[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.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    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

_______________________________________________________________________

                         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.
                                 <all>