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Northern New Mexico girls learn about math, science through Expanding Your Horizons program

An estimated 200 teenage girls from around Northern and Central New Mexico will discover the wonderment of math and science as participants in the national Expanding Your Horizons program today at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church Parish Hall in Los Alamos.

The program is cosponsored by the Laboratory and is designed for young women in grades eight through 10. Registration packets were sent to middle and high schools in the Chama Valley, Cuba, Dulce, Española, Jemez Mountain, Jemez Valley, Las Vegas, N.M., Los Alamos, Mesa Vista, Mora, Pecos, Penasco, Pojoaque, Questa, Santa Fe, Taos and Wagon Mound school districts.

Each attendee will participate in two "hands-on" workshops conducted by women scientists. Approximately 20 workshops will be offered. Past years' topics have included robotics, fractals, polymers, chemistry, radioactivity, spectroscopy and cryptology, said Georgia Pedicini of High Performance Computing Systems (CCN-7). Lunch is provided for the participants.

The conference will conclude with a talk by keynote speaker, Abigail Sussman, a wilderness ranger, environmental educator and writer. Her talk, "Adventures of the Unexpected Scientist," is at 2:30 p.m.

For more information, see the March 22 Daily Newsbulletin.

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