race car.
Contact: Jovette Dew, Jovette.dew@okstate.edu or 405.744.2920
This academy offers two weeklong sessions providing upcoming 11th- and 12th-grade students with hands-on experience in the basic areas of mathematics that reinforce the college study of physics, engineering and mathematics. Areas covered include probability, logic statistics and calculus. The sessions will emphasize the use of extensive symbolic notation required to represent mathematical ideas. In each weeklong session, students move from concrete examples to more abstract ones using hands-on methods. Students will extend the notation from the concrete cases in ways to represent the more abstract ones. They will compare and contrast the use of technology for undergraduate physics, math and science students. Twenty-five students will be accepted for each weeklong session.
Contact: Chris Elliott, celliott@ou.edu, or visit http://youth.ou.edu/
This academy offers 30 rising 11th- and 12th-grade students a one-week opportunity to study the five architectural disciplines in the University of Oklahoma’s College of Architecture. By incorporating all five disciplines – architecture, interior design, construction science, landscape architecture and regional city planning – the academy will introduce students to an interdisciplinary study in areas not available in their high schools. Students will live in university residence halls and eat in Couch Cafeteria, giving students a real “feel” for college life. OU student organizations in the College of Architecture will provide programming in the evenings for the academy students so they will have interaction with OU students majoring in architecture.
Contact: Chris Elliott, celliott@ou.edu, or visit http://youth.ou.edu/
This academy offers two, two-week sessions focusing on two disciplines in the life sciences – botany and zoology – and uses the “outdoors” as the classroom. Students will study organisms in their natural habitats and participate in lectures and discussions on research methodology. Students will gather insect and plant collections and write scientific papers based on their extensive field studies. The combination of field studies and laboratory sessions with a “hands-on approach” will assist the students in developing such skills as observation, measurement, classification, experimentation, interpretation, communication, modeling and safety. Students will gain first-hand knowledge and experiences that cannot be equaled in a school classroom setting. Sixty students will be accepted (30 for each session).
Contact: Chris Elliott, celliott@ou.edu, or visit http://youth.ou.edu/
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