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2100 North Engineering Building
The University of Toledo
2801 W. Bancroft
Street
Toledo, OH
43606-3390 |
Date: June
23 to July 18, 2003
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:30 a.m to 3:30
p.m
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| Summer Projects:
Students will use the event-based
thematic approach to study infectious diseases and will take the role
of scientists in investigating a hypothetical, mysterious deadly disease
sweeping their community. Students are
required to suggest the cause and recommend a strategy for halting the
disease. By role-playing, students will
learn to think critically from different points of view, analyze a
patient profile, learn about health care issues,
learn about different contagious diseases and how they could be avoided,
use the microscopes to examine
water and food samples for bacteria and micro-organism, investigate the
effect of different medicines on
pathogens, and to study how the body uses micro bodies t fight diseases.
Students will read fictitious and
factual stories about contagious diseases, how other communities deal with
them, will write about someone
they know who has contracted a disease, and will learn about modeling and
using data in a table or graph to
write linear equations.
 Roller
Coasters
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Purpose: Students will work
in small groups to help a hypothetical land developer design and
build a working model of a “thrill ride” roller coaster.
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Science:
Students will develop an understanding of Newton’s Three Laws of motion.
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Math: Students
will use the formulas of Newton's laws to predict the thrills of their
rides.
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Technology:
Computer
activities will help them build a simulation roller coaster and
study its structure, safety, and dynamics.
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English:
Students will read and write about roller coaster history, safety and effect
on the body’s physiology.
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Hands On:
Students will take a trip to Cedar Point Amusement Park
where they will experience the thrill of the ride and learn about roller coasters from people who
work in the field.
 Population
Growth Study
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Purpose:
In this project
students will explore the mathematical and environmental aspects of
population growth, study how fast the population is growing in the
City of Toledo, the State of Ohio, the United States of America and
the World.
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English: Students will read about heavily populated countries and the
problems that are associated with over population.
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Math:
Students will learn to analyze archive census and demographic data , as well as
up-to-the-minute population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau,
by learning statistics
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Science:
Students will learn how to evaluate population growth and study the
implications of a changing population.
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Hands On: Students will engage in
field studies by visiting specific areas in Toledo and study their
population by means of observations, counting, and analyzing the
results using mathematical and scientific
methods
Building Computers
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Purpose:
Students will study
the different components of a computer and the function of each of
them
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Hands On:
Working in small groups, they will take apart old computers and build
working computers 
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English: Students will write a paper about their experience
to test the functionality of the computer
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Math: The binary system in
mathematics will be studied to gain understanding of how computers store
and transform data and information into action
 Excelling into Engineering, &
Physics/Astronomy
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Purpose:
Students will learn
the concepts of Engineering, Physics, and Astronomy as they study how
the world is seen (Physics), how what we see is put into action
(Engineering), and how both are used to examine the earth and the
universe (Astronomy) under the supervision of University
professors.
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