91桃色入口

This six-week summer program will serve up to 90 scholars in the 91桃色入口 Enlarged City School District that will be in grades 6, 7, or 8 in September 2021. 

The program will begin on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 and end on Thursday, August 12, 2021. 

STEM scholars will participate in this hands-on, activity based program at Black Rock Forest from 9:30am - 1:30pm. School meals and transportation will be provided. 

Overview of the program: 

Science goals will include but not be limited to:

• Promoting Science skills that target those skills needed for success on the 4th and 8th grade NYS Science Assessment 

• Life Science skills: ecosystems, food webs, food chains, wildlife, observation, measurement, weather, soil measurements, & stream measurements

• Other skills include: Graphing & analyzing data, constructing & interpolating charts

• Writing observations of field trip activities

• Writing laboratory experiments

• Collecting scientific data for observation, interpretation, & analysis

• Development of higher level critical thinking skills

• Development of cooperative learning & independent learning

• Involvement in team problem solving activities

• Gain experience with use of scientific apparatus

• Promoting enjoyable science research & problem solving

• Creating an atmosphere where metrics & accurate measurement are absorbed & put into practice

Mathematics goals will include but not be limited to:

• Promote mathematics skills and concepts that target those skills necessary for success on the NYS grade 6 and grade 7 math assessments

• Provide a variety of real-world situations for collaborative problem solving activities

• Provide opportunities to use mathematics in real-life environments and applications

• Provide opportunities to reinforce basic math skills while exploring real-life phenomena outside a typical mathematics classroom 

• Provide opportunities to collect, record, display, analyze, interpret and make predictions using scientific data from real-world situations and applications

• Promote development of higher order thinking skills

• Provide opportunities for collaborative and independent learning in non-traditional setting

• Experience using mathematics content and skills in a scientific, research environment

• Gain experience in using appropriate tools for measuring as well as accuracy in measuring in real-world applications and situations

ATTENTION: Are your scholars or colleagues doing something great? Please contact the district Communications Team at communications@necsd.net. We鈥檇 love to visit your class or event and/or post your pictures and recap to highlight the amazing accomplishments throughout our district!