Thank you for your interest in the Applied Mathematics and Science Academy's Exploring Technology curriculum! Please feel free to download and implement our curriculum as you see fit. We only ask that you display the cover pages so that people become familiar with our name. You will need a decompressor to use the files. Decompressors are available for free at any of a variety of web sites. Visit tucows to download a free version or a registered version of decompressors for your platform (Unix, MacOS, Win.xx).

• Flight part I, Part II (Claris Works 4.0 for Mac)- This module is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of aerodynamics as well as flight simulation. The equipment you need to run this module is a PC-486 with 16 Mb of RAM, and a flight yoke. The software needed: Aviation Adventure, Whitewings and Microsoft Flight 95.
• Plastics (Claris Works 4.0 for Mac) - Polymers and their applications are studied in this module. The equipment you need to run this module: A vacuum former, rotational molder oven, an injection molder, a strip heater.
• Telecommunications (Word 7.0 for Win95)- Video Conferencing using Microsoft's NetMeeting 2.0 is the topic of this module. Students prepare a presentation and then conduct a video/audio conference while doing file sharing in real time! NetMeeting is available for download at www.microsoft.com. All you need is an upper end PC with at least a Pentium 133 MHz processor, 32MBs of RAM, a 33.6 speed modem, a video capture device (Connectix cameras start at $80.00) a microphone and an Internet Service Provider (ISP). NetMeeting is not designed to run through firewalls (combination of hardware and software designed to ward of hackers and give you access to the net ).
• Web Publishing (Claris Works 4.0 for Mac)- Students use Claris Home Page 3.0 to create a multimedia web page. The emphasis is on language arts as students prepare an autobiography and two descriptive paragraphs on sharks and trains while they insert their 360 degree QuickTime VR movie as well as a QuickTime standard film clip. You will need an upper end PowerMac with a G3 processor and the QuickTime 3.0 Plug-In available for free at http://www.apple.com. Claris Home Page 3.0 averages 50 dollars at most online stores or you may download an evaluation copy at http://www.claris.com.
• Digital Imaging with the Sony Mavica MVC FD-83 and Epson PC 750-Z Mavica, Mavica for Goo, Mavica for Morph, Epson, (Claris Works 4.0 for Mac)- These are simply enhancers that will allow students to take Joint Photographic Expert Group (jpeg's) and maybe some Movie Photographic Expert Group (mpeg's) images for whatever activities require digital imaging i.e. Kai's Power Goo, Griffin's Morph 2.5, and web page publishing.