Summers are spent by the pool or going on vacation but two students in the area have proved that summers can also be for learning if you are motivated enough. These two girls a senior and a sophomore spent five weeks out of their summer vacation learning in the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program’s Acceleration Academy which is located at the University of Alaska.
These students are on a mission to prove math and science are fun. See how:
Summers can be for learning and fun, as these students show.
They were among 60 students in total that were in the program where they spend the summer from all over the state working together to meet academic and professional goals. This is geared towards the program called STEM which is science, technology, engineering and mathematics field without limitations from classmates or even adults. To learn more about the program, read more in this article!
Women are underrepresented in the STEM workforce, with the greatest disparities occurring in engineering, computer science and the physical sciences, according to statistics from the National Girls Collaborative Project.
Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert
Key takeaways
- Anna Frost writes about an exciting opportunity for students in the summer to further their academic skills in science and engineering.
- Students have an opportunity to go the University of Alaska Anchorage to take classes for dual credit in college and high school.
- The program is geared toward recruiting more female students to the sciences.
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