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NCSA Girls Engaged in Math and Science
GEMS Summer 2012
Mon, 18 Jun 2012 09:00:00 CDT

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"I loved the animations. I am an artist and this was really cool, like making a story or a movie. I took what was in my mind and made it a reality."

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The Girls Engaged in Math and Science program at the University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) targets middle school girls in east- Central Illinois and is one of the few sustained outreach programs that has been successfully implemented since 1994. It is intended to encourage girls to consider STEM careers, to gain confidence in using authentic computer tools for math and science, to increase their higher level thinking skills, and to encourage them to take advanced level mathematics and science courses in high school and college.

Over the years, GEMS content covered a wide range of topics and skill development, including, but not limited to, astronomy, mathematics, and biodiversity, and 3-D graphic rendering, and have used a number of computational resources, such as SQUEAK, Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Biology Student Workbench, NetLogo, and more. In the past, GEMS participants have also been Beta testers for software such as OpenCroquet.




Applications are now closed for GEMS 2012. Acceptees will be notified by May 15.


This year's GEMS workshop targets girls who will have completed 6th or 7th grade by June 2012. The workshop will be held June 18, 2012 - June 22, 2012 from 9am - 3pm daily and will focus on Mathematics and Computer Science related activities. After completing registration, those accepted to the program will be notified by May 15. Vist the Frequently Asked Questions page for more information.

The GEMS website has been developed by middle and high school participants. GEMS is a program of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Contact the webmaster with questions regarding this page. Last updated December 22, 2011. All rights reserved. © 2011 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.