[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 279 Introduced in House (IH)]
105th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. CON. RES. 279
To honor the ExploraVision Awards Program and to encourage more
students to participate in this innovative national student science
competition.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 21, 1998
Mr. Brown of California (for himself and Mrs. Morella) submitted the
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
Education and Workforce
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
To honor the ExploraVision Awards Program and to encourage more
students to participate in this innovative national student science
competition.
Whereas the Congress recognizes that the future of our Nation relies heavily on
continued scientific discovery and technological innovation;
Whereas the Congress further recognizes that our Nation's success in the coming
years will depend on science education that develops the ability of
students to understand and apply the principles of science;
Whereas the ExploraVision Awards Program, sponsored by the Toshiba Corporation
and administered by the National Science Teachers Association, was
launched in 1992 to energize students with a desire to learn and
increase their interest in the world of science;
Whereas the ExploraVision Awards Program asks students, working in teams of 3 or
4 with a teacher-advisor, to use imagination to envision a form of
technology that could exist 20 years from now, and compete by sharing
their visions through written descriptions and story boards;
Whereas the ExploraVision Awards Program, recognizing the fact that the majority
of today's scientific discovery and technological innovation is achieved
through teamwork, encourages students to develop their ability to work
together as a team to explore innovative scientific and technological
visions of the future;
Whereas the ExploraVision Awards Program exemplifies the principles expressed in
the National Science Education Standards, including cooperative
learning, the role of teachers as facilitators, and performance-based
assessment;
Whereas the ExploraVision Awards Program cuts across all science disciplines and
relates the disciplines of language arts, mathematics, and art to
science;
Whereas the ExploraVision Awards Program, reaching more than 18,000 students in
1997, has grown since its launch in 1992 to become the largest K-12
student science competition in the world; and
Whereas the Congress supports efforts to improve science education and
recognizes that it is critical that the United States--through programs
like the ExploraVision Awards Program--take a lead role in encouraging
students to develop the kind of scientific and technological thinking
our society needs in order to meet the challenges of the future: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
That the Congress--
(1) honors the ExploraVision Awards Program as an
innovative national student science competition for its
outstanding contribution to science education, and for
providing students the opportunity to learn the excitement of
scientific achievement, the value of teamwork, the joy of
creativity, and a spirit of accomplishment;
(2) awards a certificate of appreciation to the Toshiba
Corporation and the National Science Teachers Association for
their dedication to the success of the ExploraVision Awards
Program and for their endeavor in encouraging students to
pursue careers in science;
(3) authorizes and requests the President to issue a
proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to
support the goals of the ExploraVision Awards Program;
(4) directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to
transmit copies of this resolution, for the purpose of
promoting the understanding of the ExploraVision Awards Program
among Federal and related agencies engaged in science
education, to the President and Vice President of the United
States, to the Secretary of Education, to the Director of the
Office of Science and Technology Policy, to the Director of the
National Science Foundation, to the Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, to the President
of the National Academy of Engineering, and to the President of
the National Academy of Sciences; and
(5) directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to
transmit copies of this resolution, for the purpose of
encouraging more students to participate in the ExploraVision
Awards Program, to the governor of each of the several States,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam,
American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, and to the mayor of the District of Columbia, with a
request that the governor or mayor transmit copies of this
resolution to each school district in the governor's or mayor's
jurisdiction.
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