Science experiments for high school students?

What are top Pittsburgh high school students interested in math, science, and computer science doing in the summers?

  • Many of the smartest math, science, and cs people I knew from the Pittsburgh area when I was in high school during 1999-2003 attended programs like Andrew's Leap and PGSS. Recently I learned these programs have lost funding and ceased to run and/or degraded significantly in quality/reputation. After devoting resources passionately trying to raise funds, I suddenly questioned if my behavior was optimal- have these programs simply been replaced by superior alternatives? Is my desire to fund these programs based on a personal bias? As silly as it might sound, this question disturbed me greatly and kept me up all night. I've decided that I want to do what helps the most students rather than what I remember most fondly because the goal is helping students, not keeping alive institutions I happen to have enjoyed. If there now exist better programs for talented Pittsburgh students, then I'd like to know about them so I can allocate my resources to best help the most students and support those programs instead.

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    You could try looking into the Pittsburgh Science and Engineering Fair. They have a CS/Math category, and the summer is the best time to work on an awesome project which is definitely a great learning experience.

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I doubt you will find any program better than PGSS. Check out the data on program impact based on alumni responses http://fyee.org/fyee2012/papers/1005.pdf

Benjamin Reed Campbell

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