Savannah Science Seminar

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Savannah Science Seminar

• The Best and the Brightest

And yes, its rocket science!
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History and Mission

• Ongoing since 1959
• Promote an understanding and appreciation for
  science through lecture based presentations and
  then follow-up Hands On Workshops (HOWsessions).
  
• Inspire students to pursue careers in the
  sciences and encourage them to return to the
  Savannah area to increase our community's ability
  to foster and enhance these professional
  practices.

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Organization
Lead by a volunteer Board of Directors who are
professionals from education and business
sectors. Includes a Student Board Member.
Supported through sponsorship grants from
VeriSign and Coastal BETA, the Business,
Education, and Technology Alliance of Coastal
Georgia and South Carolina, as well as Corporate
and Educational Partners.

• Sponsors
• Coastal BETA
• VeriSign
• Partners
• AASU
• GTsavannah
• Memorial Health
• Savannah Cardiology
• SCAD
• S.H.A.R.K.
• SKIO

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Goals and Objectives
To stimulate interest in pursuing educational
studies in the physical, biological, or
technology fields. 

• Encourage interest in a careers in the sciences.

Until the January lecture on Cardiology I had
planned on definitely majoring in Mechanical
Engineering, but now, a career in medicine seems
to be a better choice. The session led by Dr.
Rollings opened my eyes to see the possibilities
in clinical practice. Student Member

• To teach methods for problem solvingand
  teamwork. 

• To provide students with opportunities for
  creativity, self-expression, and the ability to
  think out of the box. 

• To develop natural and scientific curiosity about
  the world around us.  

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Program
Twice monthly meetings on a science based
topic. Lecture session - Active professionals
from various scientific fields present a lecture
on their particular area of expertise.
HOWsession Using the knowledge gained from
the lecture, students work hands-on with
experiments and projects.
The professors are able to combine their
expertise with fun activities that promote
learning. I enjoy the Hands on Workshops because
I am able to use the information I learned in the
previous class and view amazing technology first
hand.   Student Member
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Seminars

• A SAMPLING OF PROGRAMS
• Computer Aided Design
• WEB centrification
• Engineering Earthquake Consequences
• Biology Building Insect Morphology
• Medicine Cardiology
• Marine Science
• Custom Labs
• Chemistry
• Materials Engineering
• Grays Reef
• Physics Rocketry

One of the first Seminars was on Entomology. 
After learning about the parts of an insect and
how they functioned, we used real insect parts 
to create our own insect that was morphologically
correct. We used science and creativity to
accomplish this task. Student Member
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Selection Process
March
April
May
August

• Participating Schools
• Beach
• Benedictine
• Groves
• Jenkins
• Johnson
• St. Andrews
• St. Vincents
• Savannah Arts
• Savannah High
• Savannah Christian
• Savannah Country Day
• Windsor Forest

Interested Savannah/ Chatham Countyand soon to
be Effingham 10th grade students take online test.
Students meeting test criteria apply for
admission to fill 30 seats.
Members begin the academic year-long program as
Juniors.
Students and schools are notified of top 30
students selected.
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Savannah Science Seminar
Every great advance in science has issued from a
new audacity of the imagination. - John
Dewey from The Quest For Certainty

• The Best and the Brightest

www.savsciencesem.org