National Semiconductor Awards $100,000 to Schools, Teachers for Hands-On Science Ideas
Science in Action Grants Recognize Plans to Enhance Science Learning
National Semiconductor surprises teachers from Dunn Elementary School in Arlington, Texas with the news that their school has received a Science in Action Award to carry out a science project. |
(SANTA CLARA, Calif.) January 31, 2007 –National Semiconductor Corporation presented $100,000 in grants this month to 20 schools and 43 teachers/teaching teams in California, Texas, and Maine recognizing their creative ideas for enhancing curriculum through hands-on science projects.
National provided each teacher’s project with a cash award to purchase whatever was necessary –e.g. water testing kits, soil testing materials, physics carts-- to implement his/her winning idea.
National presented the grants through its Science in Action initiative, a program developed in 2005 to encourage inquiry-based science projects in the classroom. When students develop hypotheses, create their own experiments and then record and present their findings, it helps them better absorb information.
National’s Science in Action Awards program goes hand-in-hand with science professional development programs, which National supports with annual grants. An independent panel of judges, experts in education technology, reviewed the Science in Action applications and selected the winners.
Through National’s Science in Action Initiative, more than $600,000 has been given to hands-on science in the past two years. This year’s winning teachers and their projects can be found at National Semiconductor's Science in Action website.
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