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October 14, 2010
Check out this booth at the Expo!
Get Transported into the visually stunning digital world of Disney's upcoming theatrical release TRON: Legacy and examine where movie fantasy and the 21st century's real Grand Challenges for Engineering intersect. You'll see how 3-dimensional scanning and…
October 14, 2010
Entry: Why Science is Cool
What is your age?
Nineteen years old
Where do you go to school? When I made the video I was a senior at Grand Valley High School, but I currently attend Youngstown State University.
What is your favorite subject? All areas of art: Drawing, painting, watercolor, sculpture…
October 14, 2010
Help us bring 4000 students to the EXPO! Please follow this link and RT it!!
http://twitter.com/#!/ConstellationEG/status/27030744674
We are not even 50% of the way! We need 500+ RTs before Friday. 500 RTs = 4000 students come to the Expo through bus grants. Help us share the Expo with everyone and…
October 14, 2010
What will be the greatest discoveries and advancements science and engineering will bring us in the 21st century?
Today through October 24, we will collect answers from people across the nation and display the everchanging wordle on our website.
Click here to participate - it takes 5 seconds!
Thank…
October 14, 2010
Entry: Why is Science Cool? Science Experiments
What is your age?
I am 14 years old.
Where do you go to school? I go to the Van Buren District Secondary School (VBDSS) Maine
What do you plan to study in college? Something involving either science, technology, engineering, or film, I'm not sure…
October 14, 2010
Thank you Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers for supporting HR 1660 and your support for STEM education in Eastern Washington! Read below:
13 October 2010
Dear Friends,
I write to you with tremendous excitement about the recent passage of H.R. 1660, which promotes the objectives of the first USA…
October 13, 2010
Help us bring 4000 students to the EXPO! Please follow this link and RT it!!
http://twitter.com/#!/ConstellationEG/status/27030744674
We are not even 50% of the way! We need 500+ RTs before Friday. 500 RTs = 4000 students come to the Expo through bus grants. Help us share the Expo with everyone and…
October 13, 2010
Thanks for helping us get the word out about the USA Science and Engineering Festival!
Meet the Science Cheerleaders at the USA Science and Engineering Festival
By James
These professional cheerleaders-turned-scientists and engineers challenge stereotypes while helping to inspire young women to…
October 13, 2010
Thanks to Junior League of Northern Virginia for helping us get the word out about the Festival!
MCLEAN, Va., October 6, 2010 -- The Junior League of Northern Virginia (JLNV) and the Children's Science Center are partnering to exhibit at the Inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival being…
October 13, 2010
Thanks to Festival Partner MAA for helping us get the word out about the Festival.
MAA is an official partner of the inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival, which will occur in the Washington, D.C., area in October 2010. Billed as the country's first national science festival, the event…
October 12, 2010
Thanks STEM Notes for your post on the festival.
Thanks National Military Family Association for getting the word out about the Festival.
Thanks Air Force Association for your Tweets and helping us get the word out about the Festival.
NCS will take part in the USA Science & Engineering…
October 12, 2010
Thanks to Planetary Society Blog for helping us get the word out about the Festival.
The Planetary Society Blog
By Emily Lakdawalla
USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C.
Oct. 4, 2010 | 11:42 PDT | 18:42 UTC
We need your help.
Please donate to support our blog, website, and…
October 12, 2010
Thanks to partner organization Koshland Science Museum for helping us get the word out about the festival.
Date: Saturday, October 23, 2010 through Sunday, October 24, 2010
Location: National Mall, Tent #102 (in front of the Capitol Reflecting Pool)
Time: 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM
Cost: Free and open to…
October 12, 2010
Great info on EE Times Group, one of our Sponsors', Grants for Student Reporters. These students will come to the Festival. Read more here.
Washington, DC-area Middle School Students to Serve as Technology Journalists for EE Times' Innovation Generation Website at the Festival
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October 12, 2010
Wow...A 1500lb glacial berg is on its way to the Expo! The amazing things that will be seen at the Expo.Listen to the journey of the Ice Berg to the USA Science And Engineering Festival!
Check out more pictures of the iceberg here.
Read about the Iceberg from Juneau Empire
By Sarah Day | JUNEAU…
October 11, 2010
Thank you Mother Nature Network for you post about the Science Festival.
~~Jenn Savedge
Celebrate science at the National Mall
Love science? Take the family to the USA Science and Engineering Festival in DC this October.
Wed, Oct 06 2010 at 5:56 AM EST
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Science and Engineering Expo Photo…
October 11, 2010
Thanks to partner organization AAAS for helping us get the word out about the Festival!
When: 23-24 October 2010
Where: On the National Mall and surrounding areas
Free and open to the public!
AAAS is pleased to be a founding partner of the first USA Science & Engineering Festival. More than 1,…
October 11, 2010
Shout out to ieee-usa today's engineer for their post on the Festival!!
By Robin Peress
What happens when you combine the best minds in STEM education with best practices in entrepreneurship? One striking result is the forthcoming USA Science & Engineering Festival, whose special events will…
October 11, 2010
Check out Texas A&M one of our Satellite Festivals!
OLLEGE STATION, Oct. 5, 2010 - Texas A&M University officials invite the Brazos Valley community to experience the nationwide excitement of science and engineering later this month as part of the USA Science & Engineering Festival, set…
October 11, 2010
Thanks to one of our sponsors Engineering.com for helping us get the word out about the Festival. They will be at the Expo on Oct 23-24th even! They will be interviewing Bill Nye the Science guy and following them on engineering.com.
Check out this video some of the other things happening on…
October 10, 2010
Thanks to Aunni Y Design for all the help getting the word out. We appreciate all the twitter RTs and tweets and blog posts. Thanks for being a great Festival Partner!
AFRICAN-AMERICANS CELEBRATE SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
2010 USA Science and Engineering Festival (USASEF)http://www.…
October 10, 2010
Thanks to Festival Partner University of Maryland for helping us get the word out about the Festival and the Powers of Ten Concert and Streaming it LIVE!
Find out more here on their website.
USA Science & Engineering Festival Opens with Live Powers of Ten Concert
Festival of Science and…
October 9, 2010
Shout out to EE Times Group for getting the word out about the Festival.
SOURCE EE Times Group
To Offer Teardowns of Popular Consumer Electronics and the Opportunity to Serve as Technology Journalists
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- EE Times Group, a UBM company and the daily source of…
October 9, 2010
This is a great shout out and an example of how to help reach a diverse audience. Truth2beingfit saw Larry's letter and decided to post it on her website even though her website is all about fitness. This is an excellent way to get the word out. Thanks Truth2beingfit!!
On to the assistance I need…
October 9, 2010
Thanks to NCSA for their mention of the USA Science and Engineering Festival on their webpage. Find the full article here.
What is the universe made of? What do engineers have to do with baseball? What is a supercomputer and how do scientists use them? Find out at the first ever USA Science &…
October 9, 2010
This is a bit amazing. Check out the original post here.
It's a method of art reminiscent of Jackson Pollack's abstract drip paintings. Just more suited to the less squeamish.
Erin Watson uses blow fly larvae -- maggots -- to get kids excited about painting. Judging by her upcoming educational…
October 8, 2010
Shoutout to DC Geology Events for getting the word out about the Festival! Thanks for helping promote the festival.
Read the full post here.
Why have a Science Festival? Society gets what it celebrates! As a culture, we celebrate movie stars, rock stars and athletes and we generate a lot of them…
October 8, 2010
WE.NEED.YOUR.HELP!!!
Constellation Energy is running a "tweet" a promotion of the USA Science Festival and the Constellation E2 Grants program until next Friday Oct 15th. For each twitter user's "re-tweet" constillation Energy will donate $10 to the USA Science Festival (up to $10,000). And here…
October 7, 2010
Thanks Technology News for helping get the word out.
Read the full article here.
WASHINGTON - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Starting today, about 6,000 middle and high school students from across the United States will share brown bag lunches with over 20 Nobel Laureates.
This special highlight of the USA…
October 7, 2010
Thanks COPUS for helping us get the word out about the Science festival! Read the full article here.
Help science by celebrating with the USA Science and Engineering Festival and COPUS
Four easy options to help bring science to center stage this October!!
1. Connect your local activities to the…