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Name:   Wallace Summer Institute for Rural Scholars (WSI)
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Summer Programs, Life Sciences
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http://www.education.uiowa.edu/belinblank/programs/wsi/index.html
Location
 
 
Belin-Blank Center
The University of Iowa
600 Blank Honors Center
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Phone: 800-336-6463 or 319-335-6148
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Belin & Blank Center
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WSI will provide students with a comprehensive and practical experience in assessing an aquatic environment from the field and laboratory perspectives. Students will observe and participate in the sampling of water, fish, insects, and other components of an area stream. Students will learn what type of samples are necessary to determine water quality, what tests are done and why, how to perform the tests and interpret the results, and how to effectively report significant findings.
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7/18/2006
 
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The Wallace Summer Institute for Rural Scholars (WSI) is a one-week residential summer program at The University of Iowa for fifteen of rural Iowa’s gifted students who are currently in 10th-11th grades. WSI is a collaborative program between The University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory and the Belin-Blank Center.
 
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