Awards - National Science Teachers Association -- THE Journal

Awards - National Science Teachers Association

09/01/99

Organization: National Science Teachers Association, Arlington, VA, (703) 312-9248, www.nsta.org

Award: $5,000 U.S. savings bonds

DESCRIPTION: Twelve 3-8 grade students have earned $5,000 in savings bonds in the 1999 Craftsman/NSTA Young Inventors Awards Program. The annual competition invites students to invent a new tool or redesign an existing one. Selected from nearly 3,000 entries, the national finalists also earned a trip to Chicago in September where two national winners will be named.

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