EDUCATION PROGRAM

The Education Program is designed to give K-12 teachers a three-day intensive experience with the tools and methods of computational science-modeling, simulation, and visualization-and the Internet, presented by experienced, practicing teachers. They will share student projects, computational models, curricula, lesson plans, assessments, etc., as well as teaching strategies and classroom management practices. The program will also engage the participants in discussion about the ways that these tools and methods can contribute to the classroom reforms called for in the national science and mathematics standards. The program is open to all teachers, however, it is expected that teachers of grades 6-12 (middle school and above) will benefit the most.

New to the Education Program at SC'96 are the following activities:

Teachers will be encouraged to sign up for one or more special interest groups (SIGs), Ê which will be facilitated by members of the education committee. The purpose of the SIGs is to foster on-going communication among the teachers throughout the year and to extend the impact of the education program.
A process for introducing teachers to the SC'96 research exhibits will be provided in order to help teachers take advantage of the tremendous educational potential of the research exhibits.
An education booth will be set-up on the conference exhibit floor. Promotional materials will be available for K-12 programs and a place will be provided where teachers can exchange resources with each other and with other conference attendees. A Web form will be available so professionals attending the conference who are willing to help teachers can enter their name in a database for post-conference follow-up.

A special one-day program is planned for teachers and students from Pittsburgh and the surrounding area on Wednesday, November 20. They will have an opportunity to tour the industry and research exhibits and attend selected hands-on workshops from the teacher program.

K-12 Teacher Workshops & Hands-on Labs
Sunday - Tuesday

A Walk Through a High School Computational Project
Jill Snyder, Albuquerque High School and Paula Avery, Moriarty High School; 
New Mexico Adventures in Supercomputing
Integrating Computational Collaborative Projects into the Science Classroom - Chemistry/Environmental Science, Earth Science, and Systems Modeling
Teachers from the Maryland Virtual High School of  Science and Mathematics:
Susan Ragan, Montgomery Blair High School, Lead Presenter
Don Higdon, Arundel High School; Nusret Hisim, Walkersville High School; Ron 
Peterman, James Bennett High School; Tom Bulka, Garrett Northern High School; 
Charlotte Trout, Williamsport High School; Phil Hammond, Smithsburg High School; 
Don Shaffer, North  East High School; Tom Dillingham, Montgomery Blair High 
School
Network-Based K-12 Science Activities Integrating Mathematics, Science and 
Technology
Dave Thomas, Montana State University and Stephanie Stevenson, Holley-Navarre 
(Florida) Intermediate School; Network Montana Project
Training Teachers to Publish and Use Curricular Materials on the Web
Susan Boone, Saint Agnes Academy and Cynthia Lanius, Milby High School; 
GirlTECH Program
Computational Modeling at Lee's Summit High School
John Biggerstaff, Jim Nazworthy, and Jackie Snow, Lee's Summit (Missouri) High 
School;  Project MOST
Use of Image Analysis to Quantify Damage to a Snail Shell
Albert Lilly and Thomas Fink, Alabama School of 
Mathematics & Science
Strategies and Tools for Assessing Students' Learning in Project-Based, 
Computational Science Courses
Kallen Tsikalas, Center for Children & Technology 
The WAVE Project: Web Access Virtual Education
Carol Castellon, Debra Woods, and Claran Einfeldt, University of Illinois Laboratory 
High School
Hawaii Virtual Academy - The Electronic School of Hawaii
Vicki Kajioka, Hawaii State Department of Education and Marsha Mooradian, Maui 
High Performance Computing Center

EDUCATION PAPERS
Monday - Tuesday

Paper Session I

Girls and Computational Science 
Gypsy Abbott, University of Alabama at Birmingham; John Ziebarth, National 
Center for Supercomputing Applications; and Gina Sullivan, Bob Jones (Alabama) 
High School
Telementoring as a Gateway for Girls into Science, Engineering, and Computing
Dorothy Bennett, Center for Children & Technology; Don Thatcher, North High School, 
Des Moines, IA; Kallen Tsikalas, Center for Children & Technology; and Jill Snyder, 
Albuquerque High School

Paper Session II

Student Outcomes for the Alabama 
ASPIRE Program
Gypsy Abbott, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Carl Davis and Edna Gentry, 
University of Alabama at Huntsville
New Mexico High School Supercomputing Challenge, 1990-1995
David Kratzer and Marilyn Foster, Los Alamos 
National Laboratory
Survey of Student Experience and Impact on Education and Career Choices in the 
SuperQuest Programs
Margo Berg, MJB Consulting Office

EDUCATION PANELS
Monday - Tuesday

Panel I

Bringing the Outside In: Critical Issues in Designing Educational Mentoring & 
Telementoring Experiences
Kallen Tsikalas, Center for Children & Technology, moderator
Dorothy Bennett, Center for Children & Technology; Gary Johnson, TechCorps of 
America;  Laura DeMarotta, Horace Maynard High School; Bruce Bennett, North Polk 
High School.

Panel II

K-12 Computing and Communications and the National Mathematics and Science 
Education Standards
Margo Berg, MJB Consulting Office, moderator

Panel III

Integration of Computing and Communications Technologies in Teacher Preparation 
and Professional Development
David Thomas, Montana State University, moderator

Education Roundtable
Monday-Tuesday

	
Ten Years of K-12 High Performance Computing and Communications:  What Have 
We Learned?  What are we Building for the Future?
Moderator:  Wally Feurzeig, BB&N;