NMAS Visiting Scientist Program
2010-11
For forty-eight years, the New Mexico Academy of Science Visiting Scientist Program has provided students and teachers in the state of New Mexico with opportunities to hear about and experience the excitement of science and mathematics through visits with scientists from many disciplines. The major subject areas which have been offered in the past include: agriculture, astronomy, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, computer science, energy/energy sources, engineering, environmental science, geology, history of science, mathematics, pharmacology, philosophy of science, physics, psychology, science careers, women in science, and zoology. Other areas may be added, depending on the interests of participating scientists and mathematicians.
Each year, distinguished scientists and mathematicians provide an enriched classroom-learning experience to secondary school students.
Originated as part of a 1960 National Science Foundation grant, the program is now funded by the New Mexico legislature through New Mexico Highlands University and is administered by the New Mexico Academy of Science.
Some of the most distinguished scientists and mathematicians in New Mexico are offered, through the New Mexico Academy of Science, as guest lecturers for your classes this academic year. These individuals represent a wide variety of areas including the standard sciences and some of the specialized fields as well.
At the invitation of a teacher, a participating scientist will visit a class or school to present a lecture and/or demonstration on a topic in his area of expertise. You may wish to involve your students in the selection of the guest lecturers. There are NO COSTS to the school except perhaps lunch for the visitor, if this is appropriate.
To request a visiting scientist, simply fill out a Visit Request Form provided, and return it to us for processing. We will contact the requested scientist and confirm his/her acceptance of your invitation. Be sure to obtain your principal's approval so that the visit will be noted on his/her schedule as well. You may wish to take the visitor to meet your principal and other members of your staff when he/she is at your school. In order that the visit may be as enjoyable and as successful as possible, it might be best for you to write or call your visitor when his/her visit has been confirmed to inform him/her of such detail as:
- The subject(s) on which you would like him/her to talk;
- The number of classes you would like him/her to meet, and the times they meet;
- The level and the extent of the background which the audience will have;
- The location of your school and where he is to go upon his/her arrival:
- Possible accommodations for an overnight stay, if required.
- Arrangements for facilities and equipment, which may be needed, as well as arrangements for a field trip, if involved.
Academy of Science, NM NMAS Paper Competition Science Fair
Dr. Maureen Romine, Director
Natural Sciences Department
New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, NM 87701
505-454-3264
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Rosalie Martinez, Acting Director
New Mexico Highlands University
Northeastern New Mexico Regional Science Fair Office
Lora Shields Science Bldg. 238
Las Vegas, New Mexico 87701
505-454-3557
FAX 505-454-3559
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