Formalized in and evolving since 1989, the Student Inquiry and Research (SIR) Program serves as a model learning environment that provides a framework for students to conduct original investigations on compelling questions of interest, collaborate with other students and on-campus or off-campus professionals such as educators, researchers and scholars, and to share their investigation results through public presentation and publication.
Abstracts for completed SIR investigations are assembled into a document that is distributed at an annual investigations showcase held on the IMSA campus. At this IMSAloquium (formerly known as Presentation Day) students share their investigations with invited guests, SIR advisors, and IMSA staff and students.
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1994 Sixth Annual IMSA Presentation Day
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
"The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy would like to express our gratitude to the Mayer and Morris Kaplan Foundation and Imcera-Pitman-Moore for their generous support of the Mentorship Program."
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1993 Fifth Annual IMSA Presentation Day
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Attached abstracts are listed in alphabetical order by last name of first author.
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1992 Fourth Annual IMSA Presentation Day
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
The 4th Annual Presentation Day is funded in part by a grant from the IMCERA Group Inc.
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1990 Second Annual IMSA Presentation Day
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
The Second Annual Presentation Day was funded in part by a grant from the Mayer and Morris Kaplan Foundation.
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1989 First Annual IMSA Presentation Day
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
"Attached is a schedule of the times and locations of the presentations.
All faculty and students are expected to attend at least one of the sessions. At the end of her talk, Rowan Lockwood will describe some of her experiences as a Westinghouse finalist."