High School Students’ Research Presented
at the 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2013
Abby Delawder presents her team’s research at the 44th LPSC
High School Lunar Research Projects Program (2009-13)
• 218 students, 21 teachers, 19 school across the U.S.
• Of the 19 schools,12 serve underserved, rural or
underrepresented, minority populations
• 17 student posters presented at the annual Lunar
Science Forum held at NASA Ames
• Program evaluation presented at the 44th LPSC:
Shaner, A. J., Shupla C., Shipp, S. S., Allen, J. S., Kring,
D. A. (2013). Evaluating the High School Lunar Research
Projects Program, presentated at the 44th Lunar and
Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX,
March 2013.
Abby Delawder, a freshman at Drury University, presented
Stratified Ejecta Boulders as Indicators of Layered Plutons on
the Lunar Nearside at the 44th Lunar and Planetary Science
Conference. Abby conducted this research as a student at
Kickapoo High School (Springfield, MO), along with two other
students, while participating in Year 3 (2011-2012) of the High
School Lunar Research Projects, one of the E/PO efforts of the
LPI-JSC Center for Lunar Science and Exploration NLSI team.
The program is designed to help attract and retain high school
students in STEM disciplines and strengthen the future STEM
workforce. At the 2012 Lunar Science Forum, the Kickapoo
team won 3rd place in the forum’s student poster competition,
competing against 30 other high school, undergraduate, and
graduate students. Dr. Georgiana Kramer of LPI was the team’s
mentor. The Kickapoo team included Austen Beason, Abby
Delawder, and Victoria Wilson and their teacher Richard
Snyder. All three students are currently pursuing degrees in
STEM-related fields; geology, geochemistry, and civil
engineering, respectively.
For information on the High School Lunar Research Projects, see:
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http://www.lpi.usra.edu/nlsi/education/hsResearch
May 13, 2013