kcollins | 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 behind, that we created a 2nd prize for Daniel Rubalsky and his band, State the Name.
Ryan Miyakawa is a fifth-year Ph.D. student in applied science and technology at UC Berkeley. Daniel Rubalsky is a 15-year old tenth-grader from Reisterstown, MD.
Although their backgrounds are seemingly as…
kcollins | 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 diffracts, but a Math Museum, where it is dedicated to JUST math?? That sounds pretty awesome too!
Meet mathematician and Nifty Fifty Speaker Glen Whitney who decided to demonstrate how super cool and fun math can really be, recently gave up a lucrative career as a hedge-fund algorithm manager in New York…
kcollins | 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 States.
There are hundreds of programs around the country addressing the nation's need for improving STEM education, but there is no centralized repository of information about them. The problem? Others can't learn from their success or failures.
This discussion was part of a larger meeting at the…
kcollins | May 12, 2010TODAY 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!
kcollins | 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 National Lab Day. In FACT, even the White House is also pretty excited about National Lab Day. And the best part? National Lab Day isn't just a one day event. It will be going on all year, but today share with someone your enthusiasm for science. Here are a few ways, but I'm sure you can come up…
kcollins | May 11, 2010Tomorrow 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 Festival" - we have still included them here because we like the feel of the song - if you like them, too, don't let the lyrics keep you from voting for them (we can always ask the composer to fix that later).
So what are you waiting for? Go listen and VOTE!
kcollins | May 10, 2010Just 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" - we have still included them here because we like the feel of the song - if you like them, too, don't let the lyrics keep you from voting for them (we can always ask the composer to fix that later).
So what are you waiting for? Go listen and VOTE!
kcollins | May 10, 2010Shout 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 Innovate-Educate blog:
Are you ready for The Woodstock of Science?
Ever wanted to talk with a Nobel Laureate? Did you know red wine goes well with steak, but also has anti-aging properties? Want to uncover the mysteries of baseball's knuckleball?
These and other intriguing questions are answered at the…
kcollins | May 7, 2010Songs 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!! Just under a week to vote! 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 MAY 12th to vote! Some of the submissions don't include the words "USA Science & Engineering Festival" - we have still included them here because…
kcollins | May 7, 2010Ever 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?
Watch too much CSI and wonder what a career in forensic science would be like?
Read stories about the Kraken of the sea and wonder what monsters lie beneath?
The 'Nifty Fifty' are a group of noted professionals who will fan out across the Washington, DC area next October to speak about their work…
kcollins | May 6, 2010Songs 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 as get the word out. Send this to your friends and get them to help us decide who to pick!! Just under a week to vote! So listen to the submissions and get your vote in!
Below are the 7 top choices selected from nearly 100 submissions. Have a listen through them and then click here to vote. You have…
kcollins | 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 sustainable design concepts such as energy efficiency, reusable natural resources, the sun and much more.
The top winner in each category will get a chance to present their submittal in Washington, D.C. during the USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo on the National Mall, October 23 and 24, 2010. The…
kcollins | 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 free Math Education Kit.
Check out the competition!
School Without Walls
Duke Ellington School
Gerstell Academy
Takoma Park Middle School
Trinity Lutheran School
Loudoun Country Day School
Bath County High School
Ludlow-Taylor ES
Belvedere ELemenetary School
Albemarle High School
Rodney Thompson…
kcollins | May 4, 2010Songs 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 as get the word out. Send this to your friends and get them to help us decide who to pick!!
Below are the 7 top choices selected from nearly 100 submissions. Have a listen through them and then click here to vote. You have until MAY 12th to vote! Some of the submissions don't include the words "USA…
kcollins | May 2, 2010Songs 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 vote. You have until MAY 12th to vote! Some of the submissions don't include the words "USA Science & Engineering Festival" - we have still included them here because we like the feel of the song - if you like them, too, don't let the lyrics keep you from voting for them (we can always ask the…
kcollins | April 30, 2010Sometimes 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 differently. Aside from having a bit of fun in these clips, PCR has a lot of relevancy in many aspects of life...forensics, conservation, new biological developments and many more.
Leading PCR Companies like Life Technologies and Agilent will have an exhibit at the USA Science and Engineering Festvial's…
kcollins | April 30, 2010Today 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 Engineering Festival's jingle.
So...here are some details:
Prize for the winning Jingle: $500 (and knowing that your Jingle will be heard and sung by hundreds of thousands of science enthusiasts across the country)
Submission Deadline: April 30, 2010-->THIS FRIDAY!
How to submit your jingle to the USA…
kcollins | April 29, 2010Tomorrow 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 Science and Engineering Festival's jingle.
So...here are some details:
Prize for the winning Jingle: $500 (and knowing that your Jingle will be heard and sung by hundreds of thousands of science enthusiasts across the country)
Submission Deadline: April 30, 2010-->THIS FRIDAY!
How to submit your…
kcollins | April 28, 2010Entries 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. Videos might explore a scientific concept, show us the wonders of nature, give us a glimpse into the future, show us what scientific discovery has done for us in the past or will do for us in the future, introduce us to a great scientist or engineer, tell us why you think science is so cool or simply…
kcollins | April 28, 2010Just 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 and Engineering Festival's jingle.
So...here are some details:
Prize for the winning Jingle: $500 (and knowing that your Jingle will be heard and sung by hundreds of thousands of science enthusiasts across the country)
Submission Deadline: April 30, 2010-->THIS FRIDAY!
How to submit your jingle…