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BOISE STATE NEWS RELEASE / April 23, 2009

Boise State Offers Physics, Science Workshops for High School Teachers, Students

The school year may be winding down, but Boise State University invites area high school teachers and students to stay engaged in learning by participating in an upcoming physics or biomedical research workshop. Boise State’s Concurrent Enrollment program, in partnership with the physics and chemistry departments, will offer a two-day workshop for teachers in May and a two-week session for students in June.

—“Modern Physics Experiments: from Simple to Sophisticated” will be held May 20-21 in Room 404 of the Multipurpose Classroom Facility on the Boise State campus. Richard Reimann will lead this workshop for high school teachers who teach physics or a related science. A science kit will be provided for the teachers to keep. The two-day workshop will cover a variety of modern physics experiments that can be illustrated simply and performed with modest equipment. Results are refined using more sophisticated apparatus and related to current application and research. Registration deadline is May 15; cost is $90.

— Introduction to Biochemical Research will run from 8:30 a.m.-noon June 15-26 in the chemistry department, Science/Nursing building, on the Boise State campus. Henry Charlier and Heidi Pluska will lead this workshop for high school students that will teach them to apply modern biochemical methods to solve a variety of problems encountered in the field of environmental and medical research. Registration deadline is June 1; cost is $350.

The Concurrent Enrollment program offers university classes at area high school campuses during the academic year for both high school and university credit, at a low cost and with the rigor of a university course.

“Offering academic workshops like these is our way of continuing to provide educational opportunities for high school instructors and students who want to keep on learning,” said the program’s director, Fabiola Juarez-Coca. Concurrent Enrollment will continue to offer a wide array of university courses next fall at high schools, but it’s been a goal of the program also to offer summer education opportunities.

For more information, call (208) 426-2281, or visit the Concurrent Enrollment Web site at www.boisestate.edu/concurrentenrollment.

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Contact: Sherry Squires, University Communications, (208) 426-1563, ssquires@boisestate.edu

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Last reviewed on Thursday, April 23, 2009