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One exhibit even includes a piece of glacial ice transported from Alaska to help aspiring young scientists get first-hand exposure to geological, environmental and climate principles.
-- Zachary Lemnios, Director, Defense Research and Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense, quoted in Scientific American

SpringBoard Partners with inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival

JEDC is proud to be an Official Partner of the inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival to be held in the greater Washington DC area in October 2010. The Festival, which will be the country's first national science festival, is a collaboration of over 500 of the country's leading science and engineering organizations and aims to reignite the interest of our nation's youth in the sciences. The culmination of the Festival will be a two-day Expo on the National Mall and surrounding areas on October 23-24, 2010, which will give children, teens and adults the opportunity to explore all facets of science and engineering through hundreds of fun, hands-on activities. People across the Unites States are encouraged to hold satellite events in their communities the same weekend that hundreds of thousands of people celebrate science on the National Mall.

In the News

An Iceberg Goes to Washington - Capital City Weekly, Nov 24 2010 (Download the full article (PDF))

Mendenhall iceberg makes its way to Washington - Juneau Empire, Oct 5, 2010

JEDC sends ice berg to D.C. science fair - KTOO, October 4, 2010

President Obama talks about the inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival

Scientific American: U.S. Science & Engineering Festival culminates this weekend on the National Mall

More Information

For more information on all Festival events and how you can get involved, visit www.usasciencefestival.org or contact Mary Hakala at 523-2336 or mhakala@jedc.org.