Get high school students hooked on science with a challenge

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/134510.134558· OSTI ID:5900490

Cohen, M; Foster, M; Kratzer, D; Malone, P; Solem, A

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 Lab., NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5900490
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-92-224; CONF-920386--1; ON: DE92007432
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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