In celebration of National Engineers Week, February 14-20, 2010, eGFI is offering a free poster and 5 additional copies of eGFI magazine for every order of 25 magazines ($100).

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Environmental engineer Alexandria Boehm teaches environmental law and science policy at Stanford University Law School, exploring topics like beach pollution and disappearing wetlands. She also travels the world to aid coast communities, and recently spent three months studying polluted drinking water in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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The StarHouse Discovery Center in Logan, UT, aims to promote and provide hands-on science, astronomy, and technology experiences to children, parents, teachers, and administrators.

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A growing number of engineering students are tapping into clean water projects, some through campus chapters of Engineers Without Borders. As a nonprofit humanitarian organization, EWB works with developing communities to improve quality of life through sustainable engineering projects.

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The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program and NSF Teaching Fellowship/Master Teaching Fellowship Track seek to encourage talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teachers, majors, and professionals in careers as K-12 mathematics and science teachers. Application deadlines: Letter of Intent, Feb. 09, 2010; Full proposals, March 10, April 07.

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This lesson explores how civil engineering has solved the challenge of moving water through irrigation. Students work in teams to design and build their own model irrigation system out of everyday items. They test their systems, evaluate their results, and present their findings to the class.

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The 2010 Indiana Science Summit will be held Wed., Feb. 3, 2010 at the Eli Lilly and Company Corporate Headquarters in Indianapolis. The Science Summit will focus on the need for a system of sustained professional development to support inquiry-based science education and practical advice and methods for implementing research-based science curriculum.

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Indiana’s I-STEM Resource Network offers a several K-12 activities and lesson plans in areas ranging from Earth Science, Environmental Science, Physics, Mathematics, and Technology Education.

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The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Website identifies 14 Grand Challenges for Engineering in the 21st Century, meant to serve as a call to action and focal point for opportunities and challenges affecting our quality of life. Students and teachers can log onto the Grand Challenges Website to learn more about each challenge, and watch the informative videos.

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