Launching Students Into The COSMOS!

For the last 11 summers, students from Morse High have participated in the California State Summer School for Math and Science (COSMOS). This year, Holly Phan was one of the 10 Morse students who lived at UCSD for a month to take part in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) "camp". During the day, she was a part of "Cluster 1: Computers in Everyday Life" cluster and learned computer science and engineering, developed apps, wrote code to manipulate images, and created an alarm clock and robot with an Arduino with students throughout California, the U.S. and China! Outside of class, activities included bonfires, casino nights, carnivals, sports, crafts, and talent shows. As a final project, Holly and her partner designed a device that would turn on lights, play music and give the current time based on hand motions. Holly thrived at COSMOS, strengthened her passion for STEM and taught her that she can accomplish her goals.

The COSMOS program is for rising 8th to 12th graders and is offered at UCSD, UC Irvine, UC Santa Cruz and UC Davis. Applications open will open in January 2018.

To learn more visit:
· The COSMOS program.
· UCSD's COSMOS Cluster 1 - 2017 Cluster 1 blog & UCSD's CSE Department blog post