School Without Walls Biology

Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science (GEMS) is an extracurricular science education program, which enables students to experience science in a real laboratory setting.

The program is based on a multi-disciplinary educational curriculum, and is focused on age- and grade-appropriate hands-on activities, in areas such as science, engineering, mathematics, computational sciences, computational biology, biomedical sciences, chemistry and biology.

Students receive a stipend to participate in one week-, two week- and four-week long programs, depending on student grade and program site. Programs offered at different sites are unique. Please take the time to explore these programs, offered at the sites listed below.

For more information, see: http://www.usaeop.com/programs/gems/.

The Science and Engineering Apprentice Program (SEAP), sponsored by George Washington University and the Department of Defense, is an eight week summer program for high school students. SEAP is designed so that students can apprentice in fields of their choice with experienced scientists and engineers. This opportunity provides students with valuable experience needed to make informed career decisions. Students apprentice with their mentors on mutually agreed upon projects. At Army Research facilities, the students apprentice in a professional research laboratory setting and learn how their research can benefit the Army as well as the civilian community. Because of the setting, students are treated as research assistants rather than just teenagers. First year participants are awarded an educational stipend of $2000.

The students contribute to the research of the laboratory while learning research techniques in the process. This “hands-on” experience gives students a broader view of their fields of interest and shows students what kind of work awaits them in their future career. The students also attend demonstrations and go on field trips to learn more about the inner workings of an Army Research Laboratory. At the end of the summer, the students prepare final reports and present their research at a final seminar.

For more information, see http://www.usaeop.com/programs/SEAP/index.htm.

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Attention students! Are you an aspiring doctor/nurse?

Come to the SWW-American Medical Student Association Conference!

Students will participate in a weekend conference hosted by AMSA.The conference will provide training for students interested in going to medical school, nursing school, etc. Students will stay at the Hotel Sheraton at Reston and commute via shuttle to AMSA Headquarters each day. The event is weekend-long: Students must participate in all conference events.

When: November 19-21, 2010

Where: Reston, VA

Cost: FREE

Interest meeting: October 7th. Room 12. 12:30pm.

Application deadline: October 12, 2010

Application: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XNDH3DG

See Ms. Bergman or biowithoutwalls.com for more details!

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Students interested in extra credit have one of two options:

• Play Pandemic 2: http://www.crazymonkeygames.com/Pandemic-2.html
  • Design a virus, bacterium, or parasite and release it on the world.
  • To get extra credit, you must infect MADAGASCAR successfully. Your disease cannot begin in Madagascar.
  • To prove you’ve done this, print/screencap a copy of the “world menu.”
  • This is worth 5 HW/prep points.
• Read “The Tragedy of the Commons” by Garrett Hardin: http://www.garretthardinsociety.org/articles/art_tragedy_of_the_commons.html
  • Prepare a 5-minute oral summary (give me a head’s up on this) of the essay to present to the class.
  • Other readings will be posted if someone presents this in class.
    • MHIII – Here’s the next document: Evolution Gems.

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