A#4 Impact
Benchmark 1-A:
New Mexico: analyze how people and events of New Mexico have influenced United States and world history since statehood:
A#4 Standards with Specifications:
Analyze the impact of the arts, sciences and technology of New Mexico since World War II (e.g., artists, cultural artifacts, nuclear weapons, the arms race, technological advances, scientific developments, high-tech industries, federal laboratories)
Official Best of New Mexico 2016
10 Best Places to Visit In New Mexico || Pastimers
Remembered Earth - New Mexico's High Desert
Sky Island - New Mexico's Jemez Mountains
36 Hours in Santa Fe, New Mexico | The New York Times
Frugal Traveler: Santa Fe, N.M. | The New York Times
The Hidden Gems - Best of Taos New Mexico
Living In and Loving New Mexico
The Valles Caldera National Preserve: New Mexico's Crown Jewel
New Mexico's Enchanting Destinations
C-SPAN Cities Tour - Santa Fe: Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
The Lost People of Chaco Canyon | Ancient Mysteries Documentary
Rethinking New Mexico's tricultural identity | Christina Foster | TEDxABQWomen
State museum hits the road to rural areas
Culture Pass Challenge - Telling New Mexico
Travel Guide New Mexico tm New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe
MOMENTS IN TIME | Through the Lens: Imaging Santa Fe | New Mexico PBS
Museum Celebrates New Mexico History
Tour of the New Mexico Museum of Space History
New Mexico PBS "Moments in Time": The Last Hurdle: El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
MOMENTS IN TIME | The Buffalo Soldiers in New Mexico | New Mexico PBS
MOMENTS IN TIME | Rough Riders | New Mexico PBS
New Mexico PBS "Moments in Time": History of Film
New Mexico PBS "Moments in Time": USS New Mexico BB40: The Drinan Diary
New Mexico PBS "Moments in Time": Tesoros De Devoción
New Mexico PBS "Moments in Time": The Estancia Press
New Mexico PBS "Moments in Time": In Her Own Voice - Doña Teresa Aguilera y Roche
New Mexico PBS "Moments in Time": Segresser Paintings
New Mexico PBS "Moments in Time": Palace of the Governors
New Mexico PBS "Moments in Time": Remembering the Santa Fe Japanese Internment Camp
New Mexico PBS "Moments in Time": Your Obedient Servant W.H. Bonney
MOMENTS IN TIME | Maps of New Mexico | New Mexico PBS
Sample Question:
Assets
Sandia National Laboratories – Centrally located in Albuquerque, Sandia National Laboratories is a leading government R&D laboratory, focusing on nuclear weapons technology and security, energy, climate and infrastructure security, defense systems, and homeland security.
Los Alamos National Laboratory – Los Alamos National Laboratory, located less than an hour’s drive from Santa Fe, is a premier national security research institution focused on delivering scientific and engineering solutions for the most crucial and complex problems including the advancement of bioscience, chemistry, computer science, earth and environmental sciences, materials science, and physics.
UNM – Nonprofit that handles University of New Mexico technologies and brings them to the marketplace through patent applications, license and options agreements, and start-up companies.
New Mexico Consortium – Engages universities and industry in scientific research in the nation’s interest and to increase the role of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in science, education and economic development.
Microsystems & Engineering Science Application Center (MESA) – Located at Sandia Labs. It represents the essential facilities and equipment to design, develop, manufacture, integrate, and qualify trusted microsystems for national security needs.
Pulse Power Center – Also locates in Sandia Labs. Houses some of the world’s most advanced optics equipment. The center has technologies to create, diagnose, and model extreme radiation, high energy density environments, and inertial confinement fusion.
Which comment is supported by the evidence in the text above?
A. Non-profit business centers are extremely important in the state of NM.
B. The defense industry, science and technology are essential parts of the NM economy. *
C. The state of NM is totally dependent upon funding from the federal government.
D. The impact of science and technological research has been shrinking in recent years in the state of NM.