Impetus Roller Coaster Camp

Roller Coaster Camp

The Roller Coaster Camp at Clarkson University will include a day-long field trip to the Great Escape Amusment Park in Lake Goeorge, NY to research and collect data on roller coasters.

Enriching learning activities

Visit to Great Escape

Basics of computer use

Problem-solving skills
Fun projects
Team Work
Computer literacy
Communication skills
Mathematics, Physics and Computing
Challenging problems and presentations
Sense of ownership of students' work
Realization of the need to know more!

Practical experience of effective design
understanding force and momentum
Data collection and analysis on the computer

Excel spreadsheets for computation and data analysis
PowerPoint for presentations
Word for written and scientific communication
The internet for researching basic data and facts

Summer 2007

98 student (48 in each of two sessions, all income slegible)
will attend a 6-day Roller Coaster Camp at Clarkson University

Dates for the two camps for different disticts are:

July 30 - August 4:

Brasher Falls, Canton, Colton-Pierrepont, Lisbon, Norwood-Norfolk, Ogdensburg, and Patsdam

August 6 - August 11:

Edwards-Knox, Gouverneur, Hammond, Harrisville, Hermon-Dekalb, and Heuvelton

Application

Due Date: 30 June, 2007
Student Application (2 pages) includeing student and parent signatures
Income eligiblity information (will be kept confidential)
Letter of recommendation from teacher / administrator
2007 End-of-year Report Card (copy)

Math Partnership Website

NY State Education Dept.

Roller Coaster Camp