Electra loves to read. Just give her the facts!
Windy enjoys finding patterns related to energy.
Hi! My name is Geo. I like working with my hands - especially taking things apart. I jump onto all kinds of projects. When I grow up, I want to make good money. If I use my hands and my brain, I could be a well-paid earth scientist or a rich inventor of energy-efficient machines that use our natural resources wisely. I want people to stay warm and have energy to cook with, too.
Hmmm, are we offline? That's OK because, in case you NEED them, here's some local projects.
When we're on-line, we pull ideas from "hands on learning" websites. Each project has steps and sub-steps and we can take anything apart. Everything we do can be broken down into separate pieces. Having the right tool for each step makes each project go more smoothly - and really helps when trying to put it back together. We don't waste time on this, but it also really helps to have a plan, and the bigger the project, the bigger the plan.
Want a quick whirl into a virtual laboratory and build a virtual robot. How about even a build real robot together. And tough but skateboarder-style-friendly robotics Competition Championship, too.
I play tough video games, too - like the ones where I have to do something quickly because the fate of the universe depends on my success - or failure. One of them is the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider Adventure.
Geo's Recommended Hand-On Projects
Build Your Own Solar Car! Build your own Robot (from a kit)
DOE Laboratories, Educational Programs: Minority Outreach Initiatives for Geo
Manos Hands-on Science and Engineering Program
Hispanic middle school students
Sandia National Laboratories -- NM
Geographic Limits: Albuquerque, New MexicoHands-On Minds-On Technologies
(HmTech Science Program)
African American Students - 6th through 12th grades.
Sandia National Laboratory
Geographic Limits: Near Sandia National Laboratory
Minority High School Apprenticeship Program (MHSAP)
Research Apprenticeships to 9th/10th grade students: African Ancestored, Hispanic/Latino, Native American and Pacific Islander
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Geographic Limits: Suffolk County and Inner City Outreach Schools, NYAffirmative Action & Diversity Program
Coordination with Professional organizations
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Geographic Limits: San Francisco Bay AreaDOE Renewable Energy and Environmental Protection (REEP) Summer Academy
Minority and inner city youth
Geographic Limits: Texas, Louisiana, and ColoradoColorado Mathematics, Engineering and Scientific Achievement (MESA)
Economically disadvantaged ethnic minority and women
Geographic Limits: ColoradoStudent Research Apprenticeship Program (SRAP)
Ethnic groups under-represented in science and engineering (Hispanic, African American and Native American)
Pacific Northwest Laboratories
Geographic Limits: Richland, WashingtonHands-On Minds-On Technologies
(HmTech Science Program)
African American Students - 6th through 12th grades.
Sandia National Laboratory
Geographic Limits: Near Sandia National Laboratory
Date last updated: Jan. 2, 2005