Building a Presence
Awards and Competitions Special - Building a Presence for Science: NSTA/
National Partner E-Blast
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Contents:
a.. The 2001 Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards
b.. The Craftsman/NSTA Young Inventors Awards Program
c.. Toyota Expands Grant Program
d.. Internet Science and Technology Fair
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The 2001 Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards
http://www.toshiba.com/tai/exploravision
The first-place national winners of the 2001 Toshiba/NSTA
ExploraVision Awards competition predict that 20 years from now we'll live in
a world where vision is enhanced with photoelectric eye prostheses and
contacts that react to electronic orders from the brain; scuba divers will
stay under water for prolonged periods; and library fines will be a thing of
the past. See these and other winning projects at the ExploraVision website.
The Craftsman/NSTA Young Inventors Awards Program
http://www.nsta.org/programs/craftsman.asp
The Crafstman/NSTA Young Inventors Awards Program challenges
students to use creativity and imagination along with science, technology,
and mechanical ability to invent or modify a tool. The tool must perform a
practical function, including (but not limited to) tools that mend, make life
easier or safer in some way, entertain, or solve an everyday problem. The
program is open to all students in grades 2-8 in the U.S. and the U.S.
Territories. Nearly $80,000 in savings bonds and gifts will be awarded in
2002.
Toyota Expands Grant Program
http://www.nsta.org/programs/tapestry
Toyota and NSTA are pleased to announce that the Toyota TAPESTRY
Grant Program has expanded this year and will award up to a total of $550,000
in grants! The program will still include the main grant program, with up to
50 grants of up to $10,000 each being awarded. In addition, Toyota will award
a minimum of 20 "mini-grants" of $2,500 each. Toyota TAPESTRY will also be
adding a Science and Literacy category this year in addition to the
Environmental Science and Physical Science categories. Applicants can apply
for any of the three categories in either the main grant or mini-grant
program.
Details will be posted soon. To be added to the mailing list and
receive the new application with details on both grant programs, please send
an email with your name, school name and address and your daytime phone
number to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The deadline for both programs is January 17,
2002. Project Directors of the $10,000 grants will receive an all-expenses
paid trip to the NSTA National Convention in San Diego. Project Directors of
the new mini-grants will receive a one-year membership to NSTA or a one-year
renewal.
Internet Science and Technology Fair
http://istf.ucf.edu
The Internet Science and Technology Fair (ISTF) is a new kind of
science fair that challenges K-12 participants to explore real-world
technology issues through teamwork and Internet use. ISTF project teams
consist of several students, their teacher, their school's information
systems coordinator, and a technical advisor. Divided into three classes
(elementary school, middle school, high school), teams are provided with a
series of guidelines that will send them exploring a specific technology
problem. As a capstone to the competition, each team generates a website
illustrating their conclusion. The final enrollment date for this year's
competition is October 26, 2001.
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