At Wentworth Institute of Technology, we have developed a pre-college experience called ImpactLab. It's a two-week residential summer experience for rising juniors and seniors in high school, that lets you try college on for size. But not just college. At ImpactLab, you can try a profession on for size. Do you want to help the world with engineering solutions? Design solutions? Scientific solutions?

At Wentworth Institute of Technology, we have developed a pre-college experience called ImpactLab. It's a two-week residential summer experience for rising juniors and seniors in high school, that lets you try college on for size. But not just college. At ImpactLab, you can try a profession on for size. Do you want to help the world with engineering solutions? Design solutions? Scientific solutions?

Introduce high school students to aspects of weather, water, and the solid earth. Students will explore the different aspect of environmental science as it relates to everyday life. Students will get hands on experiences collecting weather data and the impacts water.

At Wentworth Institute of Technology, we have developed a pre-college experience called ImpactLab. It's a two-week residential summer experience for rising juniors and seniors in high school, that lets you try college on for size. But not just college. At ImpactLab, you can try a profession on for size. Do you want to help the world with engineering solutions? Design solutions? Scientific solutions?

Learning to code can be challenging. It can also be incredibly rewarding. But what if it could be fun too? Creative coding is about utilizing code as a design medium. Rather than focusing on functional output, the goal is to build something expressive in the form of entertainment, interactive art, sound art, and more.

Geoscientists study all aspects of the Earth, including its history, structure, rocks, soils, rivers, oceans and atmosphere. The UConn Geoscience pre-college course will introduce this wide-ranging discipline and discuss how earth and environmental scientists play a crucial role in understanding and making predictions about a diverse range of earth resources, processes and hazards, from mineral deposits to earthquakes to floods and climate change.

Students will be exposed to many different aspects of the pharmacy profession that will allow them to learn the different roles pharmacists have in healthcare. There will be opportunities to hear from pharmacists in different fields of pharmacy such as community/retail, ambulatory care, health system/hospital, regulatory, managed care, and industry speak of their backgrounds and what they currently do in their positions. There will also be hands on opportunities to observe pharmacists in action and even practice some skills used by pharmacists!

The robotics engineering course is designed for high-school students to provide them with understanding of robotics as an engineering discipline. The participating students will learn about a number of newly emerging robotics technologies and their impacts on a variety of areas ranging from industrial sectors, such as manufacturing, medical, defense; home assistance to elderly and disabled people; to improving learning for autistic children/students. The main goal of the course is to motivate the students in pursuing robotics as an engineering discipline by providing them an introduction to behind the scenes science and art of robotics. The course will involve interactive and fun-filled group sessions that include video lectures, interacting with real world robots, and hands-on programming.

Students will explore what the Internet truly is and the basics of how it operates. Next students will learn what the World Wide Web is, how it relates to the Internet and the basics of how to build a web page using HTML5, JavaScript and CSS. From there, students will wade into more advanced concepts, such as client side functionality (JavaScript) and server side functionality (ASP.NET, Python, PHP or others), connect web functionality to database functionality to build dynamic web pages using JQuery, explore AJAX and RESTful protocols, XML, JSON and more.

This program is designed to provide science-averse students with an exciting backdrop while they master the basic principles of sciences. Students write procedures for collecting and analyzing evidence for each unit. The burden of proof (preventing an innocent from false conviction) requires the student to understand bias and controls in experimental design.

Students look at the scientific practices that exemplify a given culture and historical period, and then engage in lab activities that illustrate the related theories and show their relevance to contemporary scientific issues, including stewardship of Earth and the importance of sustainability. Students learn to observe, question, and explore both the natural world and their own learning processes. Each topic covered contains a wide range of possible avenues for investigation and interdisciplinary integration. Students employ research, writing, mathematics, problem-solving, and communication skills along with a wide variety of computer software programs.

This program is designed to provide science-averse students with an exciting backdrop while they master the basic principles of sciences. Students write procedures for collecting and analyzing evidence for each unit. The burden of proof (preventing an innocent from false conviction) requires the student to understand bias and controls in experimental design.

Students look at the scientific practices that exemplify a given culture and historical period, and then engage in lab activities that illustrate the related theories and show their relevance to contemporary scientific issues, including stewardship of Earth and the importance of sustainability. Students learn to observe, question, and explore both the natural world and their own learning processes. Each topic covered contains a wide range of possible avenues for investigation and interdisciplinary integration. Students employ research, writing, mathematics, problem-solving, and communication skills along with a wide variety of computer software programs.

Please note: In order to receive academic credit for this course, students must register for the full 6-week program.

Students look at the scientific practices that exemplify a given culture and historical period, and then engage in lab activities that illustrate the related theories and show their relevance to contemporary scientific issues, including stewardship of Earth and the importance of sustainability. Students learn to observe, question, and explore both the natural world and their own learning processes. Each topic covered contains a wide range of possible avenues for investigation and interdisciplinary integration. Students employ research, writing, mathematics, problem-solving, and communication skills along with a wide variety of computer software programs.