Redesign Javits Playground Using Science and Math on Sunday, September 15, 2013 1:00 PM-2:30 PM

Redesign Javits Playground Using Science and Math

1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.Sunday, September 15, 2013

After the weather cancellation in the spring, it's time to redesign Javits playground. Join Dr. Leonisa Ardizzone of Storefront Science and use math, science and engineering to measure, plot and design your own improvements to our local playground.

Appropriate for ages 7-12. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Limit of 15 children. Please email to register with "Register" in the subject line and in the body of the email the parent/guardian name, child's name and age as well as the best email to reach you.

Location

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Jacob Javits Playground in Fort Tryon Park

Manhattan

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Cost

Free  

Event Organizer

Northern Manhattan Parks, Fort Tryon Park Trust

Contact Email

info@FortTryonParkTrust.org

http://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2013/09/15/redesigning-javits-playground-using-science-and-math

A Summer Internship Program...NYU Courant Institute Girls’ Science, Technology... For motivated and accomplished Juniors... Admissions will be on a rolling basis.

http://cims.nyu.edu/gstem

A Summer Internship Program

NYU Courant Institute Girls’ Science, Technology,

For motivated and accomplished Juniors

Engineering and Mathematics Summer Program

NYU GSTEM 2013

Be among the first to participate in...

NYU Courant Institute Girls’ Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Summer Program

NYU GSTEM (http://cims.nyu.edu/gstem/) is a six-week program patterned after a similar program at MIT. High school girls will live at home and commute to internship sites for 4.5 weeks. They will work on a small project alongside researchers in the mathematical and physical sciences, produce a brief paper about their work, and deliver a short oral presentation to their peers. A week of preparatory lectures and workshops will precede the internship. One day in each of the other weeks will be a 'campus day', when the girls will be brought together for lectures, workshops, and field trips. Tutors will support participants. They will help them adjust to laboratory work, prepare their final talk and paper, and provide other intellectual and emotional supports.

A short calendar of events: 

July 8 -12: Preparatory lectures and workshops 

July 15 - August 13: Internships and campus days (Wednesdays) 

August 14-16: Final convocation and conclusion of program

The Sloan Foundation grant pays for all of the cost of this program except for the tuition of $2600 for each student. There are scholarships available for students who cannot afford the full tuition.

If you are a girl who is a high school junior and believe you would perform well in this rich but rigorous environment, complete the application online by June 12 at (http://cims.nyu.edu/gstem/apply/). Admissions will be on a rolling basis.

Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences

251 Mercer Street, Room 726 - New York, New York 10012

For questions, contact Dr. Matthew Leingang, Dr. Julia Rankin or Dr. Mark Saul: gstem@courant.nyu.edu

FREE! Summer Research Internship Application... DUE MARCH 8, 2013

From the desk of Ms. MacNeil's interns, Dianitza...

http://cooper.edu/academics/outreach-and-pre-college/summer-research-internship

The School of Engineering's Research Internship Program provides a great opportunity for high school students to tackle research problems in a college setting. Interns work in teams comprising of both high school sophomores and juniors on applied research projects under the constant guidance of Cooper Union undergraduate teaching assistants. Each project is supervised and mentored by Cooper Union faculty and covers fields such as civil, chemical, electrical, mechanical, biomedical and environmental engineering; mathematics, chemistry, and astronomy.

APPLICATIONS DUE MARCH 8, 2013

Cooper Union Summer Research Internship Due March 8, 2013

http://cooper.edu/academics/outreach-and-pre-college/summer-research-internship


The School of Engineering's Research Internship Program provides a great opportunity for high school students to tackle research problems in a college setting. Interns work in teams comprising of both high school sophomores and juniors on applied research projects under the constant guidance of Cooper Union undergraduate teaching assistants. Each project is supervised and mentored by Cooper Union faculty and covers fields such as civil, chemical, electrical, mechanical, biomedical and environmental engineering; mathematics, chemistry, and astronomy.
For more information, contact: Susan Dorsey, Director, 212-353-4286 or dorsey@cooper.edu.

Cooper Union Summer Research Internship Due March 8, 2013

Appilication fee is $50.  Financial aid available.  See Ms. MacNeil

An opportunity at the American Museum of Natural History during NYS Regents week

http://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/grades-9-12/digital-learning-week




During January, 2013 Regents Week, AMNH is offering four new day-long programs. Each is designed using various digital tools to explore different museum halls. We invite you to help us test them out.

Space is limited and will be given on a first come, first served basis. Applicants can apply to more than one of the four programs but placements will aim to include the largest number over the course of the week. No previous experience is required around either the digital tool or content area. Participating youth will be invited to be the first to test out AMNH’s new digital badging system and contribute to the new AMNH Youth Advisory.

Digital Learning Week

Follow Me: Margaret Mead Hall of Pacific Peoples (an AMNH Youth Audio Guide Program)

January 22, 2013

In Follow Me: Margaret Mead Hall of Pacific Peoples (an AMNH Youth Audio Guide Program), youth participants will prototype the development of a hall-based audio guide as science journalists. Working with a wide-range of museum staff experienced in both audio production and museum content, youth will learn about the Margaret Mead Hall of Pacific Peoples, use anthropological tools to conduct interviews with museum staff highlighting their unique perspectives on the exhibits, and use the social media app Audioboo to process and share their guides. This hall is important historically because of Margaret Mead and has become a recent draw for young visitors due to the popularity of the film character Dum Dum. By the end of the day, youth will have produced dozens of brief sound clips that will be aggregated into a prototype of an audio tour.

Digital Learning Week

Virtual Wonder Cabinets

January 23, 2013

In Virtual Wonder Cabinets, youth participants will design their own virtual museum exhibit. With a special focus on the Akeley Hall of African Mammals (and including the other halls featuring nature dioramas), youth will come to understand and appreciate the history, purposes, and wonder of a natural history diorama, learn how to arrange museum content into a compelling scientific narrative for public education, and present their work through an online multi-media presentation. This program aims to combine the power of objects and the importance of science with an inherent sense of wonder.

Digital Learning Week

Morpholution

January 24, 2013

In Morpholution, youth participants will be introduced to the practices used by evolutionary scientists in Morphobank, a web application for conducting phylogenetics or cladistics research on morphology. Youth will explore how the tool is used by scientists to document and communicate evolutionary data and will generate evolutionary trees based on their own data collected throughout the day.

Digital Learning Week

FoodCraft

January 25, 2013

In FoodCraft, youth participants will explore the science and politics of food through playing the video game, Minecraft (no previous experience required), and the new AMNH exhibit Our Global Kitchen: Food, Natute, Culture. More specifically, challenges to food production, preparation, trade, and transportation will be encountered in historical and present day simulations, such as a pre-Columbian Aztec marketplace, illustrating the vital and complex role that food plays in our lives.

 

Girls on Ice... A FREE mountaineering adventure for girls...

http://girlsonice.org/

Girls on Ice is a unique, FREE, wilderness science education program for high school girls. Each year two teams of 9 teenage girls and 3 instructors spend 11 days exploring and learning about mountain glaciers and the alpine landscape through scientific field studies with professional glaciologists, ecologists, artists, and mountaineers. One team explores Mount Baker, an ice-covered volcano in the North Cascades of Washington State. The other team sleeps under the midnight sun exploring an Alaskan glacier.

2013 Girls on Ice Expeditions*

North Cascades (July 21 – August 1): Open to all girls.

For general information, please contact Erin Pettit at pettit.erin@gmail.com.

Internships at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Internships at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

This opportunity is for 8^th through 12^th grade students.  

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is an easy commute from many boroughs…

Dear Friends of Brooklyn Botanic Garden:

Do you know any teens who enjoy getting their hands dirty? Who want to work with other teens and learn about science and urban farming? 

We are now accepting applications for the Garden Apprentice Program (GAP) at Brooklyn Botanic Garden - a great way for students to learn about urban agriculture and the environment while working in one of the most exciting public gardens in the world!  Apprentices can work their way up the four-tier program, potentially earning a paid position as a Senior Apprentice. Applications are due December 5.

BBG’s Garden Apprentices:

• Work with children, behind-the-scenes with staff, or with Garden visitors
• Learn about botany, environmentalism, and protecting the earth
• Grow, harvest, and cook their own fruits, vegetables, and herbs in the Children's Garden
• Explore in depth Brooklyn Botanic Garden's plant collections and greenhouses
• Develop job skills, including teamwork, communication, and responsibility

Apprentices make a nine-month commitment to GAP, from March to November, which includes spring training, summer programming, and a weekly commitment afterschool or on weekends throughout the academic year.  

Come to our Open House to find out more:  Saturday, November 10, 1pm.  

RSVP requested: 718-623-7252 or gap@bbg.org.

Check out our website for photos, frequently asked questions, and applications: www.bbg.org/gap!

Best, Saara Nafici

Garden Apprentice Program, Coordinator

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

718-623-7252 | www.bbg.org/gap

*Please note I am in the office Tuesdays-Saturdays.*