Comments for Unique pairing of scientists with school children this week at http://www.rcreader.com , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.rcreader.com Sat, 18 May 2013 17:19:59 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.rcreader.com/news-releases/unique-pairing-of-scientists-with-school-children-this-week/#comment-1973 (C) Hudson Net Newswires (Redistribution cleared with HNNEWS credit) Columbus Leads Nation For National Lab Day by Stacey Hondo Dateline Columbus,OH: With sessions on the nature of time, invisibility, the inability of black holes to fit into a single reference frame from all points of reference, and the duration dilation experiment of David Eagleman, one thing is certain - as National Lab Day begins across the country, Central Ohio has emerged as a leader in the movement, and almost by the single handed efforts of one man - Marshall Barnes, R&D Eng. Marshall, working as a volunteer scientist, has not only arranged projects of his own at Bexley, Grandview, and other schools in the area, but has them happening in East Hampton New York, Canterbury, New Hampshire, among other out of state locations. Prior to this kick-off week, he's been consulting and facilitating projects in Cincinnati and Cleveland, as well as in states like Iowa and Colorado, accomplishing an unprecedented reach for a National Lab Day scientist. National Lab Day officially begins May 12th but National Lab Day projects have been happening all year and some will be happening even next month. It's an effort to connect scientists, engineers, volunteers and others with schools to do presentations and projects that will promote and encourage STEM - science, technology, engineering and math. The surprise is that none of the major institutions in Columbus, like Battelle or Chemical Abstracts, has any recognizable involvement. OSU does, but it is at one of Marshall's events through the OSU Community Extension Center via the Department of African American and African Studies. Marshall points to the fact that he was already interested and involved in the ideas behind National Lab Day when he first learned of it in last November. In fact, President Obama announced his Educate to Innovate initiative ( http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/education/educate-innovate ) not long before Marshall made his announcement to expand his SuperScience for High School Physics program ( http://www.cleveland.com/call-and-post/index.ssf/2009/12/superscience_program_expands_i.html ) during an appearance on a NBC 4 news program that recognized the achievements of students he had worked with at Columbus Africentric Early College early in the year. After visiting the National Lab Day site and applying to be a volunteer scientist, it wasn't long before the innovator in Marshall saw the opportunity that the networking site had for making connections, not only with local projects, but with those across the country. Especially schools who had projects posted that were in his area of expertise. (Get the full story at http://forums.vindy.com/read.php?1,476063 ) - HNNEWS Wed, 12 May 2010 02:09:22 +0100