Fwd: ExploraVision

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From: Deb Hunt (dhunt@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Thu Dec 19 2002 - 10:53:06 PST 

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Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 10:53:06 -0800
From: Deb Hunt <dhunt@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Fwd: ExploraVision

Another opportunity.
Deb

>***
>Another FYI tech project, pass along to anyone who might be interested.
>
>4. ExploraVision
>
>Closing Date:
>February 4, 2003
>
>Amount:
>Student members of the four first-place teams will each receive a U.S. EE
>Savings Bond worth $10,000 at maturity. Second-place winners will receive
>U.S. EE series bonds worth $5,000 at maturity.
>Each student on the 24 regional winning teams will receive a Toshiba digital
>camera.
>
>Eligible Applicants:
>ExploraVision is a competition for students of all interest, skill, and
>ability levels in grades K-12. Entrants must be United States or Canadian
>citizens or legal residents, living within the United States, U.S.
>Territories, or Canada and enrolled full-time in a public, private or home
>school.
>
>Agency/Department:
>Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards
>1840 Wilson Boulevard
>Arlington, VA 22201-3000
>
>SUMMARY:
>The purpose of the competition is to encourage students to combine their
>imaginations with the tools of science to create and explore a vision of a
>future technology.
>To prepare an entry, students work in groups of two, three or four,
>simulating Research and Development (R&D) teams, along with a team coach and
>an optional mentor. Each team selects a technology, or an aspect of a
>technology, that is present in the home, school, and/or community or any
>other technology relevant to their lives. They will explore what the
>technology does, how it works, and how, when, and why it was invented. The
>students must then project into the future what that technology could be
>like 20 years from now. Finally, they must convey their vision to others
>through both a written description and five graphics simulating Web pages.
>
>Listed in:
>
>For detailed information go to:
><http://www.toshiba.com/tai/exploravision/>http://www.toshiba.com/tai/exploravision/
>
>

Deborah Hunt
CTL Senior Information Specialist
Exploratorium http://www.exploratorium.edu
mailto: dhunt@exploratoriu.edu
415-353-0485
(fax) 415-561-0370

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