Do you know an outstanding science teacher?
The Outstanding Science Teacher Award given by the New Mexico Academy of Science honors New Mexico STEM educators. The Academy recognizes educators who provide opportunities for students to succeed in science. The award has been given since 1968 and nominations are open to all preK-12 and informal science educators throughout New Mexico ...
Call to Action for Science Education
From the National Academy Press Scientific thinking and understanding are essential for all people navigating the world, not just for scientists and other science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professionals. Knowledge of science and the practice of scientific thinking are essential components of a fully functioning democracy. Science is also ...
COVID-19 Resources
General Novel Coronavirus and Pandemic Information
- Centers for Disease Control – COVID main menu
- Centers for Disease Control – Guidance for Schools, Communities, and Workplaces
- Centers for Disease Control – Science updates
- Health & Human Service – Combat COVID
- National Institutes of Health – main page
- World Health Organization ...
Next Generation Science Standards
For the past three decades, the New Mexico Academy of Science has proposed and defended adoption and implementation of Nationally written Science Standards. Traditionally the national standards (NSES and NGSS) are science standards that are "rich in content and practice and arranged in a coherent manner across disciplines and grades ...
New Mexico Journal of Science – Archives
Full digital editions NMJS 2023, V57, Full issue | contributed papers
NMJS 2022, V56, Full issue | invited papers
NMJS 2021, V55, Full issue | invited papers
NMJS 2020, V54, No 1 – Invited papers (Full issue | Index)
NMJS 2020, V54, No2 – Student papers (Full issue | Index)
NMJS 2019, V 53, No ...
NMJS 2022, V56, Full issue | invited papers
NMJS 2021, V55, Full issue | invited papers
NMJS 2020, V54, No 1 – Invited papers (Full issue | Index)
NMJS 2020, V54, No2 – Student papers (Full issue | Index)
NMJS 2019, V 53, No ...
2020 New Mexico Journal of Science
Volume 54, No 1 – Invited Papers Complete Digital Edition
- Mechanisms of VOC Pollution-Induced Respiratory Dysfunction: A Review (Basil M. Baccouche, Vladislav I. Sevostianov)
- Using SWIFT-Review as a New and Robust Tool for Comprehensive Systematic Review (Basil M. Baccouche, Tejas E. Shivkumar)
- Prospects and Significance of Chinese Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba) in New Mexico: A Review ...
For authors
The New Mexico Journal of Science accepts papers for consideration for upcoming issues. All papers are subject to a peer review process. There is no cost to authors for publishing and all previous papers can be open-source accessed. Papers can be from a variety of scientific disciplines. All novel and previously unpublished work will be ...
NMJAS 2022 Judging Forms
Judges' links General links NMJAS judging forms & documents Please note: The judging criteria and format have changed, based on feedback from 2021. The general categories for manuscript judging are: mechanics & effort (20%); clarity (30%); analytical approach (20%); thoroughness (20%); and creativity (10%).The general categories for oral presentation judging are: ...
Writing and formatting your manuscript
Student links General links Technical writing Technical papers differ from other expository compositions. When a scientist reads a journal article, she expects to see specific things in specific places: an abstract, enough information to replicate or evaluate the experimental approach, a summary and interpretation of the data, and references. Manuscripts submitted ...
NMAS Board Election – 2022 Offices
Candidate biographies Vice-President – Diane Peebles Diane Peebles is the new Senior Manager for Academic Programs at Sandia National Laboratories, with leadership of Sandia’s University Partnerships, Postdoc Office, and Faculty Loan Program for Joint Appointments. Diane came to Sandia in 1983, after receiving her PhD in Physical Chemistry from the ...