April 28 - May 4, 2002

On-Line Events & Student Activities

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.

ASK a Scientist

THE National Science Foundation

welcomes you to

Ask a Scientist or Engineer 

“Why do we have eyelashes?” “How do airplanes fly?” “Where do bugs go in the winter?” “How does a telephone work?”
These are just a few of the thousands of questions children, parents, teachers, and others can ask of scientists and engineers on the National Science Foundation’s web site during Global Science and Technology Week.

By sharing your questions with scientists and engineers across the nation and around the world, we are truly creating a global community.

Available April 28–May 4, 2002

http://askvrd.org/askNSF



MEET a Scientist
THE National Science Foundation

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

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HONOR a Scientist The Tech Museum of Innovation Awards

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.

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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.

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