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VOICEOVER:
AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF STUDENTS STUDYING FAST-GROWING PLANTS ARE WORKING WITH ASTRONAUTS FROM NASA. THIS WEEK THE STUDENTS COMPARED THEIR FINDINGS WITH THOSE OF ASTRONAUTS WHO PERFORMED SIMILAR EXPERIMENTS IN SPACE. WHILE SUCH COLLABORATION WAS ONCE IMPOSSIBLE, DIRECT ACCESS TO SCIENTISTS AND RESEARCH IS ABOUT TO BECOME AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE, BRINGING EDUCATION INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.
THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY HAS ESTABLISHED A NEW NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE LITERACY, EDUCATION, AND TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE THESE NEW TYPES OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND THE WORLD.
THE NATIONAL CENTER, WHICH RECEIVED AN $8 MILLION CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATION, IS BEING LAUNCHED WITH THE SUPPORT OF A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH NASA- TO ASSUME A STRATEGIC, NATIONAL LEADERSHIP ROLE IN SCIENCE EDUCATION.
DAN GOLDIN
NASA ADMINISTRATOR
"SCIENCE EDUCATION IS CRUCIAL.. AND OUR CHILDREN WILL NOT GET SCIENCE BY OSMOSIS. THEY HAVE TO HAVE SCIENCE BY PARTICIPATING. THEY WONT GET SCIENCE BY TALKING TO THEM, THEY GET SCIENCE BY BEING IMMERSED IN IT. "
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THE NATIONAL CENTER IS MAKING AVAILABLE THE MUSEUM'S 128 YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, EXPLORATION, AND DISCOVERY. SPECIALLY DESIGNED INTERNET SITES ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE IN "VIRTUAL EXPEDITIONS"... ACCOMPANYING AND COMMUNICATING WITH MUSEUM RESEARCHERS ON GROUNDBREAKING EXPLORATIONS TO CHART SOME OF THE WORLD'S LAST FRONTIERS. FROM THE OCEAN FLOORS, TO THE FOSSIL FIELDS OF THE GOBI DESERT, TO MARS. IT IS AN ADVANCEMENT IN EDUCATION WHOSE TIME HAS COME.
ELLEN V. FUTTER
PRESIDENT
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
"THE NATIONAL CENTER, PLACES THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AT THE FORFRONT OF A RE-INVIGGERATED EFFORT TO ENHANCE SCIENCE LITERACY THROUGHOUT THE NATION ."
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THE MUSEUM IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO MEET THESE CHALLENGES BY OPENING UP ITS VAST SCIENTIFIC RESOURCES.. INCLUDING 32 MILLION SPECIMENS AND ARTIFACTS, 43 EXHIBITION HALLS, ITS STAFF OF MORE THAN 200 SCIENTISTS, AND ITS EXPERTISE IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING.
REPRESENTATIVE JERRY LEWIS
CHAIRMAN, HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS, VA/HUD SUBCOMMITTEE
THE CENTER, WORKING WITH NASA, HAND IN HAND WITH THEIR BROAD RANGE OF OBJECTIVES WE THINK CAN HAVE A HUGE EFFECT UPON INTEREST, ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR PATTERNS OF THEIR FUTURE IN THE SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS FIELDS.
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THE CENTER WILL ALSO DEVELOP A BROAD ARRAY OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR CLASSROOM USE, ALL CONSISTENT WITH THE NEW NATIONAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM STANDARDS.
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