EMS students to attend Governor’s STEM Institute
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ELKINS -- Elkins Middle School congratulates eighth-grader Eliott Talbott and seventh-grader Jackson Shepherd for being selected to attend the Governor's STEM Institute this summer.
The Governor's STEM Institute is a summer residential program providing academic enrichment in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math for students living in and attending school in West Virginia.
The eighth-graders and seventh-graders attend two different programs.
Talbott will join up to 60 current rising ninth-graders to learn about the Magic of the Universe as they study the mysteries of outer space utilizing data from the Green Bank Observatory in Pocahontas County.
Accessing the information under the guidance of nationally recognized scientists and instructors, students will learn about the constellations, outer space and, perhaps just as importantly, about their inner selves.
The theme for the Shepherd's program is the Math and Science of Amusement Parks. Shepherd will join one of two different groups of 48 rising eighth-grade students at West Virginia University who will work in research groups planned by the GSI program directors to learn the math and physics necessary for their research project. GSI students will engage in a variety of projects and activities related to the fun of using math and science as they discover how they are used in amusement parks. The goal is to open students' eyes to what lies behind the magic creating the fun in amusement parks.