Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center High School Initiative in Computational Science Report on Findings School Years: 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-4

Abstract

The purpose of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center's High School Initiative was to motivate students to pursue careers in science, mathematics, engineering and computer science. The initiative generated excitement among teachers and their students by providing them with the opportunity to work on a project of their choosing using the world's fastest supercomputer — the same machine used by leading researchers working on today's most challenging scientific problems. The program gave teachers the means and support to institutionalize their computational science project into the curriculum so that the impact of the program would continue from year to year with each new class of students.