The Grid for Kids!

“The World Community Grid module is a terri c addition to the TryScience Web site. Activities—such as ‘Team Planet’ and ‘GridMaster’— are a dynamic and fun way to introduce the grid’s exciting, innovative technology. At the same time, students become familiar with the potential global impact of this technology, the World Community Grid is now featured on www.TryScience.org—the world’s rst global science museum. importance of civic involvement and giving Two key IBM community programs— The Grid features “ThinkTank”, an back to their TryScience and World Community online activity in which students communities.” Grid —are teaming together in an help ght pollution, nd cures for exciting partnership that teaches both and , and forecast Robin Willner technology and community. hurricanes as they learn the di erence Vice President between a personal computer, a IBM Global Community Initiatives TryScience now features The Grid , supercomputer and . interactive online and o ine activities, In another interactive, “GridMaster”, inspired by World Community Grid, students must that are designed to teach students prioritize projects— about grid computing in an engaging from the search for manner. The Grid also encourages extraterrestrials to students to join World Community stopping the spread of the avian Grid, contributing their unused u—for a grid to tackle before time computer time to bene t humanitarian runs out. research.

www.tryscience.or g Activities for teachers, students About World Community Grid Offline activities, contributed by the Launched by the IBM Corporation in University of Northern Iowa, The November 2004, World Community Shodor Education Foundation, Inc., Grid uses grid technology to harness and World Community Grid, provide the plentiful, underutilized resource of activities that teachers can implement PCs and laptops worldwide to support in their classrooms to teach students humanitarian research. about grid computing, while also using Technology Making a Global Difference: their math and science skills. A Few Facts About World Community Grid

“The World Community Grid module = Hundreds of thousands of volun- Individuals, including students, can is a terrific addition to the TryScience teers have joined. contribute their unused computer time

Web site. Activities—such as ‘Team = Research projects include by joining World Community Grid at Planet’ and ‘GridMaster’—are a FightAIDS@Home, Help Defeat www.worldcommunitygrid.org. dynamic and fun way to introduce the Cancer, Help Cure Muscular World Community Grid is easy, safe grid’s exciting, innovative technology,” Dystrophy and the Human Proteome and free to use. Folding Project 2. said Robin Willner, vice president, IBM Global Community Initiatives. “At the Join now at worldcommunitygrid.org! For more information on IBM It’s easy, safe and free! same time, students become familiar Corporate Citizenship and Corporate with the potential global impact of this Affairs, visit .com/ibm/ibmgives or technology, the importance of civic call 914-499-1900. involvement and giving back to their About TryScience communities.” TryScience (www.tryscience.org), a collaboration of the New York Hall of Science, IBM, and the more than 450 member institutions of the Association of Science-Technology Centers, opens a world of science and discovery to © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007 students, who otherwise would have Produced in the United States of America 07-07 no access to the best museums All Rights Reserved

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