The Academy for Applied Science and Mathematics The Academy for Applied Science and Mathematics Towson University is host to the Maryland State Department of Education Summer Center for Gifted and Talented Students with the Academy for Applied Science and Mathematics. The Academy is designed to offer an intensive experience for students who demonstrate outstanding ability, interest and commitment in math and the sciences. These dates are still tentative and will be finalized after February, 2001. Students participate in different laboratory courses depending on faculty, past courses have included astronomy, biotechnology, computer science and biochemistry. In addition to the course work, students are divided into groups to work on a scientific problem or dilemma projects in the past have included artificial intelligence, Chesapeake bay pollution, vaccine development for AIDS, cloning, and weather modification.
Students present their projects at a seminar on the last day of their sessions.
The program has been successful in introducing students to a diverse range of science applications and encouraging the development of their critical thinking and problem solving abilities. Towson University is the site of the summer Academy for Applied Science and Mathematics. This two week residential program for middle and high school gifted and talented students seeks residential assistants with an interest in science and mathematics. During the two-week period you will be expected to live in the dorm with the students and organize evening recreational and academic activities. You will also be asked to assist students in their group projects and the preparation for their group presentations at the end of the Academy.