LOS ALAMOS, N.M., March 5, 2004 — An estimated 150 teenage girls from around Northern and Central New Mexico will discover the wonderment of math and science as participants in the national Expanding Your Horizons program Thursday, March 11, at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church Parish Hall in Los Alamos.

The program is cosponsored by Los Alamos National Laboratory and is designed for young women in grades eight through 10 from throughout Northern New Mexico.

Each attendee will participate in two “hands-on” workshops conducted by women scientists. An estimated 150 teenage girls will participate in the conference, which includes up to 15 “hands-on” workshops on a variety of subjects. Each attendee will participate in two workshops conducted by local women scientists, exploring topics such as robotics, fractals, polymers, chemistry, radioactivity spectroscopy and cryptology , said Georgia Pedicini of Los Alamos’ High Performance Computing Systems Group. Lunch is provided for the participants.

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