Under Secretary Koonin to Participate in National Lab Day Event

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For Immediate Release:
Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Under Secretary Koonin to Participate
in National Lab Day Event

Lab Day Event to Promote “Educate to Innovate” Campaign for Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education

WASHINGTON, DC –On Wednesday, May 12, U.S. Department of Energy Under Secretary for Science Steve Koonin will participate alongside teachers and volunteers in the first National Lab Day, a historic grassroots effort to bring hands-on learning activities to thousands of students and improve science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. Under Secretary Koonin will visit Roosevelt High School in Washington, DC and participate in a hands-on bridge building physics project with sophomore students.

Launched in response to President Obama’s call at the National Academy of Sciences last spring for all Americans to join the cause of elevating STEM education as a national priority, National Lab Day has created over 1,700 projects, matched 11,000 teachers and volunteers and made over 69,000 connections between volunteers and supporting organizations and resources to help bring discovery-based science experiences to students in grades K-12.

To learn more about National Lab Day,
visit www.nationallabday.org.

NATIONAL LAB DAY DETAILS:

This event is open to the press. Media wishing to attend should contact Tiffany Edwards at tiffany.edwards@hq.doe.gov.