National Middle School Aerospace Scholars (NaMAS) will provide both teachers and students in eight states the opportunity to learn about and experience information technologies and how they are used within the context of STEM applications in the exciting high technology aerospace industry. NaMAS

Eighty teachers and 758 students in the Fargo, North Dakota, area assume leadership roles as citizen volunteers and conduct surface water quality monitoring activities, analyze data and disseminate results to enhance local decision-making capacity. Training includes collection, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of scientific data.