Get high school students hooked on science with a challenge
Skilled scientists and engineers along with a public that understands science and technology are vital in today`s technically competitive world. The United States must encourage its students to study and excel in scientific academic subjects and consider science and engineering as a possible career. An academic program that progresses from a state-wide to a national competition is a way of developing science and computing knowledge among high school students and teachers, as well as instilling enthusiasm for science. This paper describes the New Mexico High School Supercomputing Challenge, a nonselective academic-year long program that was initiated in 1990. Teams of high school students from throughout New Mexico do a team computational science project using high-performance computers.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 10123192
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-92-224; CONF-920386-1; ON: DE92007432
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: SIGCSE technical symposium,Kansas City, MO (United States),5-6 Mar 1992; Other Information: PBD: [1992]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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