Scientists gain celebrity status.Entertainers and sports heroes inspire kids to go for the platinum and gold. But scientists have that same superstar quality, and U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham Edward Spencer Abraham (born June 12, 1952 in East Lansing, Michigan) is a former United States Senator from Michigan. He had served as the 10th United States Secretary of Energy, serving under President George W. Bush. wants to make sure students see it. "It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a we start putting our science leaders on the same footing as other celebrities," he announced at a recent event launching a new Department of Energy initiative Scientists Teaching and Reaching Students. The effort includes: * Each of the department's 17 national labs inviting 1,000 fifth graders and 1,000 eighth graders to its sites annually for math and science appreciation days * A new Office of Department of Energy Science Education * Upgrades to and promotion of the Ask a Scientist Web resource * A summer program, bringing K-12 teachers to seven national labs for extensive training With scientists and engineers * Sending scientists item the labs out to local schools, especially at-risk at-risk adj. Being endangered, as from exposure to disease or from a lack of parental or familial guidance and proper health care: efforts to make the vaccine available to at-risk groups of children. middle schools, to provide hands-on hands-on adj. Involving active participation; applied, as opposed to theoretical: "We're involved in hands-on operations, pulling levers, pushing buttons" Arthur R. Taylor. experience in science classes and to discuss career opportunities in the field * Crafting ways to draw better attention to the accomplishments of scientific leaders * Hosting an annual "What's Next?" expo to highlight new areas of science and technology research. www.doe.gov See .gov and GovNet. (networking) gov - The top-level domain for US government bodies. |
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