Career Awareness
and Resource Education Program (CARE)
CARE
is a community outreach program offered by the NIST Boulder
Laboratories to promote math and science awareness in the
4th through 12th grades and shows teachers, students, and
parents that careers in science and math are fun and within
the reach of many students.
Scientists
and engineers give presentations to children in the classroom
and at the Boulder Laboratories. In addition, educational
materials such as publications, videos and science kits are
loaned to teachers for classroom use.
All
CARE services are free of charge.
NIST staff
members provide 40- to 50-minute talks in the classroom or
at the NIST laboratory. Most talks are adapted to meet teachers'
needs. Please note that the appropriate grade levels for presentations
are listed in parentheses beside the topics - (E) 4th-6th
grades, (M) 7th-9th grades, (H) 10th-12th grades.
Science
presentations are limited to a 40-mile radius of Boulder,
Colorado.
Science
Presentations
- How
Can We Tell If an Earthquake Is Coming or If the Continent
Is Moving? (M,H)
- Solar
Activity (E,M,H)
- What
Happens When the Earth Shakes? (M,H)
- Ins
and Outs of Microwaves (E,M)
- Cryogenics--The
Magic of Supercold Temperatures! (E,M,H)
- Optics
and Lasers (E,M,H)
- Chaos
at the Carnival (H)
- Women
in Math and Science (M)
- Special
Group Presentations (E,M,H)
- Lab
Tours (M,H) (Groups of 12 or less)
- Shadow
Student Visits (H)
- Career
Talks (M,H)
Videos
All videos
are 30 minutes. Video loans and postage both ways are free.
Please request by video title.
- Chaos
- Cryogenics
- Lasers
- Robotics
- Solar
Activity
- The
Physics of Basketball
- Who
CAREs About Science
Science
Kits
Science kits
are loaned to teachers for use in classrooms. Kits must be picked
up and returned by a teacher. These kits are not mailed or shipped.
- Materials
Science Kit (M,H)
- Solar
Activity Kit (E,M)
- Optics
and Lasers Kit (E,M,H)
- Cryogenics
Kit (E,M,H)
- Microwaves
Kit (E,M)
For program
information or to reserve materials, contact Phyllis Wright at 303-497-3244.
Voice mail is available to take out-of-hours requests. Please
have the following information ready:
- Your
name
- Your
school's name, address, and telephone number
- Your
class size and grade level of students
- CARE
topic or number that you want
- First
and second date and time choices
- Times
you can be reached
The CARE
Program is located in Building 1, Room 4006. The mailing address
is:
- Career
Awareness and Resource Education (CARE)
- National
Institute of Standards and Technology
- 325
Broadway - 346.16
- Boulder,
Colorado 80305-3328
See also:
A-Z Subject
Index (Boulder), General
Information (Boulder), NIST
Boulder Laboratories Homepage, What
NIST Does, Products
and Services, NIST Home
Page
Created:
Aug. 24, 2000
Last updated: Oct 24, 2001
Comments:
webmaster@nist.gov
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