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The Student Science Training Program at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida
is a seven-week long residential research program. This year, 83 gifted high school
students were chosen to participate in the highly accredited program due to their
outstanding academic and extracurricular achievements. Under the guidance of their research
mentors, the participants performed scientific or engineering research, gave oral
presentations and completed professional, experimental research papers detailing their
work throughout the summer. Once a week, students with similar labs got together with their
study group leader to discuss their research as well as upcoming due dates and guidelines.
In addition, students attended a morning lecture series on science.
Group recreation activities included pizza parties, ice cream socials, dances, a talent
show, and weekend fieldtrips. Weekend fieldtrips included trips to Disneyworld and Busch
Gardens, a visit to St. Augustine and a tubing trip down the Ichetucknee River
At the end of the program, students attended an awards ceremony in which outstanding
students were recognized and twenty exceptional speakers were nominated to speak at the
Junior Science, Engineering, and Humanities Symposium
(JSEHS).
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