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105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 279

To honor the ExploraVision Awards Program and to encourage more students

to participate in this innovative national student science competition.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 21, 1998

Mr. BROWN of California (for himself and Mrs. MORELLA) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on

Education and Workforce

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

To honor the ExploraVision Awards Program and to encourage more students to participate in this innovative national student science competition.

Whereas the Congress recognizes that the future of our Nation relies heavily on continued scientific discovery and

technological innovation;

Whereas the Congress further recognizes that our Nation’s

success in the coming years will depend on science education that develops the ability of students to understand

and apply the principles of science;

Whereas the ExploraVision Awards Program, sponsored by

the Toshiba Corporation and administered by the National Science Teachers Association, was launched in
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1992 to energize students with a desire to learn and increase their interest in the world of science;

Whereas the ExploraVision Awards Program asks students,

working in teams of 3 or 4 with a teacher-advisor, to use

imagination to envision a form of technology that could

exist 20 years from now, and compete by sharing their

visions through written descriptions and story boards;

Whereas the ExploraVision Awards Program, recognizing the

fact that the majority of today’s scientific discovery and

technological innovation is achieved through teamwork,

encourages students to develop their ability to work together as a team to explore innovative scientific and technological visions of the future;

Whereas the ExploraVision Awards Program exemplifies the

principles expressed in the National Science Education

Standards, including cooperative learning, the role of

teachers as facilitators, and performance-based assessment;

Whereas the ExploraVision Awards Program cuts across all

science disciplines and relates the disciplines of language

arts, mathematics, and art to science;

Whereas the ExploraVision Awards Program, reaching more

than 18,000 students in 1997, has grown since its launch

in 1992 to become the largest K–12 student science competition in the world; and

Whereas the Congress supports efforts to improve science

education and recognizes that it is critical that the

United States—through programs like the ExploraVision

Awards Program—take a lead role in encouraging students to develop the kind of scientific and technological
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thinking our society needs in order to meet the challenges

of the future: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That the Congress—

3 (1) honors the ExploraVision Awards Program

4 as an innovative national student science competition

5 for its outstanding contribution to science education,

6 and for providing students the opportunity to learn

7 the excitement of scientific achievement, the value of

8 teamwork, the joy of creativity, and a spirit of

9 accomplishment;

10 (2) awards a certificate of appreciation to the

11 Toshiba Corporation and the National Science

12 Teachers Association for their dedication to the suc13 cess of the ExploraVision Awards Program and for

14 their endeavor in encouraging students to pursue ca15 reers in science;

16 (3) authorizes and requests the President to

17 issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the

18 United States to support the goals of the

19 ExploraVision Awards Program;

20 (4) directs the Clerk of the House of Represent21 atives to transmit copies of this resolution, for the

22 purpose of promoting the understanding of the

23 ExploraVision Awards Program among Federal and

24 related agencies engaged in science education, to the
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1 President and Vice President of the United States,

2 to the Secretary of Education, to the Director of the

3 Office of Science and Technology Policy, to the Di4 rector of the National Science Foundation, to the

5 Administrator of the National Aeronautics and

6 Space Administration, to the President of the Na7 tional Academy of Engineering, and to the President

8 of the National Academy of Sciences; and

9 (5) directs the Clerk of the House of Represent10 atives to transmit copies of this resolution, for the

11 purpose of encouraging more students to participate

12 in the ExploraVision Awards Program, to the gov13 ernor of each of the several States, the Common14 wealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam,

15 American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the

16 Northern Mariana Islands, and to the mayor of the

17 District of Columbia, with a request that the gov18 ernor or mayor transmit copies of this resolution to

19 each school district in the governor’s or mayor’s

20 jurisdiction.

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