THINK SMART WITH A HEALTHY HEART"

SOUTH TEXAS ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

NEW SCHOLARS ACADEMY SCHEDULE

JUNE 7-10, JUNE 14-17 and JULY 12-15 2010

Monday June 7, June 14, July 12

Morning session: Gymnasium

9:00  am:         Ice-breaker activity with mentors while everyone arrives
9:30  am:         Welcome and Introductions, schedule for the day - Mr. McKinney
9:40  am:          Student mentors
10:00 am:         Guest Lecturer – Mr. Bob Radnick
10:20 am          Counselors and Nurse
Student Log-in numbers and acceptable use of technology – Mr. Andrade                       
10:30 am:         Break and move to the Science Building
10:40 am:         “Virus in a cup activity” -  Mentors
11:30 am:        Lunch  - cafeteria

Afternoon session: science building

12:15 pm         Mentor-led scavenger hunt/tours of campus; 20-minute presentation by school librarian, Mrs. Marilyn Dudley will be incorporated into the tours.
2:00  pm          Regroup from scavenger hunt in gym for “Bullying Presentation”.
2:30 pm          Medline Plus activity – Viva Peer Tutors – interactive where students Log-on computers.  Science rooms.

3:30 pm           Bus

Tuesday June 8, June 15, July 13

Morning session: science building

9:30 am:          Student mentors assist students in organizing notebooks/planners. Log on computers to explore STISD and Med Tech Websites.
10:00 am         sheep heart dissection (5 science rooms)
11:30 am         Lunch (mentor led door prizes @12:05 pm)

Afternoon session: science building

12:15 pm         Blackboard assignment - body-mass index (BMI) and Body Fat % activity
2:00 pm           EKG and Fish Tail Activity and discuss research questions
3:30 pm           Bus

Wednesday June 9, June 16, July 14

Morning session: science building

9:30 am:          Student Mentors- recap from yesterday/discuss day’s activities
"Vocabulary Activity"
Introduction to research and projects (data collection, etc…)
10:00 am         Blackboard assignment -Target Heart Rate activity
11:30 am         Lunch (mentor led door prizes @12:05 pm)

Afternoon session: science building

12:15 pm         Student mentors organize groups: discussion of health survey, computer generated projects (PowerPoint presentations and written report) and overview of statistics. Write a hypothesis.
12:45 pm         Development and administration of surveys; begin developing PowerPoint presentations; application of statistics to survey data.
3:15 pm           Student mentors- debrief-research discussions
3:30 pm           Bus

Thursday June 10, June 16, July 15

Morning session: science building

9:30 am:          Student Mentors- continue with PowerPoint presentations and group research papers.
11:30 am         Lunch (mentor led door prizes @12:10 pm)

Afternoon session: gymnasium

12:45 pm         Move to Gym
1:00 pm           Presentations (5 min/group)
3:00 pm           Awards/refreshments
3:30 pm           Bus