A luncheon was also held for the teachers with Congressman Vernon Ehlers as the guest speaker. Fifty invited guests also attended the luncheon. The second event, the Plasma Science Expo, was held on April 2 and 3. It was attended by over 1800 students and their teachers. Many favorable comments on both events were received from teachers, students and observers.
Bimonthly publication is planned.
While the newsletter has been distributed mainly to members and interested associates, efforts are underway to increase its distribution, especially to the media. The Coalition conducted an informal study to determine the extent to which plasmas are being introduced in K-undergraduate level text books, especially in high school and college level books. The results were mixed. For example, it was found that many of the newer high school books do contain discussions of plasma, albeit quite limited in the types and applications discussed. One could conclude that if a high school district utilizes newer text book materials, the concept of the fourth state of matter is probably being introduced.