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July 15, 2010
Amgen, a leader in biotechnology, and the Amgen Foundation are committed to supporting science education programs and are proud to be a sponsor of the USA Science & Engineering Festival to further encourage bright young minds to explore a future in science and strengthen science literacy.…
July 12, 2010
Bill Nye the Science Guy
"We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars." --Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan's dream that one day spacecraft would "sail" in space, powered only by light from the sun, is reaching fruition at The Planetary…
July 9, 2010
Answering:
Who is Your Favorite Scientist or Engineer of All Time?
A Wordle created from participants answers to "Who is your favorite scientist or engineer of all time?
We asked for your input on our woordle a little while back and here is the result. Here is the wonderfully imaginative Wordle…
July 8, 2010
Shout out to Montgomery College online for the article on Nifty Fifty Speaker Susan Bontems. Thanks for helping get the word out about the USA Science and Engineering Festival.
The USA Science and Engineering Festival selected Montgomery College Professor Susan Bontems and 49 other scientists to…
July 6, 2010
Shout out to Digital Capital Week for getting the word out about the USA Science and Engineering Festival.
From Digital Capital Week
This year is becoming a year of firsts for technology, media and science in the Nation's Capital. Much like DCWeek's inaugural convention for techies &…
July 2, 2010
Participating significantly at virtually every level of the USA Science & Engineering Festival - from start to finish - the University of Maryland, College Park is recognized as a "Dream Festival Partner."
In addition to serving as a valued Festival Sponsor, the university will host the…
June 30, 2010
Agilent is excited to host an exhibit featuring a "mystery solving" theme. This is your chance to don a lab coat, examine evidence and use hands-on testing techniques to solve a mystery. Support for events that engage and inspire students in science is one of the ways that we at Agilent invest in…
June 28, 2010
Enter the Great Science Teacher Video Contest
Great teachers inspire students to pursue a higher education in science and engineering. They communicate difficult concepts with ease. And they make science fun. Are you a great teacher?
Can you explain the photoelectric effect so that students…
June 24, 2010
Project Lead The Way (PLTW), a USA Science & Engineering Festival Partner, is bringing together some of the best and brightest minds in the STEM community for its 2010 PLTW Innovation Summit. The Summit takes place October 20-22 in Washington, DC, in conjunction with our Festival on the…
June 23, 2010
Do you have what it takes to be a Nerd Girl? Do you want to use your engineering skills to make a difference? Do you want to change the way the world views women in engineering? Do you want to be a part of a major movement to provide young girls with positive role models, while building an amazing…
June 22, 2010
Tell us now and we will turn your answers into a beautiful Word Cloud! Deadline to submit is June 30. See the results in the next newsletter!
Over the next few months, we will create multiple "Word Clouds" aka "Wordles" showcasing your answers to questions relating to science & engineering.…
June 21, 2010
If you have been putting off making your video of why you think Science is Cool you have a little more time to spare. The Kavli Science Video Contest has been extended until Aug 31st. Make sure you don't miss the deadline. There are cash prizes up for grabs and a chance to meet the Mythbusters! So…
June 18, 2010
Have you created your video yet about why you think Science is Cool? Kavli Foundation is sponsoring a very cool contest and you have just under a month left to get your video ready for the contest! July 15 is the deadline. Find out more about the contest and how to submit your entry here. What…
June 11, 2010
Reposted from Business Wire
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a massive effort to ignite a passion for science and engineering in middle and high school students, the USA Science & Engineering Festival will send more than fifty top scientists and engineers into local schools this October 10-24,…
June 9, 2010
Thanks to Project Lead the Way for this great eblast covering the USA Science and Engineering Festival! Thanks for getting the word out.
Project Lead The Way, the nation's leading provider of STEM education, is partnering with the USA Science and Engineering Festival to celebrate innovation in…
June 7, 2010
We are proud to welcome 4-H - a long-time national youth development program which engages students in science, technology and other life skill experiences through "learning by doing" - as a partner in the USA Science and Engineering Festival. As part of their commitment to STEM programs for youth…
June 4, 2010
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The Kavli Foundation is one of the USA Science and Engineering Festival's sponsors and they are sponsoring a very cool video contest for K-12 students this fall.
If you have an interest in making a video about why science is cool, find out more about that here.
But the very exciting news today…
June 2, 2010
A big shout out to one of our Nifty Fifty speakers Paul Fleisher! Check out his webpage that showcases his involvement with the USA Science and Engineering Festival's Nifty Fifty program.
Paul is an educator who writes books that span from parasites and bad weather to the Big Bang with the intent…
May 31, 2010
Shout out to Science Buddies and their promotion of the USA Science and Engineering Festival and the Kavli Video Contest. Thanks for partnering with the Festival and getting the word out!
National K-12 Science Video Contest
Do you love science? Do you love taking photos and/or making home…
May 28, 2010
Maybe you are a little like me when you wonder how exactly do biologists manage to get proteins to make crystals? How DOES that happen? I've heard it is a little complicated but have wondered how one would go about doing it. Here is one of the USA Science and Engineering Festival's performers…
May 26, 2010
RUBIK'S CUBE!!
Yes TODAY is the Rubik's Cube's 30th birthday. Happy Birthday!
And we will be having a Rubik's cube tournament at the USA Science and Engineering Festival for K-12 students. You have until Oct 1st to enter and it's free! So get practicing and get your teams together. Dr. Erno Rubik,…
May 26, 2010
Are your students inspired about science, engineering, and cool classroom technology? Can they show and tell the world why?
If so, encourage them to enter the USA Science & Engineering Festival Kavli Science Video Contest and they could win a trip to Washington, D.C. for the Festival Expo!…
May 24, 2010
Who inspired you into science? Was it a teacher? A parent? A Student? Learn a little more about Nobel Laureate Peter Agre who will be participating in the USA Science and Engineering Festival's Lunch with a Laureate program where small groups of middle and high school students will get to engage…
May 21, 2010
Inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers in your ActivClassroom by encouraging students to participate in the first USA Science & Engineering Festival, held October 10-24, 2010. The festival creates a new model for celebrating science and engineering across the country.
Two…
May 20, 2010
Now THIS is what I was writing about in my last post about how YOU can help the science festival. Monty Harper tweets about the festival (@montyharper), submitted a jingle into the festival contest, writes about the festival on his blog born to do science, publisizes the festival by sporting one…
May 20, 2010
Promethean Planet is also using social media like I was discussing in a recent post about how YOU can help the science festival. They also tweet about the festival regularly @planet_tweets if you want to follow them. Thanks Promethean Planet for helping promote the festival and the Kavli Video…
May 18, 2010
I am going to make a little confession here, I love science and I really love working for the USA Science and Engineering festival. Why? I am passionate about getting science into our culture in a hands-on way and making people say: wow...science is cool AND fun.But one thing I have found about…
May 17, 2010
And the Science Idols are....
Ryan Miyakawa and Daniel Rubalsky (aka State the Name)!!
You voted and we listened: the winner of the USA Science & Engineering Jingle Contest is Ryan Miyakawa and his song "Come and Play at the USA Science & Engineering Festival". The runner-up was so close…
May 14, 2010
Hands on Science Museums are some of my favorites. When I travel I like to look up if the city I am going to has a Science Museum and check it out. Some of my favorite exhibits are usually in the physics and math types of areas with cool lasers or how you can use lenses to teach how light…
May 13, 2010
By Aimee Stern, Festival Communications Director
"Fighting a forest fire with 1000 eye droppers." That's how David Washington, acting CEO of Change the Equation, a non-profit, described the current effort to improve STEM (science, technology, education and mathematics) education in the United…