FALL 2015 American Museum of Natural History After School Program Youth initiatives, Education Department Session 0216 Dates: November 4- December 18 Application Deadline: 11:59 pm, Sunday October 11, 2015. Students will be notified by October 16, 2015.

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After School Program Youth initiatives, Education Department
Session 0216 Dates:
November 4- December 18
Application Deadline: 11:59 pm, Sunday October 11, 2015. Students will be notified by
October 16, 2015.
Application link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FY16_ASP_0216_App
Exploratory Courses
Explore diverse interests in science at AMNH. These are NOT pre-requisites for the Science Research Mentoring Program. Exploratory courses are open to students in 9-12th grade.
Medical Anthropology
Doctors treat patients across the globe with the latest technology to fight global pandemics. But how do scientists treat the human behind the patient? With special behind-the-scenes access to AMNH’s new Countdown To Zero exhibit, you will explore the ways social scientists, microbiologists, and medical professionals work together to cure disease. Using the tools on anthropology, you will uncover how history, geography, and our own culture can affect how we treat malaria, HIV, guinea worm and other tropical diseases in the developing world, and what you can do to stop their spread.
Meeting Times: Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM Meeting Dates: 11/5, 11/10, 11/12, 11/17, 11/19, 11/24, 12/1, 12/3, 12/8, 12/10, 12/15, 12/17
Anthropology of Food
Eat your way through anthropology! In this class we will explore how food, nutrition, taste and culture intersect as we examine the interdisciplinary field of the Anthropology of Food. Discover new foods and eating practices while examining why we eat (or refuse to) and how we can understand others and ourselves through our dinner plates. Topics include evolutionary, cultural, and linguistic explanations for the traditions, taboos and attitudes towards food around the world. Using traditional methods and new technology, students will also explore how to use the tools of anthropology to study food in their own culture.
Meeting Times: Fridays 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM Meeting Dates: 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 12/4, 12/11, 12/18
Marine Biology
In this course, students will learn about marine life and biodiversity through the field research and scientific expertise of scientists working at the Museum. The course will cover marine ecosystems as well the major groups of marine life and their evolutionary relationships. Class activities will include dissections, exploring marine life displays in Museum halls, cladistics and the study of evolution, as well as meeting with scientists. Meeting Times: Fridays 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM Meeting Dates: 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 12/4, 12/11, 12/18
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Science Research Courses
These are intensive courses that serve as pre-requisites for the Science Research Mentoring Program. Science Research courses are open to students in 10-12th grades.
Secrets of the Solar System
This course is a pre-requisite for the Museum’s Science Research Mentoring Program (SRMP) in the Physical Science track. The course is offered free-of-charge. This class will take you on a grand tour of the solar system, from Mercury and the moons of Saturn, to asteroids and comets. How did such a diversity of worlds come to be? Like space detectives, we will follow the clues and try to unravel the secrets of the solar system’s formation and evolution.
Meeting Times: Mondays and Wednesdays 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM Meeting Dates: 11/4, 11/9, 11/11, 11/16, 11/18, 11/23, 11/30, 12/2, 12/7, 12/9, 12/14, 12/16
Wonderful Universe
This course is a pre-requisite for the Museum’s Science Research Mentoring Program (SRMP) in the Physical Science track. The course is offered free-of-charge.
What makes a star shine? What holds the stars in a galaxy together? What exactly is a black hole? Could spaceships travel faster than the speed of light? This class will introduce and discuss the physical laws and principles that make the Universe what it is, from gravity to electromagnetism to quantum mechanics. We will meet some bizarre and unfamiliar objects along the ride, such as pulsars, cosmic rays, and dark matter. The course is offered free-of-charge.
Meeting Times: Mondays and Wednesdays 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM Meeting Dates: 11/4, 11/9, 11/11, 11/16, 11/18, 11/23, 11/30, 12/2, 12/7, 12/9, 12/14, 12/16
Human Origins
This course is a pre-requisite for the Museum’s Science Research Mentoring Program (SRMP) in the Life Science tracks. The course is offered free-of-charge. Around 3.6 million years ago in a remote corner of East Africa, two early human ancestors left a trail of footprints in a field of fresh volcanic ash. Walking upright with a gait that was more human-like than ape-like, these resourceful hominids were adapted to life beyond the tropical forests. Flash forward to 100,000 years ago to a cave in Israel where a band of the first anatomically modern humans laid to rest two family members, symbolically placing a necklace of shell beads with one individual and the jaw of a wild boar with the other. What traits separated these fully modern humans from their hominid ancestors? How did hominids physically adapt to their ever-changing environment, learn to produce tools, or develop the ability to communicate ideas? Explore first-hand what makes us human by examining fossils, studying anatomy, and learning to make your own chipped stone tools. In this course, we will trace the path of human evolution through in-depth discussions, hands-on activities, and visits to Museum halls that plot the history of humankind.
Meeting Times: Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM Meeting Dates: 11/5, 11/10, 11/12, 11/17, 11/19, 11/24, 12/1, 12/3, 12/8, 12/10, 12/15, 12/17
Tree of Life
This course is a pre-requisite for the Museum’s Science Research Mentoring Program (SRMP) in the Life Science tracks. The course is offered free-of-charge. This course will explore the diversity of life on earth through the tree of life. Students will learn how scientists use both physical and molecular characteristics of microorganisms, fungi, plants and animals to classify and name species, as well as determine how different species are related to one another. Through the study of specimens, students will learn the major characteristics of species from bacteria through plants and animals. Meeting Times: Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Meeting Dates: 11/5, 11/10, 11/12, 11/17, 11/19, 11/24, 12/1, 12/3, 12/8, 12/10, 12/15, 12/17