Original sentence: SOCKs are designed for SPS Chapters and collegiate physics departments to use in outreach presentations to local elementary, middle and high school students.SPS strives to shape students into contributing members of the professional scientific community with the philosophy that since college courses only develop a particular range of skills in a student, it is important to develop other skills including effective written and verbal communication, leadership experience, professional networking, presenting scholarly work in professional meetings and journals, and educational outreach to the campus and local communities.The latest SPS outreach project, the SPS Outreach Catalyst Kit (SOCK), is modeled after a similar successful outreach effort at an SPS Zone meeting at Northwestern State University of Louisiana.The presentations and contents of the first SOCK were spearheaded by the 2001 SPS national intern Mark Lentz, to teach about properties of light
Edited sentence: SOCKS are designed for SPS Chapters and collegiate physics departments to use in outreach presentations to local elementary, middle and high school students.The SPS helps shape students into contributing members of the professional scientific community with the philosophy that since college courses only develop a particular range of skills in a student, it is important to develop other skills including effective written and verbal communication, leadership experience, professional networking, presenting scholarly work in professional meetings and journals, and educational outreach to the campus and local communities.The latest SPS outreach project is called the SPS Outreach Catalyst Kit, or SOCK, modeled after a similar successful outreach effort at an SPS Zone meeting at Northwestern State University of Louisiana.The presentations and contents of the first SOCK was spearheaded by the 2001 SPS national intern Mark Lentz, to teach about properties of light