opportunities

Science Education Opportunities K-12

Each year, students and teachers throughout New Mexico have an opportunity to enhance and demonstrate their skills and knowledge through educational programs offered by Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Programs such as the "Go Figure Mathematic Challenge" and the "New Mexico High School Supercomputing Challenge" have identified students with incredible talent.

The Math and Science Academy (MSA) has provided teachers in three northern New Mexico school districts an opportunity to take their science and math teaching skills to the next level. Master teachers Cathy Berryhill and Carol Brown are dedicated in their efforts to help not only the teachers but also their students.

The Los Alamos Space Science Outreach Program (pdf) has trained more than 40 teachers in state-of-the-art space science exploration and provides a large selection of teacher developed lessons and activities in space science. On-line teacher application materials are provided in the late spring for this summer program.

The NM High School Super Computing Challenge is a program encompassing the school year in which teams of students complete science projects using high-performance supercomputers. Each team of one to five students and a sponsoring teacher defines and works on a single computational project of its own choosing.

The Bradbury Museum staff knows that today's students are tomorrow's leaders and decision makers. With that thought in mind, the Museum has developed quality community programs that reach audiences of all ages, education levels, and ethnic backgrounds. Each community program endeavors to instill in participants—from elementary school children to young adults—a continuing scientific curiosity.