Please
help our Nation celebrate Global Science and Technology Week 2002 by joining
with students, teachers, parents and citizens in the GSTW activities below,
specially designed to highlight this years GSTW theme!
“SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY:SERVING OUR GLOBALCOMMUNITY”
Please
take advantage of these unique opportunities below to better realize how science
and technology
are bringing the people of the world closer together.
By
sharing your questions with scientists and engineers across the nation
and around the world, we
are truly creating a global community.
cordially
invites you to
Meet
Scientists and Engineers
during
a
LIVE
WEBCAST
Monday,
April 29, 2002
1:00–3:00
PM (EST)
See
the surface of Mars, watch a wildfire affect weather, and learn how scientists try
?nd the right answers to
questions we all share.NSF invites
you to MEET
some of these scientists and engineers, maybe even including a chance to
talk with President Bush’s Science Advisor and the Director of the National
Science Foundation, during a live webcast at:www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/events/gstw2002/start.htm
Technology
Benefiting Humanity
Presented by Applied Materials, Inc.
Nominate
a Scientist or Engineer Who Serves Our Global Community
This
activity allows you, as scientists, to directly apply the GSTW theme by
helping others through the use of technology: the Internet.
As
members of a global community, you can make a big difference in our world
by bringing attention to the often unsung humanitarian efforts of other
engineers and scientists who use technology to improve the way we live.
One of the best ways to do this is to nominate them for prestigious awards—and
that’s where you come in!
Simply
use the Internet to identify and research scientists, engineers, and technologists
who develop or use technology to serve the needs of our global community.
Then nominate your fellow scientist or innovator in one of five categories—education,
environment, economic development, equality, and health—to receive a $50,000 award.
In
the process, we also hope that you will better appreciate how science, math,
and technology can help make lives better around the world.
Be a Scientist
Participate in the Global and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)
Programs
Help other scientists take data through GLOBE's Global Science and Technology Week Soil Project. GLOBE has partnered with scientists at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) to provide you with an activity that will allow students across the nation and the world to
1. Collect data about soil in your area
2. Enter data into the GLOBE Program website, and
3. Send your data to a soil scientist.
The USDA and NASA soil scientists will use your data to look at changes in climate
and whether spring is coming earlier, or fall is coming later, depending where
you live in the world.