Activities
PACE - Monmouth runs several student activities that enhance the PACE
experience. Some are conducted outside regular PACE hours. Others are special events
held instead of the normal math and engineering classes. These activities are described
below.
Engineering and College Trips
Each semester PACE - Monmouth sponsors a one-day trip to a museum or laboratory
with a technological theme. The trips usually occurs on a Saturday in November
and March. In the past we have gone to the Franklin Institute Science Museum in
Philadelphia, the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, the Sony Wonder Technology
Lab in New York, and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory in Princeton, NJ, to
name a few. See the calendar for the
date and location of this year’s trips.
Each spring is the College Tour. Over five or six days we visit several colleges
in an area of the northeast. Planning for the College Tour begins in September when
students decide where they want to go.
Science Forum
The Science Forum is an annual showcase of student research projects. Students present
the results of their several months long projects before an audience of staff, parents,
and their fellow students.
Participation in the Science Forum is voluntary, but every student is encouraged
to participate in at least one during their time in PACE. The experience will teach
you skills that you will find indispensible in high school, college, and on the
job.
Thinkathon
The Thinkathon is student competition in which each team works together to solve
puzzles and play games against the clock. The team earns points based on how well
they do at each station they visit. The team earning the most overall points wins.
The Thinkathon is usually held on a Saturday in October in place of the Eye-Opener
and Math sessions.
Math Bowl
The Math Bowl pits student teams in direct competition, where opposing contestants
race to solve a problem to earn points for their team. The event is held near the
end of the Spring semester for an entire Saturday morning.
Additional information on each of these activities may be found on their web pages.