*******
Summer Girls - University of Maryland Physics Department
Application Due Date: May 17, 2014
Program Dates: August 4 - 15, 2014
The University of Maryland Physics Department is pleased to offer our Physics Summer Outreach Program again this year.
THIS IS A FREE PROGRAM OPEN TO ALL UPCOMING 9th, 11th and 12th graders, and we receive applications from a diverse group of young females* with one thing in common--- the desire to learn more about physics. No prior physics knowledge is necessary but applicants are required to write a statement explaining why they would like to attend this program.
9th Grade Program
The program will run daily from 8:30am - 4pm. In the mornings, activities include demonstrations, complete hands-on laboratory experiments, listening to lectures, and documenting their progress in journals. The afternoons are devoted to an ongoing two-week project that teaches participants trial and error and the principles of the scientific method. At the end of the two-week program, parents, teachers and siblings are invited to a closing ceremony where Summer Girls present their favorite demonstrations. The 2014 two-week sessions will be on the following dates:
Session I: July 7 - July 18, 2014
Session II: July 21 - August 1, 2014
The student applying must be currently in 8th grade and entering 9th grade in the upcoming school year (Fall 2014).
Apply here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18EQ4no7JOLK_WXDM1GFq9-lzySeUJitGfAoy83JO8as/viewform> for the 9th Grade Program
Advanced Program:
While the 9th grade program focuses on classical physics, the advanced program will jump into the world of modern physics. The program will run daily from 9am - 3pm. Participants will learn about topics ranging from relativity, to antimatter, quantum mechanics, physical uncertainty, quantum computing and more. The afternoons will be filled with hands-on lab activities, visits to cutting-edge research labs, discussions with professors who currently specialize in modern physics and a project to make the discussions of modern topics tangible.
Students will be introduced to topics that they will likely not be offered in their high school classes, from the thought experiments of Einstein to current applications in code breaking.
August 4 - 15, 2014
The student must be entering 11th or 12th grade (currently in 10th or 11th grade) in the upcoming school year (Fall 2014).
Apply here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dd4yj2U8OoLIqUM6ec0gdHFwkUIwwBSaOwQQVt_4468/viewform> for the Advanced Program
About the Program:
In 1990, two faculty members discussed that there was nothing available to interest girls in physics. They applied to the National Science Foundation for funding and from there, the Physics Department Summer Girls Outreach Program was created. The program started with one, two-week program session and has grown to two, two-week, sessions. After increased popularity and demand for the Summer Outreach Program for rising 9th grade girls, the program was extended to rising 11th grade girls.
Since its inception, over 1,000 rising ninth graders have attended this program. Past participants have gone on to become engineers, doctors, computer specialist and, of course, physicists. Summer Girls have come not only from Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC but also from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and all over the world.
* Program is open to all qualified applicants, both females and males.
________________________________
Contact Information:
Dr. Sonali Shukla
Department of Physics
1120 John S. Toll Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
summer-girls@physics.umd.edumailto:summer-girls@physics.umd.edu
--
--
WardFive@googlegroups.com is open to WardFive residents for community discussion and information sharing.
To post to this group, send email to wardfive@googlegroups.com
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wardfive+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wardfive?hl=en
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WardFive" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to wardfive+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
0 comments:
Post a Comment