The cornerstone of the PGSS academic experience is the team research project. Over the course of the program, teams of 3-8 students perform original research, under the guidance of a faculty advisor and a TA. Students spend roughly 10 hours per week on their team project, for the first four weeks of the program. The final week is dedicated entirely to team projects, with students typically putting in over 10 hours of work per day.
The team projects culminate in a formal scientific report, which has been published in the Journal of the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences, and a presentation to the entire program community and guests at the annual PGSS Symposium, open to the public and held during the final weekend of the program.
Although the exact topics change from year to year, PGSS students have researched:
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