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AGORA Grant nAvy next-Generation Outreach & Recruitment initiAtive Team Orientation September 27 th @ 9:00 am in the CDHS

150 150 (50 Annually – 25 Summer) 9 th Grade High School Students 6 6 High School Master STEM Teachers 2 Scientific Method Research Professors 45 45 FSU STEM Undergraduate Students/Peer Mentors [10 in year 1; 15 in year 2; and 20 in year 3] 1 Undergraduate Research Proctor 1 Project Manager 1 Project Manager Admin Support

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DoD HBCU/MI Legislation – 10 USC § 2362 • b) Program Objective – The object of the program established by subsection (a) (1) is to enhance defense-related research and education at covered educational institutions. Such objects shall be accomplished through initiatives designed to: * (1) enhance the research and educational capabilities of such institutions in areas of importance to national defense, as determined by the Secretary; * (2) Encourage the participation of such institutions in the research, development, testing, and evaluation programs and activities of the Department of Defense; * (3) Increase the number of graduates from such institutions engaged in disciplines important to the national security functions of the Department of Defense, as determined by the Secretary; and * (4) Encourage research and educational collaborations between such institutions and other institutions of higher education, Government defense organizations, and the defense industry.

PURPOSE • AGORA is a 3-year program designed to provide high school and Undergraduate students: • Research training and research experiences • Grooming and professional development, such as presentation techniques, personal accountability, coaching and mentoring

PURPOSE • Provides high school students, and undergraduate students - specifically underrepresented minorities - with the requisite research training and research experience so that they may pursue undergraduate and graduates STEM degrees and eventually careers within the Navy workforce • Engages high school students, collegiate students, teachers, and university professors with Navy relevant research experiences that will help to cultivate and recruit them into the HBCU/MI institutions as well as the Navy workforce in later years.

AGORA’S OVERARCHING GOALS • Improve the “expectations gap” between what colleges require and what high schools produce by engaging participating high school STEM students in critical thinking teaching methods to include inquiry-based instruction, problem-based strategies, project-based learning, active engagement, collaborative learning, multi- sensory instruction, and Socratic methods. • Increase the capacity of undergraduate pipeline ready to pursue graduate STEM disciplines and research of compelling importance to the Navy.

AGORA Program Goals • Goal 1: Increased capacity pipeline of quality diverse candidates for HBCU/MI’s and current Navy programs • Goal 2: Increased recruitments of top students for HBCU/MI STEM programs • Goal 3: Increased retention of students at the minority serving institutions

AGORA Program Goals • Goal 4: Keep cohort attrition at no more that 15 percent for each of the (3) years; • Goal 5: Incorporate tracking system to determine reasons for attrition; • Goal 6: Produce college-ready students to decrease need for college entrance remedial programs;

PARTICIPATING HIGH SCHOOLS 1. Cape Fear High School (Academy of Natural Sciences) 2. Cross Creek Early College High School 3. Cumberland International Early College High School 4. Douglas Byrd High School (Academy of Green Technology) 5. EE Smith High School (Academy of Math & Science) 6. Gray's Creek High School (Academy of Information and Technology) 7. Howard Health & Life Sciences High School 8. Jack Britt High School (Applied Tech Academy) 9. Massey Hill Classical High School 10.Pine Forest High School (Academy of Information and Technology) 11.Reid Ross Classical High School 12.South View High School (Academy of public safety and security) 13.Terry Sanford High School 14. Westover High School (Academy of Engineering Technologies)

PROGRAM Activities • Through a competitive application process, a cohort of 9 th Graders will be selected each spring for acceptance into the AGORA program • The cohort of 9 th graders will undergo research training conducted by that university’s research faculty, and high school Master Teachers who will serve as AGORA Instructors • The research training will highlight such things as the scientific method, engineering design process, and research writing.

150 - 9 th Graders (50 year-1, 50 year-2; 50 year-3) to be selected for FSU’s CYBER -STEM Project (Funded by the Office of Naval Research)  Cyber On Saturday Academy: October 11 th. , 2014, November 8 th ., 2014, December 6 th ., 2014; January 10 th ., 2015; February 7 th ., 2015; March 7 th ., 2015; April 18 th ., 2015; May 16 nd ., 2015.  CYBER-STEM Innovation Summer “Bridge” Camp [Student udents will ill be pa be paid $50 id $500.00 f 0.00 for or t the he 4-weeks eeks] July 13 th ., 2015; - August 7 th ., 2015  Cybersecurity Competitions  1 st Place: $10,000.00  2 nd Place: $5,000.00  3 rd Place: $2,500.00

PROGRAM Activities: Cyber On Saturday Academy • 9:00 am – 10:00 am : Guest Speaker • 10:00 am – 11:00 am : Math and Science Academics [10 groups of 5] • 11:00 am – 12:00 noon : Active/Project-based Cyber Activities • 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm : Lunch • 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm : Active-Learning-Project-based Cyber Activities • 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm : Professional Development. – Presentation Techniques • Adjourn

PROGRAM Activities: Cyber On Saturday Academy • Ovierview Students will be exposed to programming concepts and security through the usage of modern day APIs and mobile applications they are familiar with. Instead of the traditional approach of being lectured of the theory and fundamentals of computer science, a series of engaging and immersive activities are planned. Each week builds off of previous concepts, and is designed to reinforce programming skills starting from a very basic level, and gradually progressing to more advanced concepts over the weeks. It’s understood that this may be the first time many of the students are exposed to programming. With that in consideration, the weeks are more focused on problem solving, and tweaking code in a guided manner as opposed to the pure semantics and core concepts behind writing robust programs. Given popularity, and ease of use, the following programming languages will be heavily leveraged: HTML5, CSS3, NodeJS Each week has been designed to align with one of the topics of Office of Naval Research Code 31 C4ISR Objectives. The topics provide exposure from secure communications, to image analysis.

PROGRAM Activities Cyber On Saturday Academy: Fall 2014 October 11 th. , 2014: Week 1- Secure Chat Server with an Intelligent Bot The first week will kick-off with the fundamentals of network security. Many students are familiar with text messaging, and mobile applications such as SNAPChat. However, they are most likely unaware of the security that may or may not exist behind them. This week will focus on capturing network traffic of web clients to show how data is sent unencrypted vs encrypted. The week is geared towards gaining exposure to NODEJS (JavaScript based programming language), the internet, and concepts behind TCP/IP and the fundamentals of the Web. • Network / Wireshark Analysis - Monitoring traffic in real-time to see unencrypted data • Reconstruction of Packet Payloads • Port/Protocol Discussion • An introduction to artificial intelligence November 8 th ., 2014: Week 2 - Learning HTML5/CSS through page scraping and hosting the site from NODEJS. The second week continues the use of NODEJS to gain exposure of hosting websites. Instead of traditional lecture of the semantics of writing code, students will learn how to copy websites. From these copies they’ll learn through trial and error on how to modify pre-existing content. The focus will be on the dangers of phishing sites that target gmail and facebook. Students will develop websites to capture information • Introduction to web programming / hosting • Programming exercise designed to show the dangers of phising sites on the internet • The importance of using different passwords for different websites