• Developing model programs for students with disabilities involving cooperation between special education and general math and science teachers; for example, science fair, science projects, field trips, after school clubs and activities, etc.
• Restructuring and adjusting math and science curriculum to address needs of students with disabilities; for example, math or science labs, experimental instructional practices, computer technologies or assistive technologies for students with disabilities, etc.
• Examining the larger picture of the needs of students with disabilities in the public school and how school administrations can address them, for example, through early identification, teachers' and staff's awareness and preparation, bridging mechanisms between elementary, middle and high schools, as well as upward mobility toward post-secondary studies.

• Joshua Silver
• Sierra Middle School, Las Cruces, NM
• 950 students, 190 w/disabilities – Students learned about the history and current efforts in space, space technology and space travel along with digital imagery and video editing, including non-linear editing and video camera technology.

• Nema LeCuyer
• Rivers Academy, Las Cruces, NM
• 6 students, 6 w/disabilities – Students learned about solar power and utilizing it with their very own solar ovens. In addition they learned about Newton’s Law of Heating and Cooling and environmental benefits of solar power.

• Linda Strasburg
• Comanche Elementary, Albuquerque, NM
• 150 students, 38 w/disabilities – Students will learn math through the use of the Everyday Math program, the Investigations math program and the use of Smart Board Technology.

• Melissa Bradee and Deann Losinski
• Alameda Elementary School, Las Cruces, NM
• 85 third graders, 14 w/disabilities – This project helped the students learn all about dinosaurs, fossils, volcanoes and the solar system.In addition, students learned about biomes and ecosystems.

• Richard Fuess and Sylvia Lopez
• Mesita Elementary, El Paso, TX
• 400 students, 16 w/disabilities – This project used model bridges and vehicles to teach students the basics of construction and construction engineering as well as the basics of motion physics.

• Joan Gil
• Deanna Davenport Elementary, Canutillo, TX
• 20 students, 2 w/disabilities – In this project students learned about robotics and quality control with Lego Robotics Kits.

• Vicky Ludwig
• Canutillo Independent School District, El Paso, TX
• 40 students, 20 w/disabilities – Students learned about the basics of rocketry and rocket physics while building and launching their own model rockets.

• Chris O’Conner/Suzanne Zamora
• Manzano Vista Middle School, Los Lunas, NM
• 700 students/160 w/disabilities – During this project, students studied natures evaporation/precipitation cycle, water quality and chemistry and effects of chemistry on biological systems relying on water.
  
  

• Camilo Tafur
• 20 students, 2-8 w/disabilities - essentially a project aimed at building a greenhouse.
• The entire process of understanding the essential variables in how a greenhouse (i.e., micro-eco-system) were studied.

• Carol A. Sanford and Gail A. Lloyd
• Monterrey Elementary, Carlsbad, NM
• 103 students, 10 w/disabilities - this project taught the students the basics of how an animal relates to its natural habitat.
  

• Ria DeKruyf
• Onate High School, Las Cruces, NM
• 1800 students, 400 w/disabilities - A study of the benefits of recycling with emphasis on hands-on recycling and environmental science.

• Carla Schloman
• Alamogordo High School, Alamogordo, NM
• 90 students, 45 w/disabilities - the core of this project is the understanding of the basics of cell biology and the chemistry related to it (particularly energy concerns). In addition, the project promoted research and critical thinking skills.

• Carla Schloman Alamogordo High School, Alamogordo, NM
• 90 students, 45 w/disabilities - this project taught the students many basic chemistry principles and lab techniques in a forensic science context.

• Erica Armijo & Steven Munoz
• O'Shea Keleher Elementary, EI Paso, TX
• 16 students, 8 w/disabilities - an elementary school project that taught students the essentials of heart-beat health and basic math skills for computing and tracking heart-rate. A basic introduction to modern equipment for monitoring heart health was also introduced.

• Estella Mayorga
• Zia Middle School, Las Cruces, NM
• 25 students, 25 w/disabilities - a program which helped students learn all about the science of meteorology and the critical difference between weather and climate.

• Jean Durrett
• Maedgen Elementary School, Lubbock, TX
• 100 students, 40 w/disabilities - this project examined the basics of flight physics in conjunction with NASA resources. The basic physics and related math were addressed.

• Ricky Espinoza Central Consolidated Schools, Shiprock, NM
• 160 students, 32 w/disabilities - the main theme of this project was studying wateer-quality and environmental impact of the San Juan and Animas rivers and Navajo Lake.

• Josh Buchanan & Karen Sanchez
• Commanche Elementary School, Albuquerque, NM
• 12 students w/disabilities - this project focused on an overall-view of the earth-sun-moon system, animal classifications (vertebrate or invertebrate) and geography (via maps and map-symbology and reading). It was an overview science class with emphasis on the appropriate applied math in each area.

• Carol Sanford and Penny Boris
• P.R. Leyva Middle School, Carls bad, NM
• 28 students, 9 w/disabilities - a project which utilized computers, research and critical thinking skills to help students learn science.

• Angela Aguilar Crosby
• Elementary School, El Paso, TX
• 585 students, 98 w/disabilities - a project designed to teach the basics of water quality, environmental impact of water and the associated chemistry

• Ria deKruyf
• Onate High School, Las Cruces, NM
• 27 students wfdisabilities - A study of the benefits of recycling with emphasis on hands-on recycling and environmental science.

• Claire I. Gowing
• Las Cruces-High School, Las Cruces, NM
• 20 students wfdisabilities - Success Academy is a program that targets at-risk students, which includes learning disabled and some -special education inclusion students.
• The program is a collaborative team of three to four teachers working with 100 freshmen students to teach in an integrated curriculum format. Focusing on projedt based-learning which includes the following subject areas: Math, Science, English, Technology and history.

• Kim Seitzinger, PI
• Zia Middle School, Las Cruces, NM
• July 1, 2003-Septerpber 30, 2003
• Total students - 22
• Total students with disabilities - 22

• Carol Sanford and Penny Boris
• P.R. Leyva Middle School (Carlsbad, NM)
• August 25, 2003 - September 30, 2003
• Total students - 40
• Total students with disabilities - 20

• Sonya Quintero, Maria Flores, Catherine Huber, PIs, $1,530
• Tombaugh Elementary (Las Cruces, NM);
• August 5-September 30,2003
• Total students - 692
• Total students with disabilities - 101

• Comanche Elementary School, (Albuquerque, NM);
• August II-September 30, 2003
• Total students - 12
• Total students with disabilities - 12 .

• Sarah Garde and Ann Plante, PIs, $1,500
• Grant Middle School, Albuquerque, NM
• August 29, 2003 - September 30, 2003
• Total students - 200
• Total students with disabilities - 20

• Russ Fisher-Ives, PI, $1,500
• Rio Rancho High School (Rio Rancho, NM)
• September 2002-June 2003
• Total students - 1
• Total students with disabilities - 1

• Connie Roberts and Kelly Shaver, PIs, $855
• Sierra Elementary Complex (Truth or Consequences, NM)
• January 1, 2003 - April 30,2003;
• Total students 11
• Total students with disabilities - 20.

• Emma G. Gracia (Ysleda ISD) and Jill Gomez (San Elizario ISD)
• Hanks High School and San Elizario High School, El Paso, TX
• 12 students These projects addressed successful transition from high school to postsecondary education for the students who most needed the information.
• This collaborative effort between two TOP proposals at San Elizario & Hanks high schools combined two programs, one based in a rural school (San Elizario) with 900 students and the second poorest district in the state of Texas with 100% of the students qualifying for free lunch, and Hanks HS with 2,700 and located in a much more affluent district.

• Christine Mathis
• Las Cruces High School, Las Cruces, NM
• 15 - 9th grade students with disabilities participated in a cross-curricular project emphasizing the construction of model rockets

• Joe Hanosh
• Rio Rancho High School, Rio Rancho, NM
• This project allowed Challenge Student, Chris Gabaldon, the opportunity to begin developing computer programming skills for the eventual design of an audible touch sensitive screen for aiding the people with visual disabilities.

• Heather Hunnnel
• Rio Rancho High School, Rio Rancho, NM
• This project developed a prototype facility for high schools in which all students could conduct reproducible biotechnology inquiries.

• Patrice Landreth
• Truth or Consequences ElemS; Truth or Consequences
• 140 Students, 36 with disabilities, learned about flight-using computer programs, studying and painting birds, attending an elements of flight class, and visiting a Bosque.

• Sharon Dittrich
• Alamogordo High School, Alamogordo, NM 88310
• 6 HS students with learning disabilities built and launched two rockets and studied the technical knowledge associated with rocketry

• Becky Anderson,Washington MS Albuquerque, NM
• 10 middle school students with disabilities took part in a variety of scientific activities including water testing, crystal growing, cooking, rocket assembly, solar cooker assembly, and construction of a hydroponics garden.

• Tzu-Chin
• Lam Gadsden HS; Anthony
• 28 students, 3 with disabilities, took a chemistry class in which they studied water chemistry. All three students with disabilities were the first to pass the class in the school's history.

• Agnes T. Wu Greyhills Academy HS;
• Tuba City, AZ (considered to be in the RASEM region since they are part of the Navajo Nation school system)
• 6 HS students with learning disabilities learned about lab equipment and techniques while analyzing tissue samples of Venus Fly trap plants.

• Kathy Kinzer
• Mesilla Park ElemS; Las Cruces .
• 17 students, 6 with disabilities, used computer technology to gain digital science literacy.

• Steven Carr
• Newcomb High School, Newcomb, NM 87455
• This project was initiated in 1999 by RASEM, jointly sponsored by Dine College. It served 16 junior and high school Navajo students (5 with disabilities) over a 3-week period July 2000.Students participated in a wide variety of technology activities

• Joan Turietta, Cleveland MS
• Albuquerque
• 145 students, 20 with disabilities, studied the chemical, biological, and environmental effects of agricJlltural uses on the Rio Grande

• Dennis Peckinpaugh, Cleveland MS
• Albuquerque
• 145 students, 20 with disabilities, compared water volume and seasonal flow rate over the fast fifty years in order to study the social and cultural changes of the region.

• Rebecca Davis
• Llano ElemS; Lovington
• 275 students, 75 with disabilities, used a planetarium to acquaint themselves with the basic concepts, then the wheelchair-user students were placed into playground swings to create the sensation of weightlessness.

• Loris Bemesderfer
• New Mexico Boys School; Springer
• 8 students with disabilities trained in a 9-week program in the development of an electronics-training module, which included basic hands-on electronics experiments

• Vincent Turietta
• Pueblo Pintado School; Cuba
• 12 Navajo students with disabilities were included in a school science fair and participated in various scientific activities

Investigation of the Small World

• Nell Looper
• Gateway Academy; Childress (Region 16 Amirallo)
• 10 students, 3 with disabilities, observed the culture of Brine Shrimp, investigated the hatching of the eggs, studied live cells, counted chromosomes, among many other biological laboratory activities.

Inclusion Model Hands-on Inquiry Based Science Curriculum

• Cynthia Brammer
• Crestvietv Elementary School; Canyon (Region 16 Amirallo)
• 25 students, through 4 kits each a complete unit of study in life science, earth science, physical science, and technology, learned many concepts through hands-on inquiry.

Assistive Tephnology and Literature for Visually Disabled Students

• Jean Durrett
• Maedgen E;JemS; Lubbock
• Computer lab with assistive technology was established to help 5 VI elementary school students use the computer.

Students Supply Center

• Albert Fernandez, Esperanza Rivera
• Pojoaque HS
• 30 students, 20 with disabilities, planned and ran a supply center.
  

The Sky's the Limit

• James Rathjen
• Espanola MS
• 60 students with disabilities used the facilities at Santa Fe Community College to study and to observe the solar system through telescopes that they constructed.

Animals in Life Science

• Jay Henderson
• Espanola MS
• 130 students, 10 with disabilities, cared for, observed, and raised animals.

Inclusion Model Archeological Studies

• Steve Young
• Vista MS
• 18 students, 12 with disabilities, studied archeology through and on~site field studies.

Intrigue of the Past

• Connie Holcomb
• Vista MS
• 90 6th graders, 18 with disabilities, studied archaeology in the "Intrigue of the Past" Social Science curriculum through hands-On classroom and field studies.

Voice Activation in Math Lab

• David Bus, Terry Delzer
• Las Cruces HS
• 2 LD students used voice activated computer technology and other math software in the math lab.

Texas

• Patricia Stover, Beth Green, Marsha Meritt, Mary Skowland
• Parkland MS
• 80 students with disabilities worked with peer tutors to select and conduct scientific experiments and to participate in Parkland Middle Science Fair.

Math & Science thru CD-ROM

• Pedro King, Charles Gonzales, Alex Ruiz Velasco
• Cesar Chavez Academy
• 31 mid- and high school students with disabilities used CD-ROM technology. Panhandle, Texas.

Modern Technology for Upper Elementary Classes

• Loretta Flaherty, Denise Intemann
• Woodrow Wilson Elem
• 28 4th & 5th graders, 22 with disabilities, constructed hot air balloon tests.

Math and Science Fun Club

• Karla Howard, Debbie Nance
• Palo Duro HS (Region 16 Amirallo)
• 10 9th-12th graders formed a "Fun Club" (1 disabled) to design a boatto compete in the "Willlt-I!1oat" regatta.

Learning Life-and Math Skills

• Nancy Wescott
• Senaida De La Fuente; Hart ISD
• 13 HS students with disabilities constructed 4 booths to be used for regular school activities in "bank", "newspaper", "trade" and "math comer".

A Community of Scientists

Hands-on Science, Math, and Technology for Adolescents with Disabilities

Math and Science Enhancement Through Computer Technology

• Taunya J. James
• Alameda ElemS
• 12 students with special needs' studied forensic science and learned various techniques and instrument care.

• Cynthia Torres
• MacArthur ElemS
• 10 students with disabilities and parents ran a plant lab.

• Monica Reynolds
• Tombaugh ElemS
• General school population of 670 students, with approximately 15% SpEd students, shared and learned how to use a telescope provided by TOP.

• Beth Davis
• Mesilla Park ElemS
• 30 Mesilla Park Elementary School students designed and implemented an agricultural lab with the help of visiting professionals, and field trips.

• Marilyn Bush
• SieITa ElemS
• 4th grade inclusion class studied Elephant Butte Reservoir's engineering construction and environmental impact.

• Richard Power
• Onate HS
• 10 HS students with disabilities used voice-activated computer lab to help build study skills and independence.

• Paul Wirth
• Gavilan Canyon School
• 20 students with special needs participated in an organic garden project that involved building a greenhouse, raising earthwonns, and making compost.

• Frank McKinnon
• Mesa MS
• 35 students with special needs visited museums and documented them in a scrapbook.

• Sidney C. McDougall
• El Paso HS
• 100 HS students, 20 with disabilities, studied spaceflight and related technologies and made a field trip to the National Space Hall of Fame.

• Kathleen B. Mendoza & Christina Lara
• San Elizario Elem
• 20 students participated in a science workshop, with focus on entering the district school Science Fair.

• Alisa Lowers
• Fabens PrimS
• 10 students with disabilities through hands-on training, fieldtrips, and instruction lyarned about the operations of a grocery store

• Otilia Gonzalez-Ash
• Camprestre ElemS
• 7 students participated in a discovery lab designed and implemented on site for sensory based lessons

• Kathleen B. Mendoza & Christina Lara
• San Elizario Elem
• 20 students participated in a science workshop, with focus on entering the district school Science Fair.

• Cathlene L. Chapman, Beatrlz Barraza, & Angie Salazar
• Bonham ElemS
• 15 students with disabilities increased their skills in science and social studies through cooperative activities with the use of adaptive devices.

• Mary B. Brown
• Clint ISD
• 8 special education students were paired with teachers, and both received hands-on training in scanners and text-to-speech software at a five-day camp.

• Kay Richard & Angela Wilhelm
• Hereford Junior HS (Region 16 Amirallo)
• 346 students, 51 students with disabilities, designed and built a greenhouse, took care of and managed plants, and charted their work.

• Jean Durrett
• Maedgen ElemS
• 400 students, 69 in special education, built and maintained a butterfly garden to study plant developmeIit and care

• Connie Yarbrough
• Will Rogers Elem
• 40 special education students, among 420 students, participated in a multi-sensory project to enhance math achievement

• Bobette Doerrie
• Perry ton HS
• 14 HS students with disabilities in a remote imaging project used weather balloons, studied soil and crops, developed a model airplane for data collection.

• Carol Galloway
• Crockett ElemS
• 4 students with disabilities from a self-contained classroom and 16 other students participated in an inclusion-model to develop science/math/ and computer skills.

• D' Ann Blair
• Hereford HS
• 30 students, 10 with disabilities, raised a show pig for exhibit in a competition with instruction from experts and veterinarians.

• Narelle D. Horton
• Bushland MS
• 100 students, 13 with disabilities, developed green house projects to calculate amounts of materials needed and learned plant crossb}C~ing techniques from Texas A&M students.

• James Rathjam
• Pajoaque High School, Pajoaque, New Mexico 87501
• 60 students with disabilities used the facilities at Santa Fe Community College to study and to observe the solar system through telescopes that they constructed

• Jean Durrett
• Maedgen School of Hearing and Visual Impaired, Lubbock, Texas 79423
• 400 Students, 69 in special education, built and maintained a butterfly garden to study plant development and care.

• Vickie Hawkes
• Osage School, Pryor
• 73 students, 13 with disabilities, built and raced cars and analyzed data obtained.

• Nancy Wyly
• Tahlequah Junior High School; Tah1equah
• 100 students, 60 with disabilities, participated in computerized inventory, developed a mock company to study employable skills, work habits, and career interest, and utilized hands-on-activities to study math.

• Mary White
• Ft. Gibson Intermediate ElemS, Ft. Gibson
• 20 mid-school students with disabilities studied rocketry and consumer science.

• Edna McMillen
• Tahlequah HS, Tah1equah
• 50 HS science club members worked with 100 elementary school students with disabilities using the mobile resource center to devise scientific projects for the Expo.

Parent University: Educating Parents to Educate Their Child

• Cynthia Davison
• Capitol Hill Elem
• 300 Families with children having special needs received education about the needs ofelementary students in math.

Emerson School Yearbook and Scientific Newspaper

• Marylyn Hall & Lynda McIntyre
• Emerson Alternative School
• 300 Students, 15% with special needs, publish and contributed to a school yearbook/scientific newspaper with emphasis on science-related articles.

Horticulture for Kids

• Sheryl D. Crail
• Wheeler ElemS
• 36 special education students constructed and operated a greenhouse to study plant care and life cycles.

If We Plant, They Will Come: A Butterfly Garden and Outdoor Classroom

• Linda S. Pelton
• Sequoyah ElemS
• Inclusion classes in 1st through 5th grades participated in the construction of a butterfly garden for the scientific study of the life cycle of butterflies, ecology and preservation.

SPAWN (Students, Parents, and Web Navigation)

• Cheryl Ann Clinger
• Chamberlain MS
• 28 Students with special needs along witq. their parents participated in an Internet computer camp

• James Brittain
• Boley HS
• 20 high school biology students, 5 with special needs, participated in the analysis of the effects of weather on the water quality of local streams to increase academic skills, interest and motivation

• Valerie Furguson
• Moore HS
• 35 students, 15 with special needs from high school science classes undertook a plastics recycling project, and studied computer modeling of polymer structure

• Henry North & Jeanine Huss
• Foster MS
• 250 students, 35 with special needs, studied plant growth and did research to learn the effects of light levels and color, nutrient levels and planting depths on plant growth.

• Jaquelyn Colen, Lori Paschal
• Taft MS
• 22 students with disabilities were exposed to various professions in science and technology through hands-on activities, field trips and professional mentors

Omniplex

• Sandra Currin-Moore, Cecile Brison
• Madison/Coolidge ElemS
• 30 students with disabilities from 2 local schools formed a partnership to attend after school Omniplex education classes for 2 weeks and demonstrated their activities in a "Share-a-Fair".