Science Research Program Robert J. Wankmuller Director of Science, Technology, and Research Jocelyn Handley-Pendleton Science Research Teacher April 29, 2014

History of the Research Program Existed for 16 years Affiliated with the University of Albany Science research teacher, Mrs. Jocelyn Handley-Pendleton

Enrollment In class was changed from an everyday course to an every other day course In all seniors were required to submit to Intel and/or Siemens Math, Science, and Technology Competitions School YearNumber of Students

Students Receiving College Credit Mentors are required for students to receive college credit Mentors are usually professors or researchers from local universities or research facilities School yearNumber of students

Participation in Science Competitions Competitions DuPont Exploravision1283 Long Island Science & Engineering Fair 8912 Intel Sci Search1818 Junior Science & Humanities Symposium 663 LI Science Congress NYS Science Congress 02TBD Siemens Math, Science & Tech 1818 Young Naturalists312 Google Science Fair-314

Awards for Semi-finalist to Siemens Math, Science & Technology Competition Semi-finalist in the Intel Science Talent Search Third place in the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Second place at Long Island Science and Engineering Fair (LISEF) First place at LISEF Students competing in International Science & Engineering Fair Two merit, 2 honorable mention and 6 to be announced awards for the Long Island Science Congress

University in the High School Program Students can earn a total of 12 credits through the University at Albany 2 credits during the summer before their junior year 4 credits during junior year 2 credits during the summer between junior and senior year 4 credits during senior year

Science Symposium Each May, the students present their research at the Science Symposium A guest speaker is invited to provide the keynote presentation (Stony Brook faculty, researchers from BNL, Hauppauge alumni) The seniors give a PowerPoint Presentation on their research This year’s symposium will be on May 28 at 6:30

Course Expectations For Sophomores Keep a demonstrable log of time on research Read peer reviewed journal articles by mid- winter of the Sophomore year Present a peer reviewed research paper to their classmates and teacher Conduct a literature search on chosen topic Obtain a mentor Collaborate with the mentor on a hypothesis and begin writing a research plan

Course Expectations for Juniors Begin experimentation and data gathering Enter venues for competition as deemed appropriate by the instructor

Course Expectations for Seniors Present their research findings at their local school symposium and at least one other non- competitive venue (school board meeting, PTO, faculty meeting, civic organization, etc.) Write a scientific paper of their finished research Enter the Siemens Math, Science & Technology Competition and/or Intel It is strongly suggested that they make a serious attempt to publish their work

Related Experiences Following Our Research Program Garcia Center for Polymers at Engineered Interfaces at Stony Brook University Simons Summer Research Program at Stony Brook University Partners for Education at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Next Steps Andromeda- 10 th and 11 th graders can compete at the New York State Science and Engineering Fair JV-LISEF 10 th and 11 th graders can prepare for LISEF by participating in the JV fair

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