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Environmental Engineers

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Job Description

Design, plan, or perform engineering duties in the prevention, control, and remediation of environmental health hazards utilizing various engineering disciplines. Work may include waste treatment, site remediation, or pollution control technology.


Interests

Investigative - Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.


Tasks

1. Collaborate with environmental scientists, planners, hazardous waste technicians, engineers, and other specialists, and experts in law and business to address environmental problems.

2. Inspect industrial and municipal facilities and programs to evaluate operational effectiveness and ensure compliance with environmental regulations.

3. Prepare, review, and update environmental investigation and recommendation reports.

4. Design and supervise the development of systems processes or equipment for control, management, or remediation of water, air, or soil quality.

5. Provide environmental engineering assistance in network analysis, regulatory analysis, and planning or reviewing database development.

6. Obtain, update, and maintain plans, permits, and standard operating procedures.

7. Provide technical-level support for environmental remediation and litigation projects, including remediation system design and determination of regulatory applicability.

8. Monitor progress of environmental improvement programs.

9. Advise corporations and government agencies of procedures to follow in cleaning up contaminated sites to protect people and the environment.

10. Inform company employees and other interested parties of environmental issues.

11. Develop proposed project objectives and targets, and report to management on progress in attaining them.


Skills

Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.


Knowledge

Engineering and Technology - Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

Design - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Physics - Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.

English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Chemistry - Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.

Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.


Education

Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed

Education: Most of these occupations require a four - year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Training: Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.


School Programs

The college search results are undergraduate programs associated with Environmental Engineers. Further education may also be required to pursue this career.

The training search results include both short and long-term programs associated with Environmental Engineers, and may be more appropriate for adult and non-traditional students. Further training may also be required to pursue this career.



Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering. - A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of systems for controlling contained living environments and for monitoring and controlling factors in the external natural environment, including pollution control, waste and hazardous material disposal, health and safety protection, conservation, life support, and requirements for protection of special materials and related work environments.


Wages

In NY the average wage for this occupation was:

$50,310 for entry level workers, and $91,750 for experienced workers.


Job Outlook

Based on the total number of annual openings and its growth rate, the employment prospects for this occupation are described as Very Favorable.

During 2006, there were approximately 4,160 Environmental Engineers employed in NY.

We estimate that in 2016 there will be 4,940  employed in NY. This represents an increase of 80 job(s) each year, and a total of 120 job openings each year.


Additional Resources

Summer Research Institute (SRI) - SRI is designed to provide talented high school students with educational opportunities in science, engineering, and math beyond those normally available in the courses and laboratories of the students' high school. Students work on actual research in the University?s laboratories under the guidance of faculty members in a one-to-one relationship.

Summer Science Exploration, Summer Camp in the Museum - Summer Science Exploration is a free, three day program for students enrolled in Suffolk County elementary schools. This school-based summer program has inquiry based activities with physical evidence and environmental themes. You provide transportation and teacher chaperone.

SUNY New Paltz Summer Camp: Mad Science Nature Camp - Mad Science has sparked imaginative learning with their unique brand of engaging and educational live programs and activities. Nature Camp - Explore the natural world and the adaptations that allow birds and beast to thrive. Make plaster casts of animal tracks. Tie-dye t-shirts with vegetable dyes. Build a bird feeder, construct a bug house for observing insects, grow your own crystal garden and more!

New Vision Environmental Science and Engineering Program - College bound students to gain real life knowledge and experience in the field of Environmental Science.

American Academy of Environmental Engineers - The American Academy of Environmental Engineers is dedicated to improving the practice, elevating the standards and advancing the cause of environmental engineering.

TryEngineering.org - This resource for students,ages 8 to18, their parents, their teachers and their school counselors will find this portal about engineering and engineering careers, to be helpful for young people to better understand what engineering means, and how an engineering career can be made part of their future.

PestWorld for Kids - Come explore the world of pests then use your knowledge to outwit the pests in your world! PestWorld for Kids explores pest ecology as the intersection between human-created habitats and animal needs for food and shelter. The site offers information resources, interactive learning games, and lesson plans that support National Science Standards.

TechValleyCareers - The Center's mission is to support appropriate career development through the design and delivery of innovative resources and programs that prepare students for the 21st century workplace. is an online clearinghouse for information about high tech careers in the Greater Capital Region. Through this website, educators, students and parents are linked to education and career opportunities made possible by the high tech growth and expansion in Tech Valley.

Environmental engineers - Visit this link for additional information on this career from the Occupational Outlook Handbook; a publication produced and maintained by the United States Department of Labor.

Environmental Studies Summer Youth Institute/July 9-22, 2006 - The Institute offers a two-week, college-level interdisciplinary program for talented high-school students and provides exceptional opportunities to explore the scientific, social, and humanistic perspectives of environmental issues.

Adirondack Field Ecology - Dust off your hip-boots and slather on some sun screen. July is an incredible month to study and live in the ecology of the Adirondacks--for credit! This summer, Treetops eXpeditions is again collaborating with Paul Smith's College to offer college credit for an innovative four-week academic expedition for 17 to 20 year olds.

ACE Mentor Program Career Directions for Students in Architecture, Construction, or Engineering - The ACE Mentor Program serves high school youth who are exploring careers in Architecture, Construction, or Engineering.The mentors are professionals from leading design and construction firms who volunteer their time and energy. The program is designed to engage, inform, and challenge youth. New York Chapters include Long Island, New York City, Utica, Buffalo, Capital District, Syracuse and Binghamton

GLOBE Program (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) - The GLOBE Program (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) is a worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based education and science program. Around the world, K12 students are making scientific observations and reporting their data to GLOBE for use in research.There are over 13,000 schools involved in the U.S.

Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century - How many of the 20th century's greatest engineering achievements will you use today? A car? Computer? Telephone? Explore the Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century list of the top 20 achievements and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world.

Global Warming Early Warning Signs Exploring Climate Change Impacts - Global Warming Early Warning Signs is a set of teaching materials designed to accompany Global Warming: Early Warning Signs, a science-based interactive world map depicting the local and regional consequences of global climate change.

Columbia Education Center's Science Mini-Lessons (Intermediate) - Youth Net is a server on the Internet that sponsors this group of lesson plans that came from the Columbia Education Center's Summer Workshops. They were done by a consortium of teachers from 14 states dedicated to improving the quality of education in the rural, western, United States.

Web Weather for Kids! - Learn what makes weather wet and wild, do cool activities, and learn how to forecast the weather on Web Weather for Kids!

Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) Education Center - The IMAGE mission showed us space around the Earth is anything but empty, and that plasma clouds can be imaged and tracked just as we do from space for Earth's surface weather. IMAGE's Education Center provides information about auroral science and the Earth's magnetic field. The site includes links to pictures, movies, math exercices, activities and more.

Adirondack Curriculum Project Adirondack Challenges Lesson Plans - The Adirondack Curriculum Project Adirondack Challenges Lesson Plans are called challenges because it is hoped that you will create student-centered constructivist oriented learning experiences that will challenge your students and allow them to learn about the Adirondacks while preparing to meet the New York State Learning Standards. Many lesson plans are given in a variety of content areas.

EEK! Environmental Education for Kids - Created by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, EEK! Is an electronic magazine for kids in grades 4 to 8. It also contains extensive environmental information for teachers.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Teaching Center - This site is for educators who wish to teach about the environment. It offers background information on a variety of topics, lesson plans, and activities that work in and out of the classroom. You will also find information on workshops, conferences, grants, awards and a variety of other information that will assist you in your educational goals.

Programs for Teachers and Students: Exploration Tours - Exploration Tours include Sensory, Ecological, Flower, and Exploring for Plants We Use. The Tours take students preK to 5 on a planned journey that includes a hands on planting activity and a tour of the grounds and possibly Steinhardt Conservatory.

Global Warming Facts and Our Future - Is the climate warming? Are humans causing climate warming? What effects might climate warming have? The National Academies provide scientific information to help us make informed decisions and to help answer these important questions. The activities include the exploration of the changing CO2 concentrations over the past century, climate models and CO2 emissions calculator.

Infinity Project - The Infinity Project brings math and science lessons to the real world. It delivers a dynamic new high school engineering curriculum that's easy to use and impactful through simple, powerful classroom technologies, professional development for instructors, and web-based teacher support.

Adirondack Curriculum Project Teacher Workshops - The Adirondack Curriculum Project conducts workshops for K12 teachers. The variety of workshops are hands-on, collaborative, and model the ?Adirondack Challenge.? Experienced presenters, resource people, and teacher/facilitators lead the workshops. ACP goal is for each participant to leave with a challenge to use in the classroom that will both meet NYS Learning Standards and help students learn about the Adirondacks.

National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) - The National Association of Biology Teachers empowers educators to provide the best possible biology and life science education for all students. NABT supplies a rich collection of resources and programs that help you meet the challenges you face every day and NABT puts those resources in your hands.

SummerITeens: Academic Camp - SummerITeens is a series of academic summer day camps held on the SUNYIT campus, with the goal of introducing area teens to topics not usually covered in their regular school subjects. These camps incorporate a variety of activities to ensure diverse learning opportunities and fun outcomes. The Camps include Energy, Robotics, Nanotechnology and a Girls' Applied Math/Science Camp.

Astro-Venture: Search for and Design a Habitable Planet! - Astro-Venture is an educational, interactive, multimedia web environment highlighting NASA careers and astrobiology research in the areas of Astronomy, Geology, Biology and Atmospheric Science. Students in grades five through eight are transported to the future where they role play NASA occupations and use scientific inquiry, as they search for and build a planet with the necessary characteristics for human habitation. Supporting activities include chats with real NASA scientists, online collaborations, classroom lessons, student publishing area and occupations fact sheets and trading cards.

ESF Outreach,Supplemental Curriculum Materials and Other Resources - These educational units for middle and high school teachers and students are standards based supplemental curriculum materials available free to educators and include: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Hudson River Watershed, Willow Biomass Energy, Environmental Analysis of Watersheds and more.

Center for Youth in Engineering and Science (Y.E.S.), Sponsored Competitions and Fairs - YES promotes and sponsors activities which excite high school students about career opportunities in engineering and science. Some activities include Botball, FIRST Robotics and Lego League, Future Cities, Intel Science and Engineering Fair and Siemans Westinghouse Competition.

My Environment, My Health, My Choices - Curriculum intended to help teachers introduce environmental health topics in a variety of subject classes, not simply science. The project also aims to increase student and teacher knowledge about the links between the environment and human health.

Polytechnic University Summer Research Institute - The Summer Research Institute of Polytechnic University provides talented high school students with educational opportunities in science, engineering and mathematics beyond those regularly available in course and laboratories at students' high schools. Students engage in independent research in university laboratories under the guidance faculty mentors.

TryEngineering.org Lesson Plans - TryEngineering offers a variety of lesson plans for ages 8 to 18 that align with education standards to allow teachers and students to apply engineering principles in the classroom. The provided matrix will allow you to select a lesson that will be age and content appropriate for your classroom.

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Earth Science Educator - The Earth Science Educator contains hundreds of teaching and learning web resources and provides teachers and students with quick access to a set of rich and scientifically-oriented educational resources on a wide range of Earth science research activities. The Educator is the educational portal site of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Earth-Sun Exploration Division.

Science and Society Essay Contest: High School Essay Contest - The Science and Society Essay Contest aims to challenge students to question and deliberate the purposes and social implications of scientific research. Briefly describe the historic context of the science, then describe how this breakthrough could lead to new products or technologies and how those advances would impact human society. All high school students (9th to12th grade) who attend school in Suffolk or Nassau County are eligible.

American Geological Institute - AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in their profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in society's use of resources and interaction with the environment.

ESF S.C.I.E.N.C.E.: Summer Camps Investigating Ecology in Neighborhood and City Environments - ESF SCIENCE exposes Syracuse middle school students to science and environmental education. Through summer environmental camps, students are involved in programs that emphasize urban ecology and urban ecosystems that are relevant to their lives, a critical key for cultivating and sustaining interest in science during the middle school years and beyond.

My Environment, My Health, My Choices - Curriculum intended to help teachers introduce environmental health topics in a variety of subject classes - not simply science. The project also aims to increase student and teacher knowledge about the links between the environment and human health.

Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS), Opening the World of Engineering and Technology to Students, Parents, and Educators - Need some insight on the critical role engineers play in the world? JETS works to increase interest and awareness of engineering and technology based careers through student competitions, assessment tools, career guidance resources, an e newsletter, as well as resource materials for parents and counselors.

Engineer Girl - Includes career descriptions for various engineering jobs by major industries, salaries and working conditions, career planning and life skills. Highlights a specific occupation.

Rader's Geography4Kids - Geography4Kids.com is a website that teaches the basics of geography and earth sciences to all ages. It has sections on earth energy, earth structure, the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the biosphere, climates, and BGC cycles (biogeochemical).

Association for Women in Science (AWIS) - The Association for Women in Science (AWIS) is dedicated to achieving equity and full participation for women in science, mathematics, engineering and technology. AWIS is a network, a resource, and a voice that operates on both national and local levels.

SUNY Cobleskill POP: Protect Our Planet - Campers explore and learn about the life forms that inhabit streams, meadows, woods and mountains. Campers will use scientific tools and techniques to determine the health of streams, gather and grow bacteria and conduct experiments.

Materials Science and Engineering Careers and Resources - If you are interested in a career in Materials Science and Engineering or just want to learn more about this exciting field you've come to the right place! This site is also of interest to those interested in metallurgy, ceramics, plastics, semiconductors and composites.

Energy Educational Materials - NationalGrid has energy-related science, safety and environmental learning materials for students in grades K8 that can be ordered online.

Columbia Education Center's Science Mini-Lessons (Elementary) - Youth Net is a server on the Internet that sponsors this group of lesson plans that came from the Columbia Education Center's Summer Workshops. They were done by a consortium of teachers from 14 states dedicated to improving the quality of education in the rural, western, United States.

Environmental Protection Agency High School Environmental Center - The EPA Environmental High School Environmental Center is their web site for students, grades 9 to 12. This portal to EPA environmental resources will inform you about environmental issues and help you protect the environment.

Engineers (Intro) - Visit this link for additional information on this career from the Occupational Outlook Handbook; a publication produced and maintained by the United States Department of Labor.

New Vision Environmental Science and Engineering Program - This is a comprehensive program designed to enable College bound students to gain real-life knowledge and experience in the field of Environmental Science.

What is it Like Where You Live? Biomes and Ecosystems of the World - Scientists have different ways to describe regions of the world. Plants and animals that live near you don't necessarily live elsewhere. Explore terrestrial biomes like Temperate Deciduous Forests, the Deserts, the Grasslands, the Rainforests and more and Aquatic Ecosystems such as Ponds and Lakes, Rivers and Streams, Wetlands and more at this interactive site.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Teaching Center - This site is for educators who wish to teach about the environment. It offers background information on a variety of topics, lesson plans, and activities that work in and out of the classroom. You will also find information on workshops, conferences, grants, awards and a variety of other information that will assist you in your educational goals.

Pace University Summer Scholars Program 2007: Environmental Studies - Pace's Environmental Studies track takes a look at the world and the health threats that face it. The two classes offered are: International Public Health and Agenda for Sustainable Development: What is Your Generation Doing?

Stony Brook University Summer Camp - The Summer Camps at Stony Brook University provides three fun-filled hours of educational activities based on a weekly theme for your child to learn and explore. Each week different topics will be covered, giving campers a wide variety of innovative experiences. Activities include team-building exercises, arts and crafts, science experiments, life-skills enhancements, story time, and computer practice.

Columbia Education Center's Science Mini-Lessons (High School) - Youth Net is a server on the Internet that sponsors this group of lesson plans that came from the Columbia Education Center's Summer Workshops. They were done by a consortium of teachers from 14 states dedicated to improving the quality of education in the rural, western, United States.

Adirondack Curriculum Project Teacher Workshops - The Adirondack Curriculum Project conducts workshops for K12 teachers. The variety of workshops are hands-on, collaborative, and model the ?Adirondack Challenge.? Experienced presenters, resource people, and teacher/facilitators lead the workshops. ACP goal is for each participant to leave with a challenge to use in the classroom that will both meet NYS Learning Standards and help students learn about the Adirondacks.

Nature Place Day Camp - The Nature Place Day Camp offers several programs. The camp's Earth Art program offers the perfect opportunity to combine the beauty and wonder of our natural world with the creativity and imagination of children. Nature is the setting and inspiration for many of the art projects. The Hiking and Camping Program offers a bit of adventure, some challenges, plenty of rest stops and a new awareness of our environment.

Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS):Opening the World of Engineering and Technology to Students, Parents, and Educators - Providing Real-World Engineering Insight and Challenges for High School Students...JETS works to increase interest and awareness of engineering and technology-based careers - with student competitions, assessment tools, career guidance resources, an e-newsletter, and more ? as well as resource materials for parents and counselors.

Sponsored Competitions/ Fairs:Botball, FIRST Robotics and Lego League,JETS TEAM (Tests for Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science),Future Cities,Intel International Science and Engineering Fair . - Center for Youth in Engineering and Science (YES) promotes activities which excite high school students about career opportunities in engineering and science. YES sponsors a variety of high school outreach programs designed to motivate pre-college students to pursue scientific careers based upon their acquired understanding of, and fascination with, technology.

Energy and Environmental Technology Applications Center (E2TAC) - Created in 1998, it was established as an active expansion of Albany NanoTech. E2TAC's mission is to support energy and environmental technology deployment through accelerated commercialization by leveraging partnerships between industry, government and university.

Teacher Education Programs at Brooklyn Botanic Garden - Teacher Education Programs are offered at Brooklyn Botanic Garden year round and are designed to help you integrate plant studies in your own classroom and extend your lessons to the Garden and other green spaces in your community. Programs include Kitchen Botany: The Plants We Eat , Starting With Seeds: Beginning Investigations Through Inquiry and Worm Composting in the Classroom.

Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Kids Club - The EPA Environmental Kids Club is their web site for kids, ages 4 to 10. It will help you explore your environment and learn how to protect it. Games, pictures, and stories are included with a focus on air, water, garbage and recycling, plants and animals.

PestWorld for Teachers - PestWorld for Teachers provide a fascinating entry point into many curricular subjects, including biology, ecology, environment, and health using pests as the theme. The K-2 and 3-5 grade lesson plans teach insect anatomy, the social life of termites, the scientific inquiry process, and much more. The lessons emphasize both content and process skills and support the National Science Standards.

Wave Hill Plant Science Internship - Wave Hill and Lehman College collaborate to provide a summer job opportunity combined with academic studies in Plant Science and Urban Forest Ecology. Site visits to environmentally significant locations and small work crews prune or clear excess vegetation, plant native species, fortify hillsides, and repair woodland trails to prevent erosion along the Hudson River. Lehman College's Department of Natural & Social Sciences offers laboratory sessions and lectures by graduate students for four college credits, tuition-free.

ESF S.C.I.E.N.C.E.: Summer Camps Investigating Ecology in Neighborhood and City Environments - ESF SCIENCE exposes Syracuse middle school students to science and environmental education. Through summer environmental camps, students are involved in programs that emphasize urban ecology and urban ecosystems that are relevant to their lives, a critical key for cultivating and sustaining interest in science during the middle school years and beyond.

Environmental Science Summer Programs - These intensive but unique 5 day environmental education programs are designed to provide opportunities for district students in grades 10 to 12 to deal with a specific ecological system, aquatic and terrestrial habitats in the Adirondacks and marine habitats on Long Island.

Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere - What exactly is the Earth's magnetosphere, what are its interactions with the Sun and why should these be of interest to a non-scientist? What of all that should be presented to students in middle and high school? The Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere is an overview of space research on the Earth's environment in space and answers these questions and more.

Amazing Space - Amazing Space uses the Hubble Space Telescope's discoveries to inspire and educate about the wonders of our universe. Find all the classic Amazing Space activities. Get to know our vast universe by exploring its planets, galaxies, comets, black holes, and more. The online explorations, adventures and highlights of the month's stars are available with teacher tools.

Suffolk County Community College Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) - The Science and Technology Entry Program develops the abilities and skills of students to prepare them for entry in careers in math, science, technology and the licensed professions. STEP serves underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students in selected school districts, grades 7 to 12.

Solar Physics Group Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA) - The Sun is a source of light and heat for life on Earth, it is the source of the solar wind and it also serves an important role in helping us to understand the rest of the astronomical universe. How and why does the Sun vary? The Solar Physics Group at Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA) answers this question and more.

American Astronomical Society (AAS) - The American Astronomical Society (AAS) is primarily a society of researchers in astronomy. Established in 1899, it is the major organization of professional astronomers in North America. The basic objective of the AAS is to promote the advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of science.

Kids' Crossing in the Classroom A Guide for Educators - Kids' Crossing, is a web space for you and your students to learn about the Earth and atmospheric sciences! Kids? Crossing in the Classroom covers a range of Earth and atmospheric science content including: The Water Cycle, Weather, Climate and Global Change, Cycles of the Earth System, and more. Suggested readings from the Kids' Crossing Web site promote literacy skills as well as scientific understanding

Up Yonda Farm Environmental Education Center - Up Yonda Farm Environmental Education Center offers 73 acres with a spectacular view overlooking Lake George in the Adirondacks. Public nature programs on a variety of topics are presented year round. Natural history exhibits featuring a diorama with native mammals and birds are housed in the museum. Watch for wildlife outdoors as you hike along one of our woodland trails. There are perennial gardens, including a butterfly garden from June to September.

Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Student Center - The EPA Environmental Student Center is their web site for students, grades 5 to 8. Learn how science works in our environment every day. Here you'll find science activities, environmental concepts and tips

Peconic Dunes and Camp Sea Wolf - These two unique environmental camps supply experiences provided by Cornell Cooperative Extension. The focus is on the stewardship of our natural resources and outdoor recreational activities such as swimming, fishing, kayaking and canoeing.

Rochester Scholars Jr. - Rochester Scholars jr. students focus exclusively on one area of study, giving you the opportunity to immerse yourself in all the interesting facets of the topic, and develop greater academic skills while exploring a subject of personal interest.

University of Rochester: Rochester Scholars Jr. - Rochester Scholars Jr. students focus exclusively on one area of study. This gives you the opportunity to immerse yourself in all the interesting facets of the topic, and develop greater academic skills while exploring a subject of personal interest.

Kidsgardening: Helping Young Minds Grow - National Gardening Association is a leading national provider of K12, plant-based educational materials. The Kidsgardening programs, projects, thematic explorations and guides help children gain knowledge in science, literacy, social studies, nutrition, the environment, and personal skill areas such as leadership, problem-solving, and team building. Also, there are listings of grants for which teachers can write to support their gardening programs.

Engineering Design Challenges - The Engineering Design Challenges Program connects students in their classrooms with the challenges faced by NASA engineers as they design the next generation of space vehicles, habitats and technology. Middle and High School students work on design challenges with their teachers. The Challenges Themes include Heat and Conduction, Newton's Law,Electromagnetism,Forces and Motion, and Properties and changes of properties in matter. Each Challenge includes Background Information, day-by-day activities, required materials lists, Resources and Masters of handouts.

Kids' Crossing - Kids' Crossing is a web space for you to learn about the Earth and atmospheric sciences! Explore dangerous weather, follow dewdrop through the water cycle, discover the stuff in our atmosphere and more.

Marymount Science and Technology Camp - Led by professional science teachers and multimedia experts, the Science and Technology Camp is an innovative experience for any child interested in discovering the world of science through laboratory experiments, field trips, nature studies and technology. Highlights include bridge building, chemistry, biology and physics, robotics, video production, digital photography and more.

Tech Valley Summer Camp - Tech Valley Summer Camp is an exciting opportunity in which girls and boys from local schools spend five days engaged in FUN, and exciting activities alongside professionals in the fields of Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Advanced Materials, Alternative Energies, Information Technologies, and Multidisciplinary Engineering. Each day of the camp is hosted by a different Tech Valley business, organization, or university.

Community Summer Science Program (CSSP) - The summer high school research program at BNL consists of four separate programs based on grade level and previous experience at BNL. Preference is given to Suffolk County students. This commuter program covers a five week period and is intended to assist students with their science based career plans.

Minority High School Apprenticeship Program (MHSAP) - This program offers research apprenticeships to students who have completed 9th grade during the 06 to 07 academic year and are an underrepresented minority from high schools in Suffolk County and Inner City Outreach schools. The program consists of five one week modules of instruction: meteorology, physics, biology, chemistry, and environmental science.

West Point Bridge Design Contest - The contest provides middle and high school students with an opportunity to: Learn about engineering through a realistic, hands-on problem-solving experience, the engineering design process--the application of math, science, and technology to create devices and systems that meet human needs, learn about truss bridges and how they work and how engineers use the computer as a problem-solving tool.

Project E.R. (Environmental Rescue) - Ecosystems are changing rapidly, and plants and animals are becoming extinct at an alarming rate. Because humans depend on ecosystems for food, medicine, and other natural resources, it is time for you to rescue the environment. What can you do to protect the planet and the things that live on it? To find out join Project E.R. (environmental rescue).

ESF Outreach: Supplemental Curriculum Materials & Other Resources - New educational units for middle and high school teachers and students. These standards-based supplemental curriculum materials are available free to educators and include: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Hudson River Watershed, Willow Biomass Energy, Environmental Analysis of Watersheds and more.

Summer Science Exploration: Summer Camp in the Museum - A three day program for students enrolled in Suffolk County elementary school-based summer programs with inquiry-based activities and physical evidence and environmental themes.

Environmental Studies Summer Youth Institute at Hobart and William Smith Colleges - If you are a high school student looking for an exceptional opportunity to explore the scientific, social and humanistic perspectives of environmental issues, then this is the camp for you.

Backyard Nature - Naturalist Jim Conrad has created a friendly, nicely illustrated introduction to studying nature, starting in your own backyard. The site features information on plants, animals, and fungi that might thrive in a backyard and provides basic information on ecology, geology, naming and classifying living things, and other topics.

Oswego State University of New York Department of Earth Sciences Geology Field Camp and Field Experience for Earth Science Teachers - The Oswego State University geologic field camp is designed to provide students with an opportunity to learn how to conduct geologic field research under rugged and rustic conditions while earning college credit. The field program is centered around a research project, where students participate in original research directed by the camp faculty.

Stony Brook University Camp Academies - Stony Brook University Camp Academies are designed to satisfy campers with an interest in art, chess, computers, medical sciences, and the performing arts. The campers receive a full day of instructional activities relating to his or her chosen topic. Topics include: Athletic/Medical Academy, Computer Academy, Dig Deeper into Science and Science Academy.

HubbleSite The Space Telescope - HubbleSite furthers our knowledge of astronomy. Scan the heavens, see how Hubble's observations have expanded our understanding of the cosmos, and get the facts: answers to the basic questions about astronomy and Hubble, figures and charts, and dictionary definitions for astronomical terms.

Science & Technology Entry Program (Step) at Fordham University - The Science & Technology Entry Program (Step) at Fordham University is an enrichment, pre-college program for students who excel academically and want to pursue careers in scientific, technical, health related and licensed professions. STEP offers an array of programs and services after school and on Saturday mornings during the academic year, and during a four-week, full-time summer program in July.


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