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Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions.
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Dear ASTC members,
We’re organizing a conference call on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 3pm EST
to tell you about the Kids’ Science Challenge, a program funded by the
National Science Foundation that you might like to integrate with your own
activities at your museum or science center.
The Idea in a Nutshell: Imagine being 3rd to 6th graders and being able to
suggest designs for a new skateboard, or participate with SETI astronomers in
the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or test your water quality and
compare it with kids around the world, or design a new flavor of candy. This
is the opportunity that the Kids’ Science Challenge (KSC) is offering.
KSC (_www.kidssciencechallenge.com_ (http://www.kidssciencechallenge.com/) )
is a new National Science Foundation-funded, 4-year initiative that will
dynamically propel kids to participate in science in a creative, new way. The
Challenge will center on a nationwide competition for 3rd to 6th grade kids,
including underserved groups and girls, beginning in fall, 2008, with kids
submitting their own problems and experiments to scientists and engineers who
are specially recruited for this project. These professionals will then
investigate, experiment, and answer their questions. Competition winners will visit
with and engage the professionals in their research settings. Other kids,
their parents, and teachers will pursue these inquiries via radio and new media.
There are opportunities for kids to enter the competition on their own, or
as groups.
The conference call will tell you more about how the competition will work
and how you might be able to partner with us for your youthful clients. We
can use help getting the word out about the program, and you might be able to
use our program to further enrich your own activities, especially after-school
programs. We are particularly seeking centers that already have programming
in the areas of science we are working with this first year: water, flavors
and smells, extraterrestrials, and skateboards (though this piece could be
done by anyone). Please send an email to: [log in to unmask] to receive
details on phoning in to the conference call. If you are interested but can not
make the time of the call, write to this same address and we will arrange an
alternative time for another call, or call you directly.
We will look forward to speaking with you.
Thank you.
Jim Metzner Pulse of the Planet’s Kids’ Science Challenge
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