This page is updated frequently.

There are other activities ongoing in New Mexico with goals very similar to the Santa Fe Alliance for Science. Most, if not all of them, have been in existence for several years -- significantly longer than the Alliance. There have been (see below for more detail) significant successes.

There is now a state-wide initiative forming in New Mexico to link these organizations together. The idea is to begin creating a state-wide resource of engineers, mathematicians, and scientists that could bring significant added value to K-14 math and science education in our state. More details about current thinking can be found in this draft plan (10/10/07 version).

A main purpose of this webpage is to serve as an inventory of existing "engineers, mathematicians, and scientists in the classroom" (EMSC) activities. As more are created (or discovered already to exist), they will be added below.

Eventually we want to create also a "registration center" where schools and EMSC folks can find each other, establish links and working relationships, and exchange information.

According to SchoolTree.org, there are currently 856 public and 205 private schools in New Mexico (1061 total). Of these, 604 are elementary schools, 166 are middle schools, and 180 are high schools (the numbers do not sum to 1061). More information about school districts and individual schools can be found at these websites:

• List of School Districts in New Mexico (Wikipedia; with District websites)
• New Mexico PED School Locator

Our goal is to provide a Science Advisor (SciAd) to every school (K-14) in New Mexico who wishes to have one. Exactly how this will be done is yet to be worked out. It will be a complex process given New Mexico's size, diversity, and widely distributed population centers of widely varying size. The design process is just beginning.

Other ongoing EMSC activities in New Mexico

• ¡Explora! Science Center (Training scientists to work with school children and museum audiences)


• The Fractal Foundation (Fractals for school children and museum audiences)


• Las Cruces Public Schools (Science Education Alliance Science Advisor Program)


• Los Alamos National Laboratory (Educational programs for students and educators)


• New Mexico Academy of Science (Visiting Scientist Program)


• New Mexico MESA Inc.
• New Mexico MESA Programs (As presented at The "Scientists in the Classroom" Meeting August 7, 2007)


• New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge (Introducting middle- and high-school students to supercomputing)


• Project GUTS: Growing Up Thinking Scientifically (Introducting middle- and high-school students to the science of complexity)


• Sandia National Laboratory Education Partnerships


• The Sandia Science Advisors (SCIAD) Project (1989-1997). This very extensive effort produced a great deal of extremely valuable experiental learning about "best practices" and a wealth of excellent written guidance. Click the links below to download.


• Sandia Scientists Enhancing K-12 Education: How We've Done It and What We've Learned (1.4 MB)


• Preparing and Presenting Effective K-12 Science & Math Education Activities (2.4 MB)


• Science Education in our Elementary and Secondary Schools: A Guide for Technical Professionals Who Want to Help
  1. Introduction: How To Use This Guide (0.75 MB)
  2. Science Education: Things You Need to Know Before Getting Involved (4.9 MB)
  3. Working Effectively With Students (5.1 MB)
  4. Working Effectively With Teachers (2.6 MB)
  5. Conducting a Tour of Your Worksite (1.1 MB)
  6. Sources of Hands-On K-12 Science & Math Activity Ideas (3.3 MB)


• Santa Fe Institute
• Santa Fe Institute (SFI 2007 Inventory of educational activity involving mathematicians and scientists in contact with kids and teachers.)