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I'll be meeting tomorrow with Lynn Gatto, Director of Elementary Education at the Warner School of Human Development and Education to discuss our involvement with the Horizon's project.

Horizon's project

• Horizons at Warner Summer Program is a high quality academic enrichment program for low-income K - 8th grade students
• The students experience a non-traditional school setting on our university campus for six weeks.
• A notable approach of the Horizons program is that it provides opportunities for blending academics with arts, sports, cultural enrichment, field trips, and confidence-building activities.
• A unique aspect of our program is that two afternoons a week the students attend a sustained interest group in the form of hands-on workshops.
• In the past we have had a few U of R professors and doctoral students offer workshops in LEGO Robotics, computer programming, optics, dance and biology.
• Volunteering two afternoons a week for four weeks (Tuesdays & Thursdays/ July 8,10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29, 31) from 1:30 - 3:00.
• Will work with the same group of students every week so that they can truly experience and gain insight into your field.
• A Horizons teacher will assist you and the groups will include no more than 6 students.
• This is a wonderful opportunity for talented scholars to support the future of low-income students.

Project ideas

• week 1 - review astronomy problem - solar system problem/formation
• week 2 - fluid dynamics
• week 3 - basic computational techniques? basic astronomy
• week 4 - mixing problem from shule's sim

• godunov method - how to model fluids in finite volume
• conservation mass, momentum, energy
• physics lab to illustrate these concepts
• look at data and count stuff at the end
• resolution study, 2d flow over a clump, modify the data files

Volunteers?

Zhuo - Godunov method

Jonathan - teach class

Erica -

Shule - Guest lecturer —

Eddie?

Any news on outreach opportunities?