Purdue News Photo
Purdue News Photo
Science Bound students 'dig it' with Purdue anthropologists
Purdue President Martin C. Jischke takes a close look at Jenean Cox and Dynesha Harris' (white hat) excavation site at the Wea View Schoolhouse No. 8 dig in Tippecanoe County. Cox and Harris, both of Indianapolis' Broadripple High School, were two of the 17 Science Bound students who on Friday (July 16) helped Purdue anthropologists excavate the site, located at Newman and Sharon Chapel roads in West Lafayette. The one-room schoolhouse, which dates to at least 1866, closed in 1916. The dig is part of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology's summer archaeological field school, led by Deborah Rotman (standing), assistant professor of anthropology. The Science Bound students participated in the field school through the Learn and Earn program, which focuses on boosting skills in algebra, geometry and physics. Science Bound, a program initiated by Jischke in 2002, mentors eighth-grade to 12th-grade Indianapolis Public Schools students and encourages them to take classes in preparation for future careers in science, engineering, technology, agriculture and math-science education. Upon acceptance, Science Bound students receive an opportunity to earn a full-tuition scholarship to Purdue to study in an approved technical field.
Brian Hardy, of Arlington High School, displays a marble he found Friday (July 16) at Purdue University's Wea View Schoolhouse No. 8 excavation site in Tippecanoe County. Also pictured is Hank "Jarell" Davenport, of Arsenal Tech High School, and Michelle McCormick, a Purdue senior in anthropology from Houston. Hardy and Davenport are two of the 17 Science Bound students who helped Purdue anthropologists excavate the site, located at Newman and Sharon Chapel roads in West Lafayette. The one-room schoolhouse, which dates to at least 1866, closed in 1916. The dig is part of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology's summer archaeological field school, led by Deborah Rotman, assistant professor of anthropology. The Science Bound students participated in the field school through the Learn and Earn program, which focuses on boosting skills in algebra, geometry and physics. Science Bound, a program initiated by Purdue President Martin C. Jischke in 2002, mentors eighth-grade to 12th-grade Indianapolis Public Schools students and encourages them to take classes in preparation for future careers in science, engineering, technology, agriculture and math-science education. Upon acceptance, Science Bound students receive an opportunity to earn a full-tuition scholarship to Purdue to study in an approved technical field. (Purdue News Service photos/David Umberger)
Related story
|
