Splash at Yale Offers Summer “Sprout” Program This Year
After running several Splash programs that drew over 100 participants, student volunteers at Splash at Yale offered a new program this summer.
“Splash at Yale is very excited about expanding its offerings and providing more opportunities for high school and middle school students from around the Northeast. Over the past two years we’ve been running our Splash program every semester and every time there is increased enthusiasm from students, teachers, parents, and our own administrative team. After talking with all our participants at our last Splash program, we decided that a multi-week summer program would not only be very popular but also the next step in furthering our mission of student-driven education,” said Ben Horowitz, Splash at Yale co-founder.
Sprout was supported by 50+ teachers and volunteers along with ongoing mentoring and software support provided by Learning Unlimited.
“I cannot tell you how excited my son was to attend every week. He had previously attended Splash at Yale and was extremely eager to attend Sprout. He learned a lot and he had a great time. As a parent of two children, I have to tell you that this was one of the most well-run programs and affordable programs either of my children ever attended. Thank you for putting so much time and care into planning such a wonderful learning experience,” a Sprout parent wrote on a survey.
“They were totally flabbergasted that such a gigantic bizarrely-shaped thing has ever been constructed by humanity, let alone used for science, let alone used for Nobel Prize-winning science.”
Read the rest of Anna’s reflections on teaching for Stanford Splash and MIT Splash.
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Sprout at Yale students and teachers analyze each other’s work. Photo from Sprout at Yale.
What We’re Reading
In order to model Google employees, some teachers have implemented a classroom genius hour.
Maker Camp is an online summer camp that features a different building project every day until the end of August.
Brilliant.org brings students from around the world together to solve math and physics puzzles online.
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation offers college scholarships to high-achieving high school seniors graduating from high school in 2014.
Upcoming Programs
Saturday, October 5 - Splash Chicago
Saturday, November 2 - Duke Splash
Saturday-Sunday, November 2-3 - Stanford Splash
Saturday, November 9- (tentative) Yale Splash
Saturday, November 16- Columbia Splash
Saturday, November 16 - (tentative) Clark Splash
Saturday-Sunday, November 23-24- MIT Splash. *Starting this year, MIT Splash will be grades 9-12 and the spring Spark program will be grades 7-8 only. For more information see the MIT ESP Website.
“Only about 25% of the oil released in the Deepwater Horizon spill has been recovered. Where did the rest of it go?”
-- Application question from “Environmental Organic Chemistry” taught at MIT Junction
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