Project AMPLE Extended

Project AMPLE Extended is a two-week residential summer enrichment program in science, mathematics and technology for current ninth grade students in designated GEAR-UP schools. The purpose of Project AMPLE Extended is to motivate students with high potential to consider future careers as scientists, engineers, and mathematicians.

Project AMPLE (Action Math and Physics Laboratory Experiences) was originally funded by grants from the National Science Foundation from 1992 to 1997. In 1998, Project AMPLE Extended was held for the first time using residual funds from the National Science Foundation as well as grant money from the U. S. Department of Education and private donations. At that time, the curriculum was extended beyond physics to include all other areas of science. From 2000 to 2007 the U.S. Department of Education funded Project AMPLE Extended through the GEAR-UP project as a camp for rising eighth-graders.  For 2008 and 2009, GEAR-UP will support a new Project AMPLE Extended designed for rising 10th -graders. 

Students are selected for participation through a competitive process that includes a review of academic records, attendance, awards and honors,community service, and leadership. In addition to completing several application forms, each applicant must write an essay and work a detailed mathematics problem.

THERE IS NO COST for participants in Project AMPLE. For more information or to receive application materials, contact your school or county GEAR-UP coordinator. Applications are also available from the web site by early January each year. Interested parents and students would learn a lot about Project AMPLE Extended by reviewing the student pages from the Project AMPLE Extended Classes of previous years.  The menu above can provide images of day and evening activities, staff images, and links to the student pages where each participant describes their own experience.