National science fair aims to breathe new life into science and math for kids
Tracy A. Woodward/THE WASHINGTON POST - Rajon Simms (left) 9, Cherice Pettus, 8, and Julius Wright (right), 8, students from Valley View Elementary School in Oxon Hill, Md., look at the crew module of the Orion spacecraft on April 27 at the Washington Convention Center.
Eyes widened behind glasses, hair whipped around in hurricane simulators and nimble fingers mimicked arthroscopic knee surgery techniques Friday at the second USA Science & Engineering Festival.
I’d like to hear about your experiences, negative and positive. I’m especially interested in speaking to families who feel they’ve been discouraged from enrolling or “counseled out.”
More than 13,000 kids got their geek on with Bill Nye “the Science Guy,” storm chasers and astronauts at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center for the first day of a three-day event designed to revive interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Seventh-graders Lucresse Djuidje, 13, and Jasmine Harris, 12, both from Silver Spring, were on a class field trip from White Oak Middle School. Lucresse is interested in space exploration, and Jasmine likes chemistry.
“It’s a good experience to come here,” Lucresse said at a quick lunch break. She wants to learn more about planets and see what lies ahead in space.
“Investment in science and technology is the key to our future,” Nye said. “It’s the best investment our society can make.”
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Seventh-graders Lucresse Djuidje, 13, and Jasmine Harris, 12, both from Silver Spring, were on a class field trip from White Oak Middle School. Lucresse is interested in space exploration, and Jasmine likes chemistry.
“It’s a good experience to come here,” Lucresse said at a quick lunch break. She wants to learn more about planets and see what lies ahead in space.
“Investment in science and technology is the key to our future,” Nye said. “It’s the best investment our society can make.”
Read more ... http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/national-science-fair-aims-to-breathe-new-life-into-science-and-math-for-kids/2012/04/27/gIQA6RTbmT_story.html