The project uses structured, hands-on, seven-week, out-of-school IT education modules (Intensives) in conjunction with bridging activities to maintain youth engagement in IT and in the AET community of learners.

One hundred and twenty five high school teachers and their 3,750 students (along with 90 scientists and 15 career counselors) from the Pacific Northwest use bioinformatics resources (such as DNA sequence alignment tools, molecular visualization software, and gene expression analysis programs) to learn about careers that incorporate bioinformatics, explore fundamental concepts in biology, and conduct authentic research.

In West Oakland, CA, 180 girls ages 13-16 IT develop IT and science skills and content knowledge through creating computer based games about modern astrophysical exploration and collaboration.

One hundred and forty four 8th–12th grade students in Oakland, Richmond, and Sacramento, California are researching air and water quality in their local communities and study attitudes toward and use of IT among their peers.

Seventy ninth, tenth and eleventh grade limited English speaking students in California participate in extreme science activities including hot air ballooning, scuba diving, and geological exploration of the Sierras and are introduced to the excitement of the sciences through a series of five-week hands-on sessions in areas such as web design, nutrition, electronic circuitry, nanotechnology, and ecology.

InnovaTE3 is an out-of-school youth-centered curriculum for 8th through 11th grade girls. Within this context, InnovaTE3 will investigate the strategy of integrating innovation practices with interest-driven science learning for girls.

Four hundred grade 8-12 students in Honolulu, Hawaii are learning about and creating electronic adaptive devices that meet the needs of persons with disabilities and the elderly in the community.

Three hundred and sixty teachers and 22,000 sixth—ninth grade students will use information technology in the context of gaming and will create their own avatars in order to solve complex environmental and other problems.

Sixty middle and high school teachers and 45 students in central California, using the vehicle of lesson study, conduct marine science research experiments using biotechnology and bioinformatics. The curriculum and teaching strategies will ultimately reach approximately 10,000 students indirectly.

In Washington state, 60 teachers are mastering and implementing a curriculum that applies GIS, modeling/simulation and game development to environmental sciences. Teachers will work with 700 students.

One hundred and eighty middle and high school Native American students in Oregon, Washington State, and California are performing GIS surveys and utilizing computer modeling to map the spawning grounds of wild Salmon.

One hundred and twenty middle and high school students in the Capistrano Valley area of California are learning to use technology to track and analyze the acoustic behaviors of whales and dolphins and conduct an acoustic population census in California, the Bering Sea and the Southern Ocean.

One hundred and eighty 12—18 year old students and their teachers in 6 schools in Eastern Washington state use GIS, GPS, robotics, videogame programming and more to investigate local community issues by conducting research with scientists and mentors.