USA Science & Engineering Festival
Published July 7th, 2010
Organizers of the first USA Science & Engineering Festival (www.usasciencefestival.org) are calling on universities, museums, science centers, businesses, schools and other community –based organizations across the country, to join us in a national celebration of science from October 10-24, 2010.
The goal is to have every state participate with at least one satellite event, held during the USA Science and Engineering Festival. Time is running out to be part of the biggest and most fun science and engineering event this nation has ever seen.
What does it take to hold a satellite event? Find a champion and insert a large dose of creative spark. Check out the 25 USA Science & Engineering Festival satellite events that are in progress, including science open houses and cafes, research weekends, and even a Mom’s Night Out celebrating a mother’s role in encouraging her kids towards these fields.
To bring the regional and national events together, everyone is invited to play an interactive word game answering questions about science and engineering. As the game unfolds, it will be featured live on the National Mall.
Here are some of the satellite events in progress:
Arizona
BIO5 Science Now: Ripped from the Headlines by BIO5 Institute at the University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Math, Science, Technology Funfest by Raytheon/SciEnTeK-12 Foundation (Tucson, AZ)
California
Adventures in Science & Music by FanFaire Foundation (Oceanside, CA)
Amazing Kelp! Natures’ Apartment Complex by Ocean Discovery Institute (San Diego, CA)
National Chemistry Week at the Santa Ana Zoo by the American Chemical Society, Orange County section (Santa Ana, CA)
Cal Science & Engineering Festival, University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Florida
Citizen Science Symposium by Camp Bayou Outdoor Learning Center (Ruskin, FL)
Jax Science Festival by Jax Popular Science Club (Jacksonville, FL)
Idaho
Idaho Science and Engineering Festival by Idaho State University (Pocatello, ID)
Iowa
Moms Night Out for STEM by Iowa Math & Science Education Partnership and Iowa State University College of Engineering (Various cities across Iowa)
Illinois
Northern Illinois Science and Engineering Festival by NIU STEM Outreach (DeKalb, IL)
Louisiana
Louisiana Lagniappe Science and Engineering Festival by College of Engineering and Science, Louisiana Tech University (Ruston, LA)
Maryland
Eleanor Science Café by Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire TechFest 2010 by Windham High School and Pinkerton Academy FIRST Teams (Windham, NH)
New Jersey
New Jersey Science and Engineering Festival by New Jersey Applied Science and Technology Council (Clifton, Fairfield, NJ)
North Carolina
North Carolina Science Festival by Morehead Planetarium and Science Center (Chapel Hill, NC)
South Carolina
South Carolina Science and Engineering Festival by EdVenture, Inc. (Columbia, SC)
Texas
Austin Science & Engineering Festival by Mexican American Engineers and Scientists (Austin, TX)
A Day of Exploration to Excite your Mind by Discovery Science Place Museum (Tyler, TX)
Big Physics Day at Texas A&M University by Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, (College Station, TX)
Chemistry Open House & Science Exploration Gallery at which offers families chemistry demonstrations TAMU by TAMU Department of Chemistry (College Station, TX)
Epigenetics by Science Teacher Access to Resources at Southwestern (STARS) at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (Dallas, TX)
Science and Engineering Day by Witte Museum (San Antonio, TX)
San Antonio Science & Engineering Festival (San Antonio, TX)
Washington State
Life Sciences Research Weekend by Pacific Science Center and the Northwest Association for Biomedical Research (Seattle, WA)
About Us
The USA Science & Engineering Festival will be held from October 10-24, 2010. It features science open houses, student lunches with Nobel Laureates, more than 50 scientists visiting local schools and a variety of other science and engineering related events. A grand finale two-day Expo on the National Mall and surrounding areas involves more than 500 leading science and engineering organizations, 750 hands-on activities, 40 stage shows and much more.
The Festival is hosted by Lockheed Martin and includes Life Technologies Foundation, K&L Gates, Clean Technology and Sustainability Industries Organization (CTSI), Larry and Diane Bock, ResMed Foundation, Farrell Family Foundation, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Agilent Technologies, Amgen, Celgene Corporation, The Dow Chemical Company, National Institutes of Health, Illumina, The Kavli Foundation, Intel Corporation, You Can Do the Rubik’s Cube, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Genentech Inc., MedImmune, Sandia National Laboratories, Project Lead The Way (PLTW), Baxter International, Celestron, Cisco, University of Maryland, THE SCRIPPS FOUNDATION for Science and the Environment, NuVasive Inc., FEI Company, Case Western Reserve University, Biogen Idec Foundation, LifeStraw®, Microsoft Corporation, Draper Laboratory, Colella Photography, Silicon Valley Bank, Bechtel Corporation, SpaceX, Rochester Institute of Technology, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Research in Motion, the Thirty Meter Telescope Project, Astronomy Outreach Foundation, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering and SpringBoard, a Program of the Juneau Economic Development Council.
Current media partners include Discovery Communications, Popular Science and Science Illustrated, New Scientist, EE Times Group, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, POPULAR MECHANICS, ScienceBlogs, Technology Review published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Epoch Times, “WAMU 88.5 – American University Radio,” C&EN, the newsmagazine of the chemical & related sciences, Forbes Wolfe Emerging Tech Report, Career Communications Group, Engineering.com, PBS, the Northern Virginia Technology Council, FAMILY Magazine, Sigma Xi, SciVee, Inc., SchoolTube, LLC, CrazyEngineers.com and EarthSky Communications.
Related Links – USA Science & Engineering Festival
Blog: http://scienceblogs.com/usasciencefestival/
Web Sites: www.usasciencefestival.org
Twitter: http://twitter.com/USAScienceFest
Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=46922645272&ref=ts
LinkedIn Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=90792&trk=hb_side_g
