Join the 2nd USA Science & Engineering Festival - Get Involved Now!

摘要

Building on the success of the inaugural Festival in 2010, the 2nd USA Science & Engineering Festival will inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers with school programs and nationwide contests throughout the 2011/2012 school year and culminate with the finale Expo in Washington DC on April 27-29,2012. The Finale Expo will take place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. With nearly one million participants, the inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival was the country's first national science festival - the ultimate multi-cultural, multi-generational and multi-disciplinary celebration of science and engineering in the United States. The month-long Festival, which brought over 100 leading scientists and 25 Nobel Laureates into underserved schools, culminated in a two day Expo on the National Mall that gave over 550 of the nation's leading science & engineering organizations the opportunity to present themselves with over 1,500 hands-on, fun science activities and 75 stage shows to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. The Expo featured science celebrities such as Bill Nye the Science Guy, Kari Byron, Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage from the Mythbusters, the Meteorite Men, Erno Rubik, the Biggest Loser, Sid the Science Kid, cast members of NCIS and CSI, and others. In addition, there were 82 Satellite Events that took place simultaneously in 30 States.