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Follow on Google News | Local Students Take an Up-Close Look at High Tech CareersDemonstrations at UF aim to get Young Students Excited about Math and Physics
The May 12, 2009, Math & Physics Day will introduce 30 local middle school students to the value of science and math through physics experiments, presentations from academic experts and a fun, hands-on session with the world’s largest portable hurricane wind and rain simulator at UF. “Math & Physics Day is an exciting way to share information about a range of technical career fields to which many of the students might never be exposed,” said Dr. Jeff Bindell, director of the FHTCC techPATH Educational Consortium and lecturer in physics at the University of Central Florida (UCF). “This program is intended to ‘light the spark’ to get kids thinking about how math and physics could help them in their future careers.” In addition to interactive lessons, Math & Physics Day will demonstrate the diverse opportunities for careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields, showing students the education it takes to secure fun, high tech jobs in many diverse industries. This program is the first Math & Physics Day to be held outside of Orange County. Dr. Alan Dorsey, chairman of UF’s Physics Department, will be assisting techPATH to tailor its model program for Alachua County students. Math & Physics Day at UCF, which has been delivered 10 times to 300 students in the nearly two-year lifetime of the program, usually collaborates with Orlando-based modeling, simulation and training companies to show students different aspects of the high tech field including military, medical and flight simulation applications. The Florida High Tech Corridor Council’s techPATH initiative is working to make this program available to all school districts in the 23-county region. # # # The Florida High Tech Corridor Council (FHTCC) is an economic development initiative of the University of Central Florida (UCF), the University of South Florida (USF) and the University of Florida (UF) whose mission is to attract, retain and grow high tech industry and the workforce to support those industries in the 23-county Corridor. A partnership involving more than 20 local and regional economic development organizations (EDOs) and 14 community colleges, the Council is co-chaired by the presidents of UCF, USF and UF. The Council includes the presidents of two of the community colleges, the president of Florida Institute of Technology and representatives of high tech industry. The unique partnership has resulted in a strategic approach to high tech economic development that involves matching funds research, workforce development and a marketing program leveraging governmental, EDO and corporate budgets on a regional rather than local basis. Visit www.floridahightech.com. End
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