Ames Laboratory educational programming records
Scope and Content
This collection (1986-2005, undated) contains reports, correspondence, presentations, and promotional materials related to the Ames Laboratory Science Education program. These materials document efforts to develop science programs aimed at the K-12 curriculum and other programs designed to encourage more students of color to pursue science and engineering as a career.
Dates
- 1986-2005, undated
Creator
- Ames Laboratory (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Open for research.
Use/Re-use Restrictions
Consult Special Collections and University Archives
Biography/Profile
In 1991, Lynn W. Glass proposed a cooperative Science Education program jointly administered by the Ames Laboratory and the Iowa State University Department of Curriculum and Instruction (a department that later became part of the School of Education). The goal of the program was to enhance the quality of education in fields such as biology, chemistry, earth science, engineering, mathematics, and physics. Based on these goals, the Ames Laboratory developed a number of educational programs, workshops, and internships aimed at improving the K-12 science curriculum. Adventures in Supercomputing, the Summer Student Trainee Program, and the Kids Network Teacher Institute were just some of these programs. Faculty and staff involved in developing the programs were also interested in increasing diversity in the science fields and programs such as Science Bound and the Advanced Industrial Materials Program on Minority Education specifically addressed these concerns.
The Ames Laboratory Science Education program continues to offer internships and programming for all levels of science education curriculum. Administration of Science Bound is now under the School of Education.
Extent
1.05 Linear Feet (2 document boxes and 1 half-document box)
Abstract
Ames Laboratory began offering K-12 programming for science education starting in the early 1990s. These program were jointly administered by Ames Laboratory and the Iowa State University Department of Curriculum and Instruction (later part of the School of Education). Programs include Science Bound, Adventures in Supercomputing, the Summer Student Trainee Program, the Kids Network Teacher Institute, and the Advanced Industrial Materials Program on Minority Education. This collection contains reports, correspondence, presentations, and promotional materials related to the Ames Laboratory Science Education program.
Arrangement
This collection (1986-2005, undated) is arranged alphabetically.
- Ames Laboratory
- Correspondence Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Minorities--Education--Iowa Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Presentations (communicative events) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Promotional materials Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Reports Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Science--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Iowa Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- RS 17/1/6. Ames Laboratory educational programming records, 1986-2005, undated
- Date
- May 9, 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives Repository
403 Parks Library
701 Morrill Road
Iowa State University
Ames Iowa 50011-2102 United States
(515) 294-6672
archives@iastate.edu