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May 12, 2010
TODAY IS THE DAY! Have you voted yet?? Help us decide the jingle for the USA Science and Engineering Festival.
Find the 7 jingles here listen to them all and then vote! Today is the last day to vote!
So what are you waiting for? Go listen AND VOTE!
May 12, 2010
Sid the Science Kid is going to be at the USA Science and Engineering Festival! And the best part is it looks like he even has his Festival T-shirt as well as all of his friends. Do you have yours yet??
Better yet, today is May 12th and I bet Sid the Science kid is also pretty excited that it is…
May 11, 2010
Tomorrow is the last day to vote for the jingle contest, so listen to the submissions and get your vote in!
Find the 7 jingles here listen to them all and then vote! You have until TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY MAY 12th to vote! Some of the submissions don't include the words "USA Science & Engineering…
May 10, 2010
Just a few more days to vote for the jingle contest, so listen to the submissions and get your vote in!
Find the 7 jingles here listen to them all and then vote! You have until THIS WEDNESDAY MAY 12th to vote! Some of the submissions don't include the words "USA Science & Engineering Festival…
May 10, 2010
Shout out to the Innovate-Educate blog for their post on the science festival! Thanks for getting the word out!
Do you have a blog? Want to help us get the word out about the USA Science and Engineering Festival? Blog about the festival and we will give you a shout out and link to you.
From…
May 7, 2010
Songs and jingles about the USA Science & Engineering Festival? You bet! And so many good ones, that we can't make up our minds! Have you voted yet? We need your help to chose our final jingle as well as get the word out. Send this to your friends and get them to help us decide who to pick!!…
May 7, 2010
Ever wonder about the kind of chemistry that happenings during a Thanksgiving meal?
Ever looked up at the sky and wondered if there was life out there?
Or even just want to fly up into space?
Want to be inspired by a migrant worker who became a neurosurgeon?
Wonder about the physics of superheros…
May 6, 2010
Songs and jingles about the USA Science & Engineering Festival? You bet! And so many good ones, that we can't make up our minds! We need your help to choose the winning jingle! Voting ends May 12th. So just under two weeks to help us decide! We need your help to chose our final jingle as well…
May 6, 2010
As we are winding up our jingle contest (have you voted yet?), we are launching a NEW contest. The American Academy of Environmental Engineers is challenging middle and high-school students to design a residential home that a family of four could comfortably live while taking advantage of…
May 4, 2010
TWENTY SEVEN schools have signed up for the Rubik's Cube Tournament. Have you signed up your school yet?? Maybe your rival school is in this list? Make sure to be there this fall!
Sign up and attend our Teacher/Coach Workshop that is happening THIS SATURDAY, May 8, 2010 to be eligible to receive a…
May 4, 2010
Songs and jingles about the USA Science & Engineering Festival? You bet! And so many good ones, that we can't make up our minds! We need your help to choose the winning jingle! Voting ends May 12th. So just under two weeks to help us decide! We need your help to chose our final jingle as well…
May 2, 2010
Songs and jingles about the USA Science & Engineering Festival? You bet! And so many good ones, that we can't make up our minds! We need your help to choose the winning jingle!
Below are the 7 top choices selected from nearly 100 submissions. Have a listen through them and then click here to…
April 30, 2010
Sometimes kids label science as being 'uncool' and even irrelevant. It is sometimes believed to be inaccessible and worse yet that scientists have no fun. Check out these videos on PCR, Polymerase Chain Reaction invented by one of our Lunch Lunch with a Laureates, Kary Mullis, I have to say…
April 30, 2010
Today is the day! It's the last day jingles uploaded!! Next week will be the "American Idol" of the USA Science and Engineering Festival when our finalists will go to a public VOTE to help us decide on the best jingle!! Yes...YOU dear readers will get to help decide on the USA Science and…
April 29, 2010
Tomorrow is the last day to get your jingles put together and uploaded. Next week will be the "American Idol" of the USA Science and Engineering Festival when our finalists will go to a public VOTE to help us decide on the best jingle!! Yes...YOU dear readers will get to help decide on the USA…
April 28, 2010
Entries have started rolling in for the Kavli Science Video Contest at the USA Science and Engineering Festival.
So we want you to tell us Why is Science Cool? We are seeking videos that are creative, surprising, and "contagious" in terms of spreading your enthusiasm about science to others.…
April 28, 2010
Just a few more days to get your jingles put together and uploaded. Next week will be the "American Idol" of the USA Science and Engineering Festival when our finalists will go to a public VOTE to help us decide on the best jingle!! Yes...YOU dear readers will get to help decide on the USA Science…
April 26, 2010
Just four more days to get your jingles put together and uploaded. Next week will be the "American Idol" of the USA Science and Engineering Festival when our finalists will go to a public VOTE to help us decide on the best jingle!! Yes...YOU dear readers will get to help decide on the USA Science…
April 26, 2010
Don't miss the 2010 Excellence in Environmental Engineering Awards Luncheon and Conference Wednesday, April 28th at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, from 11:30 am to 4:45 pm. The keynote speaker is Major General Jeffrey Talley, Ph.D., P.E., Chair and Professor, Department of Environmental…
April 23, 2010
My first impression of physics was rather dull. It reminded me a bit of the dreaded 'word' problems that are prevalent in any math class except, every problem was a word problem. Having done my graduate work in polymer physics, I eventually discovered that physics is quite cool, but many of us have…
April 21, 2010
For two weeks I posted about the Spirit of Innovation Conrad awards and all of the cool stuff that these students were inventing. I urged all you, dear readers, to go vote for the people's choice award. Maybe you are now asking yourself: Well...who won?
The following recipients were announced to…
April 20, 2010
Shout out to Fab Lab DC for posting about the USA Science and Engineering Festival last week.
www.fablabdc.org
USA Science & Engineering Festival
Festival Dates: 10/10/10 - 10/24/10
Expo on the National Mall: October 23rd and 24th, 2010
The Inaugural USA Science and Engineering Festival will…
April 19, 2010
Come and meet Science Composer David Haines: Wednesday April 21st any time from 4.30 to 6pm at the Koshlan Science Museum, National Academy of Sciences, corner of 6th and E NW, across from the Verizon Centre.
If you are a teacher at any level of the education system, a choral director, a member of…
April 16, 2010
Why IS Science Cool? Have you ever pondered that question? Ever want to tell the world why you think that Science is Cool? I think science is COOL because through science I can find the answer to my hundreds of questions of why? Why is the sky blue but sunsets have colors? Why don't birds fall out…
April 15, 2010
A shout out to Bora over at A Blog Around the Clock for re-posting the press release on the Rubik's Cube Tournament announcing that Professor Erno Rubik will be presenting the awards to the winners!
From A Blog Around the Clock:
Rubik's Cube Tournament - Winners Meet Professor Erno Rubik
Category…
April 14, 2010
There is still lots of time to enter your team into the You CAN do the Rubik's cube competition and start practicing for the USA Science and Engineering Festival's competition this fall. Check out the video below about a recent You CAN do the Rubik's cube competition at the San Diego Science…
April 13, 2010
Shout out to Community Matters DC who posted about what's going to happen at the USA Science and Engineering Festival in the Fall.
USA Science & Engineering Festival
Festival Dates: 10/10/10 - 10/24/10
Expo on the National Mall: October 23 & 24, 2010http://www.usasciencefestival.org/
The…
April 9, 2010
TODAY is the last day to vote for Spirit of Innovation Awards! Have you voted yet? Check out www.conradawards.org for more information on all of the teams, their products, and to submit your vote!
For the past week and a half I have posted different videos from the different divisions. The three…
April 9, 2010
I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale.~Marie Curie
Unfortunately sometimes in communicating the excitement of science to those that are…
April 8, 2010
Only TWO Days left to vote for the Spirit of Innovation Awards! Have you voted yet? Check out www.conradawards.org for more information on all of the teams, their products, and to submit your vote!
For the past week and a half I have posted different videos from the different divisions. The three…