Summer Programs
Artemis Project
The Artemis Project is a five-week summer day camp for rising 9th grade girls in the Providence area. It is run by four Brown undergraduate women, in connection with the Computer Science Department. Artemis is designed to encourage and inspire young women in science and technology. The students learn both concrete computer skills and abstract computer science concepts through a variety of projects and activities in a positive and encouraging environment.
Brown Summer High School
Brown Summer High School, founded in 1968, is a four-week program that challenges students to engage their minds in tackling big questions. Courses offer students innovative learning environments where they work in small groups, participate in discussions, conduct laboratory experiments, and engage in hands-on activities. As active participants in the learning experience, students develop essential skills in reading, writing, speaking, and critical thinking. Brown Summer High School draws its faculty from Brown University students enrolled in the Master of Arts in Teaching and Undergraduate Teacher Education programs. These teachers-in-training work in teams with experienced teachers from local schools and Brown Teacher Education faculty. The program is open to students entering grades 9-12.
Contact
Carin Algava, Assistant Director
Teacher Education Program
401-863-3364
Carin_Algava@brown.edu
CHOICES for the 21st Century
CHOICES for the 21st Century is an educational outreach program of the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. Through its curricular resources, professional development programs, and special projects, CHOICES engages secondary level students in current and historical international issues and contributes to a renewal of civic engagement among young people in the United States.
Contact
Susan Graseck, Director
The Choices Program
401-863-3155
Susan_Graseck@brown.edu
GK-12 Science Education Program
For the past few years, Professor Timothy Herbert has worked with graduate students in Geology on conducting weekly science lessons in two classrooms in the Vartan Gregorian Elementary School. Recently, funding was secured from the National Science Foundation in the form of a GK-12 grant to help this outreach program continue and expand to several other elementary and high schools beginning in July 2007. Brown graduate students from several departments including Geology, Physics, and Engineering will lead classroom and after-school activities in several elementaryand high schools in Providence. The graduate students engage Providence students in hands-on, inquiry based activities designed to increase students' understanding of and interest in science. The NSF funding also supports training and paid summer internships for Providence teachers and students to participate in research projects with Brown graduate students and faculty.
Contact
Karen Haberstroh, Director of Science Education Outreach
401-863-2858
Karen-Marie_Haberstroh@brown.edu
Observational Cosmology Lab Experience
For the past two summers, Professor Gregory Tucker has taken local high school teachers into his Observational Cosmology lab where they are given the opportunity to conduct research and develop lessons that can be integrated into after-school science programs. Professor Tucker also involves undergraduate and graduate students in Physics in these teacher training sessions and after-school activities. Providence's Central High School and Health, Science and Technology Academy have participated in the past.
Contact
Gregory Tucker, Associate Professor
Department of Physics
401-863-1441
Gregory_Tucker@brown.edu
Project ARISE: Advancing Rhode Island Science Education
Project ARISE is an NIH-funded professional development program for Rhode Island high school science teachers. This program is designed to engage teachers and students in inquiry-based approaches to learning about science and improve the understanding of the relevance of science to everyday life. The goal of the program is to develop the tools and perspective that will enable high school teachers to integrate high–level concepts in molecular and genomic biology, bioinformatics, neuroscience and physiology into the high school classroom. Teachers participate in a summer professional development institute and then are provided with materials and support throughout the school year. The first cohort of high school teachers will begin in summer 2007.
Contact
Jennifer Aizenman, Curriculum Design Specialist
Summer and Continuing Studies
401-863-3798
Jennifer_Aizenman@brown.edu
REACT RI
REACT RI is a Youth Health Service Program of the R.I. Area Health Education Center. Participating students from local schools attend weekly trainings in health care related issues and work 15 hours per week at health care placement sites, including Rhode Island Hospital, Hasbro Hospital, Memorial Hospital, Miriam Hospital, St. Joseph Hospital for Specialty Care and Chad Brown Health Center. The students work at these sites in different capacities, and are exposed to a myriad of health professionals. A primary goal of the program is to interest students in pursuing health careers. Specifically, the program encourages young people from underserved communities to become health professionals, and to return to work in those communities.
Contact
Chris Tanguay, Executive Director
Central RI Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
Warren Alpert Medical School
401-383-5831
Research Experience for Teachers (RET)
The primary mission of the RET program is to build relationships with high school teachers in order to introduce modern engineering into their curricula, to engage teachers in an exciting research environment, and to develop with them teaching modules that can be used in high school and college classrooms. The program works primarily with science teachers, however, teachers in fields such as art, economics, and math are considered through a team teaching approach.
Contact
Heather Johnson, Program Coordinator
401-863-3607
Heather_Johnson@brown.edu
SummerPrep
SummerPrep is a three-week summer enrichment program for approximately 100 urban elementary students, located at the Community Preparatory School in South Providence. Students attend the morning academic enrichment program free of charge and are enrolled in classes of up to 18 students in rising grades 2 through 6. Classes are taught by a team of two Brown MAT students who are supervised by a Mentor teacher. The curriculum developed by the MATs, with the help of Brown elementary MAT methods instructors and Mentor teachers, includes instruction in community building and leadership, literacy, math, science, performance and visual arts and physical education. Admission to the program is on a first-come, first-served basis, with students primarily coming from Providence and others from Pawtucket, Central Falls and Cranston.
Contact
Polly Ulichny, Senior Lecturer and Director of Elementary Education
Education Department
401-863-3487
Polly_Ulichny@brown.edu
Teacher Training Workshop
The Teacher Training Workshop provides middle and high school teachers with professional development through a 15-hour training session on the area of materials science. The Brown faculty who participate hold degrees in a wide range of science and engineering fields, including materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, chemistry, and math. This diversity is reflected in the materials that are presented in the workshop, which cover a variety of different topics. Many of the materials presented have been used in K-12 classrooms, and some of the materials were developed by local middle and high school teachers, in collaboration with Brown faculty. Some of the materials presented in the workshop are also designed to give teachers an introduction to advanced materials research that is being conducted at Brown and elsewhere. Professional development credits from the Rhode Island Department of Education are awarded to participating teachers.
Contact
Heather Johnson, Program Coordinator
401-863-3607
Heather_Johnson@brown.edu
TeachScheme
The TeachScheme project addresses the growing divide between the high school and college computer science curricula. The project reaches out to teachers who wish to understand and incorporate an innovative teaching method of introductory computer science into their high-school classrooms. The program is a five-day intensive workshop alternating between the lab and the classroom.
Contact
Shriram Krishnamurthi, Associate Professor
Computer Science Department
401-863-7722
Shriram_Krishnamurthi@brown.edu