Youth Programs

Young Scholars @ UW-L | Students entering grades 5-9

July 9-13, 2012

Course assignments are on a first-come, first-serve basis.

FULL DAY REGISTRATION
(includes four courses, lunches, tote bag):
$225

HALF DAY REGISTRATION
(Morning or Afternoon; includes two courses, tote bag)
$130

Young Scholars week-long program promotes learning through hands-on activities in areas from the arts to the sciences. Youth work alongside UW-L faculty and experts in various fields who invite experimentation, investigation and involvement. Young Scholars offers flexible times to fit into your summer schedule — choose from a full-day or half-day program. Have fun while learning!

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2012 Young Scholars Schedule

8-8:30 a.m.	Arrival, Registration & Welcome
8:30-10 a.m.	Course 1
10:15-11:45 a.m.	Course 2
12-12:30 p.m.	Lunch & Arrival/Departure of Half-day students
12:30-2 p.m.	Course 3
2:15-3:45 p.m.	Course 4

2012 Program Descriptions

Amazing Chemistry – It’s All Around Us
Explore the chemistry of everyday items and processes that affect us. Look at the pigments in leaves and see if they can be separated them from one another. Are they the same as those in food coloring and can we separate them the same way? Which work better to color cloth? Generate gas using hydrogen peroxide and yeast and see if that makes as much gas as mixing vinegar and baking soda. Which procedure makes a better “volcano”? How is the “volcano reaction” related to the gas formed when you burp after eating a Tums®? These are just a few of the questions we’ll work out as we do our chemistry. What are you curious about? Bring your ideas the first day and maybe we can do an experiment to explore them by the end of the week.
Sandra Koster, Ph.D., Chemistry

Animania!
Get ready to storyboard and create a short animated sequence. Developing characters, narratives, and an overarching premise are the guiding principles of this course, along with learning how to apply various frame-by-frame techniques, styles, and principles of art & design.
Lisa Ulik, MFA, School District of La Crosse

Bodyworks: The Mind-Body Connection
Explore the unique connection between the mind and the health and fitness of the body. Experience a variety of unique movement opportunities for fitness, leisure and fun! Use the latest heart rate monitors to see minute by minute how your body reacts to activity. Discover the connection of rest and nutrition, and how it affects your performance.
Lori Petersen, M.S., Exercise & Sports Science

Design for the Future
From concept to completion you will re-design and construct a piece of functional and sustainable furniture using recycled cardboard and other materials. Design and illustrate sustainable and ecological spaces for living and working within your community.
Lisa Ulik, MFA, School District of La Crosse

Fun with Physics
Explore the fascinating world of physics such as mechanics, fluid dynamics, electricity magnetism, optics and atomic physics. Participate in hands-on experiments and demonstrations involving the laws of motion, buoyancy, circuits, optics and lasers.
Seth King, Ph.D., Physics

In Print
What goes in to publishing a magazine? Andy Palmer of the Good Life Media Group, publisher of the new The Bunk Room - 7 Rivers Region magazine will show you how it is done! Gain first-hand experience developing magazine content, editing, graphic designing, using photography, and learning how to put it all together to make the publication fly! Students may even be able to have some of their original work published!
Andy Palmer, Creative Director, The Bunk Room-7 Rivers Region Magazine, The Good Life Media Group

Making your Home on the Web
Create and design a web page showcasing your hobbies, family pet or your last vacation. Learn web page layout, effective navigation inserting graphics and images and the use color and fonts on web pages. At the end of the week your web can be viewed by your family and friends.
Saundra Solum, M.S., Information Technology

Mysterious Microbes
A microbe is an organism that is usually too small to be seen. Enter the world of mysterious microbes and learn how to make microbes become visible to the human eye. Explore microbes and food, and microbes and disease through hands on experiments in the microbiology laboratory.
Marisa Barbknecht, M.S., Biology/Clinical Microbiology

Spanish Exploration
Dive in to the sights, sounds, tastes and experiences of the Spanish-speaking world! Explore cuisine, the arts, customs and more. No previous Spanish language experience required!
Jean Janecki, Ph.D., Modern Languages

TV Production
Learn the skills needed to produce TV programs such as how to operate a studio camera, a studio switcher, a studio teleprompter and editing equipment. Set up and operate the appropriate lighting and audio equipment, direct a studio production and understand the technical terms used during studio production.
Patricia Turner, Ph.D., Communication Studies

What’s in your 'Hood'?
Have you ever made a bug sucker? …eaten stinging nettle? …held a snake? …dissected the regurgitation of an owl? …cooked pizza or s’mores in a solar cooker? …been hunted by a pack of wolves? … created a thunderstorm? …been chased by a shrew, fox, or a hawk? Learn about the many wonders of nature around you.
Scott Lee, Environmental Studies

General Information

Scholarships: 2012 Scholarships are available for financially disadvantaged students. Funds will be awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis. Scholarship applications will be accepted through April 16 or until scholarship funds have been depleted. A required payment of at least 15% is due at time of registration.

Registration Deadlines & Cancellation: Registrations will be accepted up to two weeks prior to the beginning of each program or until enrollment is reached. Full refunds will be given (less $25 processing fee) if cancellations are made in writing prior to May 25, 2012.

Insurance: Participants are encouraged to have their own health insurance as limited accident insurance is provided by UW-La Crosse.

For questions and/or more Information: Karen DeSchepper, 608.785.6508 or kdeschepper@uwlax.edu