Summer Institute: Student Components
	Students are required to complete at least 2 years of summer institute to successfully complete HSTA upon high school graduation. Fun with Science: WVU's Biology Dept. guides this session. Each year is unique in the problem the students are challenged to solve. Past years have focused on bottle biology and spaceships. The week culminates with presentations. All students attending summer institute for the first time attend this component (generally rising 9th graders). Forensic science: WV State College guides this session, also. A simulated murder is committed and it is the students' challenge to solve the murder using DNA fingerprinting, blood analysis, and other forensic processes. The university paper, the Daily Athenaeum prints an edition depicting the murder scene. Students get a chance to meet the Deans and other university administrators. The week culminates with presentations and a hypothesized murderer. Generally, rising 10th graders take this component. Biomed (formerly Anatomy): HSTA faculty guide this session. Students are challenged to solve a problem by researching diseased and healthy aspects of human anatomy, such as neuroscience, cardiovascular, and pulmonary. Students get a chance to make models, dissect, use medical instrumentation, use the latest medical software, and experience gross anatomy. The week culminates with a presentation of students' conclusions. Generally, rising 11th graders take this component. Math 126 or Math Workshop (only for rising seniors who have attended 2 previous summer institutes): This is a 3 week program, in which students take the WVU math entrance exam. For those students who pass, they take Math 3 (i.e. college algebra) for college credit (3). For those who no not pass, they attend math workshop, which will enhance their skills so that they will be ready for college algebra their freshman year. Workshop participants do not receive college credit, but do receive a certificate of completion. Tuition is covered by HSTA. Additional educational components A Fruity Investigation (APPENDIX B): Dr. Jim Rye engages students in the concepts and applications of experimental design with the relative sugar content of grapes. Students apply statistics to their data and design an experiment to examine differences in buoyancy of various types of grapes (and other fruits) at differing levels of sugar concentration in water. Technology: Technology plays an important part during the summer session. Exposure on computers consists of students searching the Internet, preparing PowerPoint presentations, getting familiar with concept mapping through Inspiration software, and use of 'state of the art' medical software. Students are also introduced to the latest high-tech equipment at the Health Science Center, which provides excellent experience for future science college classes. Leadership: The role of the HSTA teacher is to promote the self discovery and growth of talents in each student by providing the environment where all are encouraged to support their peers as they reach for their potential. The teacher is supported in this effort by courses taught at the summer workshop plus faculty and staff guidance when the teachers work with the students using these skills. In addition, the teacher has the opportunity to educate the HSTA faculty and staff in what does and does not work in the community.