A-MAN, Inc. / Project SUM (Science Unveils Mysteries) & the National Science Foundation Website

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0206178

A-MAN, Inc.'s Project SUM sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is proud to announce the launch of the Project SUM website.

Here you will learn about the various special, and ongoing projects and activities youngsters participate in while at the A-MAN, Inc. International Science Discovery and Learning Center (ISD&L Center); home to Project SUM.

Read their stories discussing involvement in projects from, building computers, to creating their own web pages, to the latest project -- the creation of a Mars Rover site.

Students pose outside the ISD&L's Sirius-B International Space Station Science Laboratory Module

On Thursday, May 6th, the children joined over 2.5 million other students worldwide in the celebration of Space Day 2004...Blazing Trails. This celebration is co-sponsored by NASA and the Lockheed Martin Corporation. This celebration of 250 Student Signatures In Space, affords participants the opportunity to have their signatures actually go into space aboard the next shuttle mission launch.

After the mission, the school will have returned, the poster that went into space, along with a photo of the astronaut crew, and an official flight certificate.

Our hands-on activities demonstrate the theories and principles discussed in lectures - rocketry!

"...Five...Four...Three...Two...One...Lift Off! The Gemini team, led by Loyola Electrical Engineering student - Rahim Miller, successfully launches its latest rocket