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ACADEMIA MEXICANA DE CIENCIAS Mexican Academy of Sciences Arturo Menchaca

ACADEMIA MEXICANA DE CIENCIAS Mexican Academy of Sciences Arturo Menchaca IANAS Conference and General Assembly Ottawa, Canada 26-28 August, 2010. Membership. AMC has 2,156 members. The site. The Counsil. Science Education Programs. Computation for Children A Summer in Research

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ACADEMIA MEXICANA DE CIENCIAS Mexican Academy of Sciences Arturo Menchaca

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  1. ACADEMIA MEXICANA DE CIENCIAS Mexican Academy of Sciences Arturo Menchaca IANAS Conference and General Assembly Ottawa, Canada 26-28 August, 2010

  2. Membership • AMC has 2,156 members.

  3. The site

  4. The Counsil

  5. Science Education Programs • Computation for Children • A Summer in Research • Science on Sundays • Science Olympiads • Math Competitions for students under 15 • Science at your School

  6. Computation for children Initiated: 1984 Goal: Teach the use of computers, through workshops. Target: primary and junior high school children. Where: public libraries in a number of Mexican cities Numbers in 2009:128 workshops with 47,325 students.

  7. Summers in Research Initiated: 1990 Goal: spend a Summer working under the supervision of a prestigious scientist. Target:undergraduate students. Where: Universities and/or research laboratories throughout Mexico. Numbers in 2010:2,266 applicants, 1,194 grants awarded

  8. Science on Sundays Initiated: 1982 Goal: popular science talks by distinguished scientists, generally delivered on week-ends. Target: General public. Where: Main populations centers in Mexico. Numbers: A total of 6,940 talks, 359 of them in 2009.

  9. Science Olympiads Initiated: Biology & Chemistry: 1991; Geography:2003; Mexican History: 2007 Goal: Motivate students towards scientific subjects. Target: High School students. Where: Nationwide. Winners later represent Mexico in International Olympiads. Numbers in 2010: more than 220,000 participants

  10. International Olympic Medals Biology (since 1999): 1 gold, 6 silver, 25 bronze Chemistry (since 1992): 11 gold, 32 silver, 45 bronze Geography (since 2006): 2 gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze; Absolute Winner in the 2007 World Geo. Championship.

  11. Math Competitions Initiated: 1996 Goal: Motivate students towards Math. Target: under 15. Where: Nationwide and Latin America Numbers in 2010: more than 440,000 participants Latin American medals: 23 gold, 60 silver, 152 bronze

  12. Science at your School • Initiated: 1992 • Methodology: 1 year,32 weekly (3-hour) lessons. Include Math, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Geography, Computation, Science History & Seminars • Goals: • increase level of science education • improve attitude toward science & math • Target: Public school teachers • Numbers: total of 5,327 participants. • www.lacienciaentuescuela.amc.edu.mx

  13. Science at your School • International presence • In 2007, AMC & Mexican Ministry of Education signed an MoU with Science Academies of: • Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Peru and Dominican Republic • to extend the program.

  14. Science at your School • Other initiatives: • 2009 Latin American Science Summer Camp in Tlaxcala • Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Venezuela. • Science at your School on line: • http://a-distancia.lacienciaentuescuela.edu.mx

  15. Women for Science In 2009 IANAS, AMC, CONACYT, and RELAC-ICSU organized the Symposium “Women for Science”, in Mexico City With representatives from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, United States and Venezuela + Caribbean Scientific Union, Latin American Academy of Sciences, Caribbean Academy of Sciences (Jamaica), the Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS), the UN Gender Advisory Board (GAB) and IAC Result:IANAS established the WfS Working Group.

  16. Water Programme Brazilian and Mexican Academies lead the IANAS Water Programme. Co-chairs are Prof. José Galizia Tundisi and Dr. Blanca Jiménez. The IV IANAS Water Programme National Focal Points Meeting, held in Nicaragua (May 2009), agreed to produce a document about water resources status in the Americas. The purpose: to propose strategies on water management in the region.

  17. Thank you!

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