National Young Science Camp Delegates Chosen

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Education is proud to announce today high school seniors Steven Wesley Lay and Ethan Cannon Green have been selected as the two most promising young scientific leaders in Tennessee’s 2010 high school graduating class. They will participate as delegates in the National Young Science Camp held near Monongahela National Forest.

Steven Lay is a senior at Central High School in Knoxville and will graduate this spring with a 4.0 grade average. He attended the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Sciences during summer of 2008.  Ethan Green is a senior at Aaron Academy in Hendersonville, and will graduate this spring with a 4.0 grade average. He attended the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Sciences this summer and the Governor’s School for Computational Physics.

Established in 1963 as a part of West Virginia’s Centennial Celebration, the National Youth Science Camp is an annual summer forum in which two delegates representing each state exchange ideas with leading scientists and other professionals from academic and corporate worlds. Lectures and hands-on research projects are presented by scientists from across the United States who work on some of the most provocative topics in science today.  Topics include fractal geometry, the human genome project, global climate change, the history of the universe, the fate of our rain forests, etc.

NYSC delegates are challenged to explore new areas in the biological and physical sciences, art, and music with resident staff members.  Delegates also present seminars covering their own areas of research and interest.

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