Adventures in Supercomputing: an innovative program for high school teachers

Within the realm of education, seldom does an innovative program become available with the potential to change an educator's teaching methodology. Adventures in Supercomputing (AiS), sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE), is such a program. It is a program for high school teachers that changes the teacher paradigm from a teacher-directed approach of teaching to a student-centered approach. Not only is the process of teaching changed, but the cross-curricula integration within the AiS materials is remarkable. Written from a teacher's perspective, this paper describes the AiS program and its effects on teachers and students, primarily at Wartburg Central High School, in Wartburg, Tennessee. The AiS program in Tennessee is sponsored by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.