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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 

Award of a Grant, Noncompetitive Financial Assistance

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Richland Operations Office.

ACTION: Notice of intent to make a noncompetitive financial assistance 
award.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE), Richland Operations Office 
(RL) announces that pursuant to Public Law 95-224, The Federal Grant 
and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977, it intends to make a 
discretionary financial assistant award based on the criterion set 
forth in 10 CFR 600.7(b)(2)(i)(B) to the Institute for Science and 
Society, Inc., (ISS), Ellensburg, Washington, under Grant Number DE-
FG06-94RL12929. The primary purpose of the grant is to help ``K through 
12'' teachers improve math and science education classes for their 
students and to assist in strengthening math and science education in 
the public sector. This two year effort will have an estimated cost of 
$300,000 for the first budget year.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions regarding this announcement should be addressed to the U.S. 
Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office, Procurement Division, 
Mail Stop A7-80, P.O. Box 550, 825 Jadwin Avenue, Richland, Washington 
99352, Attn: Jo Laughlin, Contract Specialist.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In support of DOE's Math/Science Education 
Action Conference Report of May 1990 which emphasized the critical need 
for a technologically informed citizenry and the need for American 
elementary and secondary students to receive increased preparation in 
math and science in every grade and that teachers must become empowered 
to prepare this generation of children for lives in the 21st Century, 
various methods are being explored and pursued to accomplish these 
aims. Surveys have found that many K-12 teachers have little or no 
background in science or need to enhance and update their skills in 
this field. A science literacy course covering such fields as 
astronomy, geology, chemistry, math, physics, origins of life, 
evolution, global warming, electromagnetic fields, population 
explosion, ionizing radiation and the health effects of radiation, has 
been developed to increase and stimulate a teacher's interest and 
understanding of the sciences and the concept of the scientific 
approach to societal issues involving science and/or technology. Some 
simple, inexpensive experiments are offered which can be used by the 
teachers in the classroom to demonstrate scientific principles. Experts 
in various science fields are utilized as lecturers to provide quality 
instruction. Teachers who complete the course generally overcome their 
fears of science and transfer a sense of excitement in science to their 
students.

    Dated: April 22, 1994.
P.E. Rasmussen,
Acting Director Procurement Division, Richland Operations Office.
[FR Doc. 94-10571 Filed 5-2-94; 8:45 am]
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