Not exact matches
Did you know that kids can forget up to 2 months of school
studies over summer break?
Over this past
summer, opportunities presented for Avianna (my step - daughter) to
do a PRISM Internship at Texas Tech
studying bats and for Rainey (my son) to go to Eastern Germany for a GAPP exchange.
One eye - opening
study found that kids gain weight three times faster
over summer than they
do the rest of the school year, thanks to a steady diet of junk food and video games.
A recent Harvard University
study revealed that kids between the ages of 5 to 12 years old are
doing just the opposite and are at risk of gaining too much weight, too quickly
over the
summer months.
Over the
summer I
did a book
study and in the book the author talked about having something in a high traffic area that every time you saw it you would pray for your family.
In fact, in one
study, when we gave books to kids but
did nothing else, they
did no better than the kids who
did nothing
over the
summer.
In the end, teens (in general) don't read research
studies; their own reasons for reading
over the
summer are more likely to be about good stories than about achievement gaps.
Research
studies have long recognized that children who
do not participate in an organized
summer reading program actually lose their hard won reading skills
over the
summer — sliding back about 3 months in their skills by the time school resumes.
Studies show that when kids don't read
over the
summer, they lose core reading skills and fall behind when they go back to school.
Here's where I don't agree with statements in the letter: It states that our
study (Francis and Vavrus, 2012) suggests that, ``... the demise of Arctic sea ice during
summer should lead to colder winter weather
over the United States.»
Jim Hansen, et al,
did a great
study showing that average
summer temperatures that are 3 standard deviations («3 - sigma») above the 1951 - 1980 baseline have increased
over 100X since the baseline period.
They can help you to create your resume and cover letter, if you don't already have one, as well as direct you to resources that can help you find a
summer internship in your area of interest or field of
study and in a location where you will be living
over summer break.
I have never
done a
study - but the back of the big brown UPS trucks are not air conditioned and I am sure they can get pretty warm
over summer!