OK.. I have  a topic tonight that is near and dear to my heart.

Do you know a great Science teacher teaching in Vermont.. or… maybe you , yourself are a great Science teacher her in the Green Mountains. In either case, we need your help.

I belong to a group called VASE , the Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering. Its a group of about 50 senior scientists and engineers from Academia and Industry. Our mission is to help promote science and scientific literacy here in Vermont… In essence, we’re supposed to be science-y. !

Two years ago we created the VASE Science Grant program. Our working title for the project was ‘Science Santa’ .. Our idea is to provide small ($500-$1000) grants to support hands on science in the classroom. Our goal is to make it really easy for teachers to buy science equipment for their classrooms without having to go fight the very tight budgets that all of our schools have.  You can read all about the program here.

 

So far, the program has been very successful. We’ve given away money to help buy 3D Printing maple taps,Knex Motors,classroom  DNA Sequencers, underwater robots.. and a ton of other cool stuff. We’ve had the chance to meet with the teachers and the students from around the state that have used thee grants to put more science.. and more fun.. into their classrooms..

 

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Applying for the grants is really easy. The teacher needs only to fill out a simple form. All we ask for in return is a simple write up of what happened with the equipment.. and a short YouTube length video of the results.

So.. here’s why I’m writing tonight.We still need more applicants for this years grants.. The deadline is October 20th.. we really want to get this money into the right hands.

Please take a minute to send this link (or this post) to your favorite science teacher or principal right now… (yes now !)

again.. here’s the link

 

OK.. now gotta slee

nite all. nite sam

-me