ACADEMIA MEXICANA DE CIENCIAS Mexican Academy of Sciences Arturo Menchaca IANAS Conference and General Assembly Ottawa, Canada 26-28 August, 2010.

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ACADEMIA MEXICANA DE CIENCIAS Mexican Academy of Sciences Arturo Menchaca IANAS Conference and General Assembly Ottawa, Canada August, 2010

AMC has 2,156 members. Membership

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Science Education Programs Computation for Children A Summer in Research Science on Sundays Science Olympiads Math Competitions for students under 15 Science at your School

Computation for children Initiated: 1984 Goal: Teach the use of computers, through workshops. Target: primary and junior high school children. Where: public libraries in a number of Mexican cities Numbers in 2009: 128 workshops with 47,325 students.

Summers in Research Initiated: 1990 Goal: spend a Summer working under the supervision of a prestigious scientist. Target: undergraduate students. Where: Universities and/or research laboratories throughout Mexico. Numbers in 2010: 2,266 applicants, 1,194 grants awarded

Science on Sundays Initiated: 1982 Goal: popular science talks by distinguished scientists, generally delivered on week-ends. Target: General public. Where: Main populations centers in Mexico. Numbers: A total of 6,940 talks, 359 of them in 2009.

Initiated: Biology & Chemistry: 1991; Geography:2003; Mexican History: 2007 Goal: Motivate students towards scientific subjects. Target: High School students. Where: Nationwide. Winners later represent Mexico in International Olympiads. Numbers in 2010: more than 220,000 participants Science Olympiads

Biology (since 1999): 1 gold, 6 silver, 25 bronze Chemistry (since 1992): 11 gold, 32 silver, 45 bronze Geography (since 2006): 2 gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze; Absolute Winner in the 2007 World Geo. Championship. International Olympic Medals

Math Competitions Initiated: 1996 Goal: Motivate students towards Math. Target: under 15. Where: Nationwide and Latin America Numbers in 2010: more than 440,000 participants Latin American medals: 23 gold, 60 silver, 152 bronze

Initiated: 1992 Methodology: 1 year, 32 weekly (3-hour) lessons. Include Math, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Geography, Computation, Science History & Seminars Goals: increase level of science education improve attitude toward science & math Target: Public school teachers Numbers: total of 5,327 participants. Science at your School

Other initiatives: 2009 Latin American Science Summer Camp in Tlaxcala Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Venezuela. Science at your School on line: Science at your School

Women for Science

Water Programme Brazilian and Mexican Academies lead the IANAS Water Programme. Co-chairs are Prof. José Galizia Tundisi and Dr. Blanca Jiménez. The IV IANAS Water Programme National Focal Points Meeting, held in Nicaragua (May 2009), agreed to produce a document about water resources status in the Americas. The purpose: to propose strategies on water management in the region.

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