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M e e t a Y o u n gH e a l t HI n n o v a t o r

Designinga New Wayto Heal the

BodySamantha marquez

midlothian, VirGinia

When Samantha Marquez

was in seventh grade, she was

doing research for a science

project when she learned

about isms,

which are spherical crystal

structures that deliver avors

into foods and drugs into the

body. She asked her dad, achemist and researcher, if liv-

ing cells could be used instead

of articial structures, and he

thought her idea had merit.

Samantha came up with the

name “isms”

and patented her idea.

Samantha hopes that celloi-

dosomes will be used to repair

damaged organs, burned tis-

sue, and broken bones. Learn

more about Samantha’s work

at nmoe.org.

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Intrigued byBiology?Biology is one of the great building

blocks of science, because it’s used invirtually everything from chemistry to

zoology. Biology takes its name from the

ancient Greek word bio, meaning “life,”

and logia, which means “study of.”

By learning about life from the

smallest cell to the world’s largestAfrican elephant, you can become any-

thing you want to be, from a biomedical

engineer to a zookeeper or even the

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the role o genetics in ngerprints, ask an adult to help you

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of hispanic professional

engineers

“do’t blv ayboy who tells you that you

can’t do something.”

Figures out how to grow

batches of cells for use in

cancer-drug testing.

Designs computer tools to

track and analyze u out-

breaks around the world.

Develops healthy, deli-

cious meals for schools,

colleges, and hospitals.

Develops candy and other

sweet treats that are good

for kids’ teeth.

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Biochemical Engineer

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In addition to being a

biomedical engineerlike Barry Cordero,

YOU cAn Be A:

When

Barry Cordero was

ten years old, he loved

working on his brother’s red’87 Dodge Shelby Charger. “I

liked solving problems and x-

ing things. I just didn’t real-

ize it was engineering.”

Barry

joined the U.S.

Navy and worked on the

USS Nimitz aircraft

carrier. He then went to commu-

nity college and the Universityof California, San Diego. He

also joined the Society of

Hispanic Professional

Engineers.“When I

was growing up,

I didn’t even know what

an engineer was—I thought

it was someone who worked

on a train. I love showing

kids that science and

engineering are cool

careers.”

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Medtronic,

Barry and his team

make batteries for pace-

makers and debrillators for

chronic heart conditions and

neurostimulators to help

manage chronic

pain.

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engineering,

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explore new ideas, and

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“My high

school counselor

said I wasn’t cut outfor college, which really

had an impact on me. It

made me want to do it. I’m

always going after the

challenge.”




Diabetes is a life-threatening disease that

affects the body’s ability to use glucose, a

sugar that provides energy for all the cells in

the body. People with diabetes need a constant

supply of insulin to help maintain healthy blood

glucose levels. The brother-and-sister team of

Michael and Michelle Vawter and friend Mark D.

Wright developed Nn Ms, a patented

nasal inhalant smartdrug that releases precise

doses of insulin as the body needs it. Learn

more about the trio’s invention at nmoe.org.

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Zealous about

Zoology?Zoology is the amily tree o the

animal world. Imagine a amily o

monkeys sitting on a tree branch

and you get the idea. On one branch,

there’s anthropology, or the study

o humankind. On another branch

is ornithology, or the study o birds,

and on another, cetology, or the

study o whales, porpoises, and

dolphins. The list o animal amilies

goes on. By learning about the ani-

mal world, you can become anything

rom a zookeeper to a veterinarian

or even a dinosaur ossil hunter!

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A dog’s sense o smell can be

more than 1,000 times more

sensitive than a human’s!

Here’s how to ind out what

kind o smells dogs like the

most. Ask an adult to help

you re cru it a se le ct io n o

riendly dogs and their own-

ers. Choose three di-

erent ruits, meats, andanimal/people scentssuch as the dog’s toy orowner’s clothes. Be sure

to avoid oods toxic to dogs.

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watch or as each dog encoun-

ters each dierent scent. For

example, does the dog bark or

back away?With the dogs’

owners present, take each dog

separately into a room with

the scents rom one category

(i.e., ruits, meats, or animal/people scents) or one

minute. Record your

observations. Repeat

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Eliminating Some of the Dangers of Diabetes

Michael Vawter, Michelle

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E n g i n E E r i n g + Z o o l o g y :

Lars ErdahlEducation dirEctor, MinnEsota Zoo

“i fee s k to be able to connectpeople with animals and nature.”

Lars

Erdahl’s rst job

at the zoo was driving

the monorail. “It’s not hard.

It goes slow, medium, and fast,

and you don’t have to steer. You

just have to keep your eyes

open and teach people

about the animals.”

“People

might think that

engineering is a nerdy

or boring endeavor, but

when they see how it’s used

in the zoo environment, they

realize how interesting

and important it

really is.”

“I love using

languages, math,science, technology,

engineering, and geography

to help kids and adults see

that we’re all part of the

same ecosystem,”

Lars says.

At the zoo,

S.T.E.M. students learn

how to calculate average

weights of animals, plan diets,

and other daily zoo tasks. They

also practice planning exhib-its, such as Russia’s

Grizzly Coast .

“My other

favorite part of

the job is visiting the

grizzlies on my lunch

hour. How cool is

that?”

One day,

Lars slowed the

monorail so his pas-

sengers could see a camel

giving birth. Afterwards,

many people told him how

lucky they felt to have

seen the event.

In addition to working at a zoo like Lars Erdahl, you can bE a:

Creates and manages

aquarium exhibits

featuring tropical

sh, dolphins, and

other marine life.

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Helps create safer

communities by

monitoring levels of

rabies and other dis-

eases in wild animals.

Z o o l o g i s t

Helps families take

care of their kitten,

puppy, hamster,

guinea pig, or

other pet.

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Tracks whales

as they migrate

to understand

the size of their

population.

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Lars

and his team

love having kids out to

the zoo for sleepovers at

the dolphin aquarium. “The

dolphins enjoy it as much

as the kids,” Lars

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M e e t a Y o u n gH e a l t HI n n o v a t o r

Helping People withCoronary

Heart Disease

Siddhartha Gautama Jena,

Bloomfield hillS, michiGan

Coronary heart disease kills

more than seven million people

around the world every year.

The disease results primarily

from high blood cholesterol,

which impairs the transport of

life-sustaining molecules into

the red blood cells. Siddhartha

is w

mps that can

reduce the effects of choles-

terol on red blood cell function.

He hopes that his work will help

patients with elevated choles-

terol levels get the early diag-

nosis and treatment they need.

Learn more about Siddhartha’s

work at nmoe.org.

S c I e n c e I S l I f e / / l I f e I S S c I e n c e

Curious about

Chemistry?Chemistry is the big laboratory o sci-ence, because it combines biology,geology, physics, and other sciences tocreate extraordinary results. The wordchemistry is derived rom the wordalchemy, which was the ancient belie that magicians could turn metals intogold. Like magicians, chemists cre-

ate chemicalreactions thatresult in newideas and newdiscoveries. By studying chemistry, youcould create a new celebrity perume,develop the next favor o Pop Rocks, oreven discover the next planet!

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Bones and teeth, which are the hardest parts o our bodies, con-

tain calcium. This is true or dogs, cats, and other animals with bones

and teeth, but what about creatures with shells, such as crabs, clams, and

shrimp? Do you think their shells contain calcium? Find out by using

vinegar, which reacts with calcium. Gather as many dierent kinds o

hard animal parts as possible—chicken bones, fsh bones, egg shells, crab

claws, and clam shells. Put bones and shells in separate glass bowls

and cover with white vinegar.Ater fve days, compare the bones to the

shells. Do you see or eel a dierence? Can you tell which bones and

shells contain calcium? Learn more at sciencebuddies.org.

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Saves lives by

predicting

tsunamis, earth-

quakes, and other

disasters.

Develops new

techniques for

growing food

on board space

stations.

Keeps cities clean

by discovering

and eliminating

sources of air and

water pollution.

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Using the Body’sOwn

Immune Systemto Fight CancerRiley ChaRles ennis,

MClean, ViRginia

Our bodies have the

ability to target and

kill many disease-

causing cells. Many

scientists believe

that if we harness the

power of the body’s

immune system, we

may be able to develop

systemic and highly

effective cancer

therapies. When Riley

Charles Ennis was

in high school, hedeveloped a unique

i- bsd hy

that helps the body

create a powerful,

anti-tumor response.

He also designed a

vaccine to be biologi-

cally specic to

a patient’s genetic

information. Learn

more about Riley’s

work at nmoe.org.

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Excited byEngineering?Look closely at the word “engineer-

ing” and you’ll fnd genius. Engineeringtakes its name rom the Latin wordingenium, meaning clever or hav-ing mental power. This is where thewords “genius” and “genie” come rom.Engineers are like genies because they

solve problems, invent solutions, and

create extraordinary things. I youbecome an engineer, you can do virtu-ally anything you want to do, rombuilding skyscrapers and develop-ing medical devices to designing theworld’s gnarliest snowboard.

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extra ingredients, you can create your own “ultimate” bubble-making solution and become a Bubble-ology expert. First,

create three basic solutions, each with one cup o water and two table-

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glycerin (available at most pharmacies) to the second, and corn syrup

to the third and mix each well. Use your own bubble wand or make

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In addition tobeing a biomedical

engineer likeAlyse Stofer,

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M E d I c I N E :

AlyseStoferProgram manager,

medtronic, and

President-elect,

the society of

Women engineers

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Robotics Engineer

Discovers

exciting new

ways to turn

recycled plas-

tic bottles into

fabulous fash-ion fabrics.

Chemical Engineer

Designs tiny

microphones

for top-secret

surveillance efforts.

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medical devices.

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always encouraged

her and her sister to takeaccelerated math and science

classes, and told them that

they could be anything

that they wanted

to be.

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was fascinated

to see how articial

limbs and pacemakers

could change people’s livesand from then on, I knew I

wanted to be a biomedi-

cal engineer.”

She

loves meeting

people who are using

the products that she and

her team have created. “It’s

truly amazing to see what a

difference we’re making

in their lives.”

Alyse

now works at

Medtronic, where

she helps create prod-

ucts for people who havechronic pain because

of injuries or acci-

dents.

Alyse

also belongs

to the Society of

Women Engineers. “I’m

lucky to have had so much

encouragement when I was

a child. This is my way to

give back.”

Alyse

went to an engi-

neering summer camp

for high school girls. She

learned all about different

engineering elds, including

biomedical engineering,

which she had never

heard of before.

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to explore the

depths ofthe ocean,

faraway

planets,

or other

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Helping Eliminate Phantom Limb Pain in Amputees

Katherine BomKamp,

Waldorf, maryland

Phantom limb pain is

the feeling of pain in a

nonexistent limb. This

affects about eight mil-

lion people around the

world who have lost one

or more of their arms or

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receive the signals. When

Katherine was in high

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University of PennsylvAniA

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to people in

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other impover-ished countries

around the world.

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kids

how to

manage

their

asthma.

Figures out

real-life

medical

puzzles, such

as whether a

person needs

a transplant

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caused some-

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In addition to being a

professor like RainaMerchant,

YoU can bE a:

Pathologist

Cytotechnologist

RespiratoryTherapist

When

Raina Merchant

was growing up in

Corpus Christi, Texas, she

loved helping her dad, a sur-

geon and emergency trauma

specialist, when oods andhurricanes threatened

their community.

Raina

divides her

time between teaching

medical students, seeing

patients, and doing research

on sudden cardiac arrest

(SCA), which kills more

than 1,000 people a

day in the U.S. To

help her fellow

Philadelphians becomeaware of AEDs, Raina and

her colleagues created the

MyHeartMap Challenge, a

social media/crowdsourc-

ing project and scaven-

ger hunt.

Aspart of her

mission to help people

survive SCA, Raina is pas-

sionate about automated

external debrillators (AEDs),

portable electronic devices

that virtually anyone can

use to save lives.

“I’m

so happy to be

following in my dad’s

footsteps,” Raina says. “He

now lives in Fiji, where he

continues to help people.I know he’s really

proud of me!”

People

can use an app to

snap photos of AEDs in

ofce buildings and other

places and upload them

to myheartmap.org for

a chance to win

prizes!

After

high school,

Raina graduated

from Yale University, the

University of Chicago,

and the University of

Pennsylvania, where

she now works.

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Fun Placesto Explore

ALABAMA● Gulf Coast ExplorEum

sCiEnCE CEntEr, Mobile,exploreum.com

CALIFORNIA● California sCiEnCE

CEntEr, Los Angeles,

californiasciencecenter.org● DisCovEry sCiEnCE

CEntEr, Santa Ana,discoverycube.org

● Exploratorium, SanFrancisco, exploratorium.edu

● lawrEnCE Hall

of sCiEnCE, Berkeley,lawrencehallofscience.org

● montErEy Bay aquarium,Monterey, mbayaq.org

● san DiEGo Zoo, San Diego,sandiegozoo.org

COLORADO● DEnvEr Zoo, Denver,

denverzoo.org

● tHE wilDlifE

ExpEriEnCE, Parker,thewildlifeexperience.org

FLORIDA● JaCksonvillE Zoo,

Jacksonville, jaxzoo.org

● kEnnEDy spaCE

CEntEr, Orsino,kennedyspacecenter.com

GEORGIA● GEorGia aquarium,

Atlanta, georgiaaquarium.org

● Zoo atlanta, Atlanta,zooatlanta.org

ILLINOIS● aDlEr planEtarium,

Chicago, adlerplanetarium.org

● tHE fiElD musEum,Chicago, eldmuseum.org

● musEum of sCiEnCE

anD inDustry, Chicago,msichicago.org

● sHEDD aquarium, Chicago,sheddaquarium.org

INDIANA● wonDErlaB musEum of

sCiEnCE, HEaltH anD

tECHnoloGy, Bloomington,wonderlab.org

KENTUCKY● louisvillE sCiEnCE

CEntEr, Louisville,louisvillescience.org

LOUISIANA● sCi-port DisCovEry

CEntEr, Shreveport,sciport.org

MASSACHUSETTS● musEum of sCiEnCE,

Boston, mos.org

MINNESOTA● BEll musEum of natural

History, Minneapolis,bellmuseum.org

● Como park Zoo &

ConsErvatory, St. Paul,comozooconservatory.org

● GrEat lakEs aquarium,Duluth, glaquarium.org

● intErnational

wolf CEntEr, Ely andMinneapolis, wolf.org

● minnEsota Zoo, Apple Valley,

mnzoo.org

● sCiEnCE musEum of

minnEsota, St. Paul, smm.org

● tHE BakkEn, Minneapolis,thebakken.org

● tHE works, Bloomington,theworks.org

MARYLAND● marylanD sCiEnCE

CEntEr, Baltimore, mdsci.org

MICHIGAN● DEtroit sCiEnCE CEntEr,

Detroit, sciencedetroit.org

MISSOURI● saint louis sCiEnCE

CEntEr, St. Louis, sisc.org

NEW JERSEY● liBErty sCiEnCE CEntEr,

Jersey City, lsc.org

NORTH CAROLINA● DisCovEry plaCE,

Charlotte, discoveryplace.org

● sCiworks, Winston-Salem,sciworks.org

OHIO● Cosi, Columbus, cosi.org

OKLAHOMA● tulsa Zoo anD livinG

musEum, Tulsa, tulsazoo.org

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natural History &

HayDEn planEtarium,New York, amnh.org

● Bronx Zoo, New York,bronxzoo.com

● nEw york Hall of

sCiEnCE, Flushing,nysci.org

● tHE CHilDrEn’s musEum

of sCiEnCE anD

tECHnoloGy, Troy, cmost.org

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Philadelphia, .edu

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CEntEr, Pittsburgh,carnegiesciencecenter.org

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Springs, mammothsite.com

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CEntEr, Nashville,adventuresci.com

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GarDEn, Memphis,memphisbotanicgarden.com

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of mEmpHis, Memphis,cmom.com

TEXAS● san antonio Zoo, San

Antonio, sazoo-aq.org

● tHE DisCovEry

sCiEnCE plaCE, Tyler,discoveryscienceplace.org

VERMONT● montsHirE musEum of

sCiEnCE, Norwich,montshire.org

WASHINGTON● paCifiC sCiEnCE

CEntEr, Seattle,pacicsciencecenter.org

WASHINGTON D.C.● smitHsonian national

air anD spaCE musEum,Washington, D.C., andChantilly, Virginia, nasm.si.edu

● smitHsonian national

musEum of amEriCan

History, Washington, D.C.,americanhistory.si.edu


musEum of natural

History, Washington, D.C.,mnh.si.edu


ZooloGiCal park ,

Washington, D.C.,nationalzoo.si.edu


Lie IsScience Is Lie!I you look closely at the worldaround you, you’ll fnd that science is everywhere. To helpinspire you to become a healthinnovator, we’ve compiled our toppicks or un places to explore,websites to discover, new booksto read, clubs to join, and otherways to get involved in the

ascinating uture o our world.

Meet TyrannosaurusSue at the Field

Museum in Chicago.

Listen to the WaveOrgan, a wave-

activated acousticsculpture. Part of the

Exploratorium, it’slocated on a jetty inSan Francisco Bay.

See an aquatic tun-nel in the GeorgiaAquarium. It’s the

world’s largestaquarium, holding

more than 10 million

gallons of water.




● Ask D. Univese,druniverse.wsu.edu

● Bill Nye the ScienceGuy, billnye.com

● BainCake,braincake.org

● BainPOP,brainpop.com

● Cool Science foCuious Kids, hhmi.org/coolscience/

forkids● Did You Eve Wonde?,

lbl.gov/wonder

● Discovey Kids,kids.discovery.com

● DagonyTV,pbskids.org/dragonytv

● EngineeGil!,engineergirl.org

● Eteme Science,extremescience.com

● Funology, funology.com

● Gilstat, girlstart.org

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HowStuffWoks,howstuffworks.com

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● NASA Fo Kids Only,kids.earth.nasa.gov

● National GeogaphicKids, kids.nationalgeographic.com

● Science Buddies,sciencebuddies.org

● Science Made Simple,sciencemadesimple.com

● Science Monste,sciencemonster.com

● Science Museum ofMinnesota OnlineActivities,smm.org/explore

● SciGils, scigirls.org

● The Science Eploe,exploratorium.edu/science—explorer

● TIME fo Kids,timeforkids.com

● TyEngineeing,tryengineering.org/play.php

● TyScience,tryscience.org


New Booksto Read

A selection of the2012 Finalists for theAAAS/Subaru SB&FPrizes for Excellencein Science Books

Middle Grades

● Biomimicy: InventionsInspied by Natue. DoraLee, with illustrations byMargot Thompson. Kids CanPress, 2011.

● The Case of the VanishingGolden Fog: A ScienticMystey. Sandra Markle.Millbrook Press, 2011.

● Elephant Talk: TheSupising Science ofElephant Communication.Ann Downer. Twenty-FirstCentury Books, 2011.

● Wold Without Fish.Mark Kurlansky, with illustra-tions by Frank Stockton.Workman, 2011.

YounG adults

● Feathes. Thor Hanson.Basic Books, 2011.

● Feynman. Jim Ottaviani,with illustrations by LelandMyrick. First Second, 2011.

● Plastic: A Toic Love Stoy.Susan Freinkel. HoughtonMifin Harcourt, 2011.

● Science Fai Season. JudyDutton. Hyperion Books, 2011.

● 4-H NATIONAL YOUTHSCIENCE DAY, 4-h.org

● BOY SCOUTS OF AMErICA,scouting.org

● FIrST LEGO LEAYGUE,rstlegoleague.org

● FIrST rOBOTICSCOMPETITION,usrst.org

● FUTUrE CITYCOMPETITION,

futurecity.org

● FUTUrE SCIENTISTSAND ENGINEErS OFAMErICA,discoverycube.org

● GIrL SCOUTS,girlscouts.org

● HIGH TECH KIDS,hightechkids.org

● INTErNET SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY FAIr,istf.ucf.edu

● NATIONAL STEM VIDEOGAME CHALLENGE,stemchallenge.org

● ODYSSEY OF THE MIND,odysseyofthemind.com

● SCIENCE OLYMPIAD,soinc.org

● TrONIx TEAM,tronixteam.org

● YOUNG INVENTOrSPrOGrAM,

successbeyond.org/YIF.htm

scc Information,

News &Advocacy

● Ameican Associationfo the Advancementof Science, aaas.org

●

Ameican IndianScience andEngineeing Society,aises.org

● Association foWomen in Science,awis.org

● Edutopia, edutopia.org

● Engineeing isElementay,mos.org/eie

● National EducationAssociation, nea.org

● National ScienceTeaches Association,nsta.org

● National Society ofBlack Enginees,nsbe.org

● Society fo HispanicPofessionals inEngineeing, shpe.org

● Society fo Science& the Public,societyforscience.org

● Society of WomenEnginees, swe.org

● The BenjaminBanneke Institutefo Science andTechnology,thebannekerinstitute.org

● Women in Technology,

womenintechnology.com

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Competitions & Clubs To Join

B robot with a team of fellow inventors and rock the houseat your local FIRST Lego League tournament!

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