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National Lab Day

National Lab Day is a nationwide, year-long event, culminating with a slew of activities the first week of May 2010.  Teachers can request volunteer experts to assist their classrooms with various projects and activities with a focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.  The goal is to promote education, foster hands-on learning and collaboration between teachers, scientists and students.

For more information about National Lab Day and to learn how you can participate, visit http://www.nationallabday.org/.

If you know of a teacher or classroom interested in recruiting volunteers from AWIS Chicago, please contact our VP for Outreach, Jen Crawford.

Existing projects in Chicago and suburbs (as of December 1, 2009):

• Bridge Builder, Chicago IL  (http://www.nationallabday.org/projects/99-bridge-builder)
• Art of Dissection, Chicago IL (http://www.nationallabday.org/projects/89-the-art-of-dissection)
• Engineering Beyond the Classroom, Orland Park IL (http://www.nationallabday.org/projects/88-engineering-beyond-the-classroom)
• Involving Technology, Round Lake IL (http://www.nationallabday.org/projects/81-involving-technology)
• Soil Monitoring, Chicago IL (http://www.nationallabday.org/projects/57-soil-monitoring)
• Pond Water Ecology, Hoffman Estates IL (http://www.nationallabday.org/projects/43-pond-water-ecology-in-the-classroom)
• Girls in Astronomy, Champaign IL (http://www.nationallabday.org/projects/34-girls-in-astronomy-observing-the-world)
• Polymers in Our World, Chicago IL (http://www.nationallabday.org/projects/3-polymers-in-our-world)
• The Alternative Energy Project, Streamwood IL (http://www.nationallabday.org/projects/169-the-alternative-energy-project-at-streamwood-high-)
• What Are We Drinking?: Local Water Quality and Practices that Influence It, Rock Island IL (http://www.nationallabday.org/projects/126-what-are-we-drinking-local-water-quality-and-pract)
• Mach-Zehnder Interferometer, Bloomington IL (http://www.nationallabday.org/projects/152-mach-zehnder-interferometer)
• New Class in Engineering, Lincolnshire IL (http://www.nationallabday.org/projects/222-new-class-in-engineering)

National Lab Day is sponsored by the American Chemical Society, The MacArthur Foundation, National Science Teachers Foundation, the National Science Foundation, The Jack D. Hidary Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.

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