KIDS FIND SCIENCE CAN BE FUN.Byline: - Daily News LANCASTER - Some 260 outstanding eighth-graders from schools around the area visited Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. to learn about careers in astronomy, chemistry, physics, computer applications, medicine and aeronautics. They heard from engineers and scientists, college instructors, pilots and a veterinarian in more than 30 workshops offering demonstrations and hands-on activities during Math and Science Odyssey 2003. The college and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Dryden Flight Research Center The Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC), located inside Edwards Air Force Base, is an aeronautical research center operated by NASA. On March 26, 1976 it was named in honor of the late Hugh L. , located at Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. , sponsored the program to encourage students to continue their studies in math, science and technology and to develop interest in careers in those fields. Along with NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. and the college, event sponsors and contributors included the Antelope Valley College Foundation, Pacific Bell, U.S. Borax borax or sodium tetraborate decahydrate (sō`dēəm tĕ'trəbôr`āt dĕk'əhī`drāt), chemical compound, Na2B4O7·10H2O; sp. gr. 1. , the American Association of University Women ''This article or section is being rewritten at The American Association of University Women (AAUW) advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. and the Antelope Valley Chapter of the Ninety-Nines, a women pilots' organization. - Daily News CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) Some Antelope Valley eighth-graders watch Dr. Rusty Blanski from Edwards Air Force Base oversee an experiment. (2) Dave Jernigan of U.S. Borax makes crystals as eighth-graders watch in Math and Science Odyssey 2003, co-sponsored by NASA and industry at Antelope Valley College. (3) In a demonstration for eighth-graders, Palmdale High student Nicole Dunbar, 18, uses an orange to show how an injection would be given to a pet. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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