Letter from Leaders Throughout the Science and Technology Community
         Requesting the Proclamation of Global Science and Technology Week.

   Background Information and Scheduled Events for Global Science
         and Technology Week:

• Background Information
• Scheduled Events to date (Watch this list as it will be continually updated)

The publication "Issues in Global Education" will be distributed to 70,000 secondary school educators nationwide and will contain articles and classroom exercises focusing upon: 1) the globalization of science and benefits of international scientific collaboration, and 2) how the U.S. is preparing future generations to participate in the global scientific community.
 
• View the "Letter from Dr. Neal Lane, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology," that will appear in "Issues in Global Education"
• View the "Message to the American Forum for Global Education from the Office of Science and Technology Policy" that will appear in "Issues in Global Education"

NSTA has featured this article to their 55,000 members.  It provides websites and examples of
international scientific collaboration that science teachers may feature during Global Science and Technology Week.

• Additional Examples from Public and Private Sector Organizations
• National Institutes of Health:  International Collaborations in Science Outreach and Education
• University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Center for Marine Biology (COMB)
• The Explorers: Exploring the Universe with Planetarium Audiences
• Association of Science - Technology Centers: Find a Science Center Throughout the World
• American Association of Community Colleges: International S&TWorkforce Partnerships

Helpful Links to Science Education Resources

• Eisenhower National Clearing House for Science and Mathematics
• Science Service:  Science Resource on the WWW
• Summit on Science
• National Science Teachers Association
• GLOBE Program
• National Academy of Sciences
• National Sciences Resource Center
• National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Education Website
• American Science - Technology Centers:  Education & Visits to All Centers
• Jungle Trekker: Ecological Education
• National Science Foundation - Education
• National Museum of Natural History Educational  Resources
• The Exploratorium's Science of Hockey
• Science Learning Network
• St. Louis Children's Aquarium
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• International Programs
• Education Programs & Kinetic City Super Crew

Office of Science and Technology Policy
1600 Pennsylvania Ave,N.W
Washington, DC 20502
202.456.6100
Information@ostp.eop.gov

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