This academy offers two, two-week sessions focusing on botany and zoology and using the “outdoors” as the classroom. Students will study organisms in their natural habitats and participate in discussions on research methodology. Students will gather insects 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 firsthand knowledge and experiences that cannot be equaled in a school classroom setting. Sixty high school students will be accepted, 30 students for each session.
Contact: Holly Mills, hollymills@ou.edu, 405.325.6897, or visit http://youth.ou.edu/summer_academies.html
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Valuing Tradition: Applying Indigenous Stewardship in Ecology
Residential
June 21-25
“Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has died will we realize that we cannot eat money.” (Cree Proverb) This engaging residential academy is an investigation into the scientific and cultural applications of ethnobotany as it pertains to medicinal remedies, the reclamation of damaged ecosystems and preservation of endangered plant species. Students will learn to identify some native plant varieties, 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.
Contact: JulieAnna Rohde, jrohde@neo.edu, 918.540.6271, or visit www.neo.edu/StudentLife/Activities/SummerCamps/tabid/1241/Default.aspx
Northern Oklahoma College, Enid
CSI: Northern Summer Academy
Residential
July 11-14
This academy is looking for high school students interested in science, mathematics and/or career opportunities in criminal justice. Twenty-five students will be selected to participate in four exciting days of hands-on activities, research, science experiments, guest speakers, and field trips for behind-the-scene looks at the area of criminal justice and forensics. Applications are due by April 15.
Contact: Traci Schwerdtfeger, traci.schwerdtfeger@north-ok.edu, 580.748.2191, or get an application at http://www.north-ok.edu/
Seminole State College
Peek Into Engineering (PIE)
Residential
July 31-Aug. 5
During this academy, teams of students will assemble robots, 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 Children’s Museum and engineering facilities like Enviro Systems and OG&E. Competition will be held throughout the academy.
Contact: 405.382.9217 or visit www.sscok.edu/PieAcademy/PieMainPg.htm