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- From: pgolden@nhgs.vak12ed.edu (Patrick S. Golden)
- Subject: Free Middle/High School Broadcasts
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.223518.16994@nhgs.vak12ed.edu>
- Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Hampton)
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 22:35:18 GMT
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- REACHING FOR THE STARS
-
- A free, nationwide distance-learning program designed to
- encourage young minority and female middle and high-school
- students to pursue careers in science and engineering
-
- 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. (ET)
-
- December 16, 1992
- February 10, 1993
- March 17, 1993
- April 7, 1993
- May 12, 1993
-
- Program Description:
- Each of the 30-minute programs in the five-part interactive series
- will profile a different recipient of a Virginia Space Grant
- scholarship or fellowship. These young minority and female
- researchers will describe what motivated them to pursue careers
- in the sciences and engineering, what their lives are like at the
- college or university where they study, and what their career
- aspirations are. Each researcher will also teach a basic science
- lesson and briefly discuss the relationship of that science lesson to
- their university research project. Viewers will have the
- opportunity to ask questions of the young researchers via
- telephone during an interactive segment of the program. Pre- and
- post- broadcast material will be mailed to those registering for the
- series.
-
- Target Audience: Middle school and high school students and
- other interested viewers
-
- Program Objectives:
-
- The series is designed to provide viewers with:
-
- - An awareness of the career possibilities and rewards that exist for
- students -- particularly minorities and women -- in engineering
- and the sciences.
-
- - A knowledge of the scholastic paths students must travel to
- become engineers and scientists.
-
- - An understanding of the nature of five young minority and
- female researchers' college experiences and what viewers will
- encounter if they attend college and major in the sciences.
-
- - Knowledge of five basic science lessons and how those lessons are
- related to more sophisticated research.
-
- Reaching for the Stars is a cooperative educational project of the
- Virginia Space Grant Consortium, Old Dominion University and
- the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
-
- For Registration Information:
- Old Dominion University's Academic Television Services at (800)
- 548-4807
-
- VIRGINIA SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM
- 2713-D Magruder Blvd.
- Hampton, VA 23666
- (804) 865-0726
- E-mail: pgolden@nhgs.vak12ed.edu
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- |++Patrick Golden++ |
- |Virginia Space Grant Consortium|
- |pgolden@nhgs.vak12ed.edu |
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