kcollins | 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, photography, graphic design, film.
Can you tell us what inspired you to make this video? It was an optional project for my media class and I decided to create this video because when I was a kid I used to watch Discovery Channel a lot and I wanted to be a volcanologist when I grew up. Even though…
kcollins | October 14, 2010Help 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 show kids how cool science can be.
kcollins | October 14, 2010What 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 you for answering our last question: What is the greatest thing about being a scientist or engineer:
kcollins | 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 yet.
What is your favorite subject? I enjoy most subjects, but my favorite is Science!
What inspired you to make this cool video? My 9th grade science teacher informed me of this contest because she knew I was interested in this sort of thing. I just thought it would be really fun to explain why…
kcollins | October 14, 2010Thank 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 Science & Engineering Festival. This national festival, which will take place in Washington, DC from October 10-24, 2010, will feature over 550 organizations from across the United States.
As a strong proponent of innovation, education and entrepreneurship, I support this festival and all the…
kcollins | October 13, 2010Help 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 show kids how cool science can be.
(P.S. you can RT more than 1x, it just can't be automated)
kcollins | October 13, 2010Thanks 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 pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.
At the USA Science and Engineering Festival, October 23-24 in D.C., these women will perform science-themed routines for thousands of people, conduct a free cheer clinic, and meet the public, sign their Science Cheerleader cards, and…
kcollins | October 13, 2010Thanks 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 held October 23-24, 2010 on the National Mall in Washington, DC. More than 100,000 visitors are expected to attend the event. The JLNV supports the Children's Science Center as its signature project and has pledged $250,000 and 2,500 volunteer hours to bring this first-of-its-kind, hands-on children'…
kcollins | October 13, 2010Thanks 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 will give more than 500 science, engineering, and mathematics organizations a chance to spark the interest of a new generation of young people in the sciences.
The culmination of the Festival will be a two-day Expo on the National Mall on Oct. 23-24, 2010, which will give visitors the opportunity to…
kcollins | October 12, 2010Thanks 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 Festival,
Oct. 23 and 24, in Washington, DC. Billed as the largest celebration of science in the US, this nearly month-long celebration of science and engineering will culminate in a two-day expo on the National Mall with hundreds of organizations involved in science and engineering. Where Did All the…
kcollins | October 12, 2010Thanks to Planetary Society Blog for helping us get the word out about the Festival.
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On the National Mall, Washington, D.C.
October 23 & 24
Have you made your plans yet to celebrate science, embrace engineering, and party, party, party at the USA Science & Engineering Festival on the National Mall…
kcollins | October 12, 2010Thanks 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 all
Age Range: Open to all
During the USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo, Oct. 23 & 24, on the National Mall, Tent #102 serves as the basis for putting dreams into action. The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine and National Research…
kcollins | October 12, 2010Great 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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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- EE Times Group, a UBM company and the daily source of essential business and technical information for the electronics industry's decision makers, today announced the two middle schools who are the recipients of its "Student Reporter" Transportation Grants to attend…
kcollins | October 12, 2010Wow...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 EMPIRE
Thousands of people will have the chance to view a roughly 1,500 pound Mendenhall iceberg later this month in Washington, D.C.
The Juneau Economic Development Council's STEM SpringBoard program leaders learned this week that it's not so easy to wrangle an iceberg. The U.S. Department of…
kcollins | October 11, 2010Thank 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 courtesy of NASA.gov
Hold on to your microscopes science lovers. The USA Science and Engineering Festival is coming soon to Washington D.C. and it's bringing with it all kinds of sciencey goodness for kids and adults of all ages.
From October 10th-24th, the festival will host various science-…
kcollins | October 11, 2010Thanks 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 1,500 interactive exhibits and stage shows will be taking over Washington, D.C. very soon for the event! On 23-24 October 2010, head down to the National Mall and surrounding areas for the Festival Expo. While there, engage with experts in the fields you love most -- and discover your interest in…
kcollins | October 11, 2010Shout 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 blanket the country in October and culminate in a two-day exhibition bash on Washington, D.C.'s National Mall.
The human comet behind this tour-de-force is Lawrence A. Bock, a San Diego-based serial entrepreneur (by his own description), who said he took many of the rules for launching a successful…
kcollins | October 11, 2010Check 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 for Saturday, Oct. 23.
No fees or tickets are required for the free public event, which will showcase the best of Texas A&M science and engineering with a simultaneous, daylong series of hands-on activities, demonstrations and displays in the Chemistry, Zachry Engineering and Mitchell Physics…
kcollins | October 11, 2010Thanks 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 engineering.com. Things like: smallest Violin, Italian Robots, beer for astronauts, and more
kcollins | October 10, 2010Thanks 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.usasciencefestival.org/
501(c)(3)/non-profit organization
USASEF HOST: Lockheed Martin
October 10 - 24, 2010
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WASHINGTON, DC - African-Americans to be featured throughout theInaugural USA Science and Engineering Festival (USASEF), October 10 - 24, 2010, AND featured in…