Episode 38 – National Lab Day

Jack Hidary

Our guest this week is Jack Hidary, chairman of National Lab Day.  Designed to encourage partnerships between scientists, engineers, teachers and students, National Lab Day emerged from a partnership between NSTA, the American Chemical Society (ACS), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Jack D. Hidary Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation.  Jack talks to us about the program and website, and what educators and other scientists can do to get involved.

Links:

• nationallabday.org
• YouTube: Obama Kicks Off “Educate to Innovate”
• NSTA Express: Obama Announces National Lab Day
• National Lab Day Fact Day from NSTA
• STEM Letter to Obama about the Importance of STEM Education
• Obama Addresses National Academy of Sciences, April 2009
• NY Times: White House Pushes Science and Math Education
• NPR: AT&T Pledges Support to National Lab Day
• MAKE Magazine and NLD
• Hidary Foundation

Direct download: LOL38.mp3