Projects
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Students
in a HSTA club carry out extended investigations called
projects. Ideally, these projects should increase students'
interests in health issues and somehow impact the health of
their community in a positive way. These can be conducted on
an individual, small group, and/or whole club basis, and
should relate to a health issue in their community. These
projects can be a type of community service or an open-ended
science investigation that allows students to do "real
science".
Sometimes
projects are extended into the next school year and
presented a second time at the Symposium. For example,
students may conduct a community service for a whole year,
culminating with a problem idea relating to the service they
had conducted. The following year, the students may try to
solve this problem by implementing a solution. In this way,
community service can empower the students to improve the
public health in their community. This is called an STS
action plan (Appendix B).
Another
example is when students conduct a science investigation
somehow related to the health of their community, such as
investigating the effects of UV radiation on plant growth.
Mathematical analysis of data and graphing are important
components of this process. In all cases, investigations are
expected to be long term and student-driven in terms of
development and interest.
Students
are required to complete a project presentation every year
to successfully complete HSTA upon high school
graduation.
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