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What is the AiS Challenge?

What is the AiS Challenge?. Betsy Frederick New Mexico Technet, Inc. David H. Kratzer Los Alamos National Laboratory. Objectives. Promote Science, Math, and Computing Teamwork Research Competition: Awards of Savings Bonds, Equipment, Scholarships Learning.

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What is the AiS Challenge?

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  1. What is the AiS Challenge? Betsy Frederick New Mexico Technet, Inc. David H. Kratzer Los Alamos National Laboratory

  2. Objectives • Promote Science, Math, and Computing • Teamwork • Research • Competition: Awards of Savings Bonds, Equipment, Scholarships • Learning

  3. Participation from 1990 to 2002 • Students enrolling in the Challenge

  4. Time Line • September: Teams form and register • October: Glorieta Kickoff Conference • November: School Visits • December: Interim Reports due • January: Regional Workshops • February: Project Evaluations • April: Final Judging, Awards Ceremony • Summer: Summer Teacher Institute

  5. Gender ~70% male, 30% female

  6. Ethnicity

  7. Summer Teacher Institutes • August 1995, 27 teachers, Los Alamos • June/July 1996, 26/27 teachers, Portales/Las Cruces • July 1997, 47 teachers, Socorro • June/August 1998, 16/15 teachers, Highlands • June 1999, 15 teachers, Las Cruces • June 2000, 12 teachers, Silver City • June 2001, 19 teachers, Socorro • June 2002, 14 teachers, Farmington • July 2003, 23 teachers, Farmington

  8. Primary Sponsors DOE Los Alamos National Laboratory NASA Ames Research Center New Mexico Technet, Inc. Educational Partners CHECS, ENMU, NMHU, NMTech, NM State Dept of Ed, NMSU, San Juan College, Santa Fe Community College, Tenn State U, UNM Commercial Partners-Gold HP, Microsoft, PNM, Sandia National Laboratories, Siemens Foundation Commercial Partners-Silver Cray, DP Signal, Gulfstream Group & bigbyte.cc, Intel Corporation, Lockheed Martin, ZiaNet Commercial Partners-Bronze Albuquerque Tribune, Kinko’s, NMEAF, NM Internet Professionals Association, Net//works!, Regional Development Corporation, Society of Mexican American, Engineers and Scientists (MAES), Sprint PCS, Valor Telecom

  9. How can YOU help? • Project Advisor (mentor) • Contributor • Sponsor • Judge • Mid/High School Teacher • Mid/High School Student • Other

  10. Visit us • http://www.challenge.nm.org • consult@challenge.nm.org

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