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U.S. Army education programs offer something for everyone depending on your personal education needs. Choose a program category below based on your education goals. Categories range from resources such as career exploration and higher education to specific fields such as science and technology. To view all programs by audience, click here. To view all programs alphabetically, click here.

Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program - College Qualified Leaders (SEAP-CQL)

URL: www.gwseap.net/seap-cql.asp
This program involves paid internships for undergraduates seeking experience in medical research.

Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP)

URL: www.usaeop.com
This program provides opportunities for dedicated high school students pursuing advanced studies through highly competitive, academically advanced and challenging summer internships.

March 2 Success

URL: www.march2sucess.com
March 2 Success is a free, no obligation tool that provides educational content to help anyone improve their knowledge and standardized test scores in the areas of Language Arts, Mathematics and Science.

Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP)

URL: www.usaeop.com
The Army Educational Outreach Program consists of multiple programs to engage students and teachers in Army sponsored research, education, competitions, internships and unique practical experiences to stimulate the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.

Discovery Academy

URL: www.nscdiscovery.org/eo/outreachprograms/discoveryacademy.aspx
The Discovery Academy is a three-week-long program that uses a thematic, interdisciplinary approach to learning and remediation through content- and technology-rich curriculum. This program was created to satisfy the mandates of No Child Left Behind legislation.

eCYBERMISSION

URL: www.ecybermission.com
This Web-based science, math and technology competition for students in grades six through nine promotes self-discovery and enables all students to recognize the real-life applications of science, math and technology. Teams propose a solution to a real problem in their communities and compete for regional and national awards.

Fast Track Science Series

URL: www.nscdiscovery.org/eo/outreachprograms/FastTrackScience.aspx
Fast Track Science Series is a week-long summer camp focusing on the technological applications to racing. Students going into grades four and five and grades six through eight learn and explore math and science while manipulating and racing remote control cars. Students analyze data to make fast cars even faster and participate in team-based driving challenges that demand the real processes of science while using real applications of math.

Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science (GEMS)

URL: www.usaeop.com/programs/GEMS
Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science (GEMS) is a one-to-four week program that allows students an opportunity to participate in a paid internship over the summer in an Army Laboratory learning the real life application of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

International Mathematics Olympiad (JROTC)

URL: http://www.unl.edu/amc/
The Army sponsors a team to represent the United States at the International Mathematics Olympiad to compete with teams from other countries. This annual mathematics competition for high school students is the oldest of the International Science Olympiads.

Internships Science & Engineering Program (ISEP)

URL: No site available
Students in this program assist the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) researchers on projects during the summer prior to their senior year in high school. All students are required to give a formal presentation of their research.

Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS)

URL: www.jshs.org/about.html and http://www.usaeop.com/programs/JSHS/index.htm
This annual high school competition helps students develop oral presentation skills and emphasizes the ethical conduct of original research. U.S. Army Research Laboratory scientists and engineers are judges in the Maryland regional competition and provide students mission-related research topics and summer internships. Scholarships are awarded to highly talented students.

Junior Solar Sprint (JSS)

URL: http://www.nesea.org/k-12/juniorsolarsprint/
The Junior Solar Sprint (JSS) is a model solar electric car program recognized nationwide as an innovative way to inspire middle school students to study the fields of science, mathematics and engineering. Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) provides professional development to teachers, non-formal educators and community mentors on applications in solar energy. Through hands-on experimentation, students learn how to build model solar cars and tackle issues in engineering processes, properties of materials, forces and motion, electricity and magnetism, ratios and geometry, and craftsmanship. These young engineers deepen their understanding about solar energy, math, physical science and craftsmanship. Along the way, students explore scientific concepts and technologies that can help our country address issues of global climate change, reduce air and water pollution, and reduce our dependence on foreign sources of fuel. Additionally, teams can enter their cars in local design and race competitions with top winners invited to NESEA's annual championship.

Learning Logic

URL: http://ll.nscdiscovery.org/
Learning Logic is a self-paced, mastery-based computer software program used for teaching Pre-Algebra and Algebra I. Learning Logic is designed to ignite and promote increased interest in mathematics and the sciences through interactive lessons and real world applications. Since its initial delivery to schools in 1990, more than 500 teachers and 120,000 students across the United States have used Learning Logic.

National Science Center Distance Learning

URL: www.nscdiscovery.org/eo/outreachprograms/distancelearning.aspx
The National Science Center (NSC) is a unique partnership between National Science Center, Inc., a non-profit organization, and the U.S. Army. National Science Center Distance Learning (NSC Live) delivers interactive programming to schools across the United States through the technology of Internet Protocol (IP) Video Teleconferencing (VTC).

National Science Center JROTC Programs

URL: www.nscdiscovery.org/eo/outreachprograms/jrotcprograms.aspx
In partnership with the Army’s Cadet Command, the National Science Center(NSC) provides hands-on math and science training for JROTC Cadets through summer camp and in-school programs. The NSC provides curriculum and materials for activities that involve “learning by doing.” Cadets construct items such as battery-powered cars, spinning coil motors, series and parallel circuits, flashlights, burglar alarms, telegraph keys, electromagnets and engraving pencils.

National Science Center Mobile Discovery Centers

URL: www.nscdiscovery.org/eo/outreachprograms/mobilediscovery.html
The National Science Center takes science on the road with its Mobile Discovery Centers. Housed in an 18-wheelers, the mobile centers travel across the country, presenting programs designed to show young people that studying science and math is fun as well as essential to their future.

Project Lead The Way

URL: http://www.pltw.org/index.cfmis
Project Lead the Way is a national organization, dedicated to creating partnerships with the Nation’s schools to prepare students to be successful in engineering and technology programs.

Research & Engineering Apprentice Program (REAP)

URL: www.aas-world.org and http://www.usaeop.com/programs/REAP/index.htm
The Research and Engineering Apprentice Program (REAP) is a summer program for students, providing a hands-on experience in a lab environment at 40 colleges in over 30 states. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory supports 95 REAP internships each year.

Science and Technology Academic Recognition System (STARS)

URL: www.gwseap.net/stars.asp
The Science and Technology Academic Recognition System (STARS) provides internships, fellowships and employment opportunities for qualified undergraduate and graduate students in the U.S. Army Research Laboratory.

STEM Learning Modules

URL: www.materialsworldmodules.org
STEM, a National Science Foundation-funded program is used by 9,000 students nationwide. The program includes interdisciplinary modules based on topics in materials science used in middle and high school science, technology and math classes.

Uninitiates Introduction to Engineering (UNITE)

URL: www.jets.org/programs/unite.cfm and http://www.usaeop.com/programs/UNITE/index.htm
UNITE aims to promote careers in engineering and technology by providing disadvantaged high school students with the opportunity to participate in college-structured academic enrichment programs, with courses in chemistry, physics, algebra and calculus. Seven colleges host UNITE students during the summer.

Women in Science Project (WISP)

URL: www.dartmouth.edu/~wisp/
The Women in Science Project was created at Dartmouth College to encourage interested women to stay in mathematics, science and engineering.

Basic Skills Education Program

URL: www.hrc.army.mil/site/education/FAST.html
The Basic Skills Education Program provides Soldiers with job-related instruction to improve basic educational competencies necessary for job proficiency, skill qualification, advanced schooling and career progression. The Basic Skills program focuses on: reading and math skills that Soldiers need on the job; reclassification purposes; and preparation for lifelong learning.

Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area (CUWMA)

URL: www.consortium.org/main.asp
This program places graduate students as Consortium research fellows in Army laboratories and provides junior and senior undergraduate students the opportunity to work as Consortium research assistants.