Decoding the Past through Mathematics and Anthropology
Outreach
Outreach and Community Engagement
AMAAZE researchers are passionate about their work and many of us are happy to share our experience with the community. We have given talks and presented activities in K-12 classrooms and at museums, summer camps, lunch talks, colloquia, conferences, and corporate events.
If you are interested in having one of our researchers present in your classroom or at your event, please contact us at amaaze@umn.edu.
Current Community Projects
High School Math Students Engaging in Research
AMAAZE-lab, UMN
AMAAZE members from the University of Minnesota are currently working in partnership with a local high school math teacher to give high school students an opportunity to engage in research. These students are currently working on projects useful for the geometric analysis and classification of bone fragments.
Broadening the Scope of Youth Engagement with Archaeology
African Paleosciences Laboratory, NYU
To broaden the scope and potential for archaeological outreach and youth engagement, AMAAZE members from the African Paleosciences Laboratory have used their unique fieldwork opportunities and access to education and outreach skills in South Africa to design and disseminate a series of multilingual comic books that promote young black South African archaeologists and careers in African Paleosciences. They have now disseminated these comics to over 100,000 primary and secondary school children across South Africa. They hope to continue exploring options for education and outreach and to encourage student interest in STEM fields and their intersections with the paleosciences.
AMAAZE Researchers Partner with Science and Social Studies Adventures (SASSAk12)
AMAAZE-lab, UMN
AMAAZE researchers regularly work with Science and Social Studies Adventures (SASSAk12.org), an educational nonprofits who works collaboratively with K-12 educators to design customized learning experiences for their students and schools by connecting active researchers to make connections between what happens in science and what happens in our world.
“AMAAZE offered me a fun, cool, new experience, which introduced me to the world of research.”
— Gabriella, High School Student, MN
