- Camp/Activity Name — Young Women’s Summer Institute
- Sponsor: — Ohio Supercomputer Center
- Phone: 614-688-8300
- Fax: 614-688-3184
- Web: www.ywsi.org
- Email:
- Contact Person: Elizabeth Stong
- Subject/Content: Science, Math, Technology, Engineering
- Age/Grade level: Middle School
- Type: — overnight
- Length of program: Sunday, July 8 – Saturday, July 14
- Cost: approximately $260 for room/board
- Financial aid?: — available: Yes
- Notes: The Young Women’s Summer Institute is a weeklong program for middle school girls that is full of hands-on activities to provide a foundation for girls’ pursuit in science and technology, engineering and math (STEM). The projects are interlaced with science and engineering education and career opportunities. During YWSI, students learn about: the importance of the scientific method using real environmental science data, the fundamentals of computational science, and building a community among themselves and female mentors, including naturalists and computer technologists. After a week of project-based learning, the students present their findings to their parents and sponsors. YWSI also recruits teachers as project mentors, developing their confidence to undertake similar projects in their own classrooms. More information is available at www.ywsi.org.
Tagged Middle School
- Camp/Activity Name — Summer Institute
- Sponsor: — Ohio Supercomputer Center
- Phone: 614-688-8300
- Fax: 614-688-3184
- Web: www.osc.edu/si
- Email: si-
- Contact Person: Alan Chalker
- Subject/Content: Computational Science and Computer Programming
- Age/Grade level: High School
- Type: — overnight
- Length of program: Sunday, June 17 – Friday, June 29
- Cost: approximately $500 for room/board
- Financial aid?: — available: Yes
- Notes: For over 22 years, Ohio Supercomputer Center has prepared future technology leaders through the Summer Institute. OSC offers a unique two-week residential program that provides talented Ohio high school students entering their sophomore, junior or senior class and teachers the opportunity to work collaboratively with a team of peers to resolve complex, real-world science and engineering challenges using supercomputers and cutting-edge research technologies. After students are selected through a competitive process, they learn about supercomputers and their practical applications such as conducting network forensics to catch hackers, studying the spread of the bird flu and designing computer games. They gain a competitive edge in future educational and professional pursuits and develop friendships with other with similar interests. SI also recruits a teacher to participate in the program and mentor students. More information is available at www.osc.edu/education/si.
Tagged High School
