However, a lack of technology standards has often caused this subject to be buried inside the science curriculum, mistaken for shop, or representative of computer training. A new national body has begun the task of identifying the needs and criteria for a separate body of technology education standards. Students are empowered when they realize that science offers meaningful insights into how this world functions. It seeks to fill the gap in early education about origins. The emphasis is on the Big Bang cosmology and the formation of planets.
Evolution of life is present in the narrative to connect it to people.
Agents who have met their workshop requirement may also apply for the 1998 Summer Leadership Institute, as described below. The time, location, and date have not yet been scheduled because the NSTA schedule is not yet available. A maximum of twenty Agents will be selected. Since the NSTA meeting is April 15-18, qualifying workshop reports must have been received by March 9, 1998. The AAS will provide the registration fee for this meeting for selected Agents.