The award will underwrite the creation, development and implementation of
the Earth Day Science Symposium, an annual hands -on, inquiry-based science
research program for 30,000 middle school science classes and their teachers . "This will the third time we have joined with Earth's
Birthday Project to bring an innovative science initiative into the classroom. For additional information about the Toyota USA Foundation, visit
http: //www.

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During
this future mission, the experiment samples will fly for 12 to 24 hours at
nearly 30 miles altitude.
Wendover is 1 of 150 NASA Explorer Schools, nationwide.

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WALLOPS ISLAND , Va.

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Also while at Wallops, students will work with NASA personnel to prepare
experiment samples for flight on a future scientific balloon mission.

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, Students from Wendover High
School, Wendover, Utah, will experience the thrill of conducting launch
operations and a science mission during a workshop March 21 - 23 at the NASA
Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. Through the partnership we are
committed to actively involving 750,000 students and their teachers in
cutting -edge scientific research. Through its Big Gift to the Earth program, in partnership with
The Nature Conservancy, K-12 students in 25,000 schools across the United
States have raised nearly $5 million for the preservation of more than 200,000
acres of rainforest.

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It gives us the opportunity to create an annual science
activity that will have lasting, positive impact on the quality of science
instruction at the middle school level.
Joining Earth's Birthday Project in receiving awards were the University
of Michigan College of Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI; the University of Southern
California School of Pharmacy, Los Angles, CA; and Keep America Beautiful,
Inc.

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SANTA FE, N.

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During the balloon mission on March 22, students and their teacher will
experience the complexities, coordination and teamwork required to conduct a
launch, whether it's a balloon or a rocket.
It was one of four awards announced by the Foundation board of directors at
its recent semiannual meeting in Washington , DC.
In the past we have supported such successful endeavors as the Butterfly
Classroom program , an activity for grades Pre K-6 and the Rainforest
Exploratorium for grades 4-6.
"Earth's Birthday Project is thrilled to partner with the Toyota USA
Foundation to launch Earth Day Science Symposium," said Clifford Ross,
president.

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nasa., Earth's Birthday Project, a non-
profit education support organization with headquarters in Santa Fe, has been
named the recipient of a $255,000 grant from the Toyota USA Foundation to
launch a new national environmental science initiative for 7th - 9th grade
students.

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This new grant will support a program being
designed for middle school students and their teachers," he added.

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"The Foundation's commitment to fund this innovative program is a
wonderful gift.

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Toyota USA Foundation Grant Enables Earth's Birthday Project To Launch Earth Day Science Symposium Project

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Established in 1989, Earth's Birthday Project works to ignite children's
intrinsic interest in the natural world, while inspiring them to take action
on its behalf.

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For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit:

http: //www.

The Toyota USA Foundation is a $40 million charitable endowment created to
support innovative education programs serving kindergarten through 12th grade
in the United States, with special emphasis in the areas of mathematics and
science.

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Using an endangered species as its subject, the Earth Day Science
Symposium will provide the curriculum and materials needed for students to
analyze, critique and present current research on a compelling animal in a
threatened ecosystem .

This phylum includes the insects, spiders, mites and ticks, crustaceans, centipedes, millipedes, isopods , and trilobites.

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In addition, the students will tour NASA's suborbital sounding rocket
facility , the rocket launch range and the scientific aircraft operations at
Wallops.com/foundation.

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Utah School Participating in NASA Flight Project

After the experiment samples are returned, students will be able to
compare the flight samples that have flown at the outer edge of Earth's
atmosphere to their control samples that will remain at the school.gov/home

In addition, more than 2 million elementary students,
through Hands on Classroom, have been able to observe insect metamorphosis and
behavior as part of their science curriculum.

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Students will actively participate in the launch of a weather balloon,
conduct operations from the NASA mission control center, and monitor the data
as it is received from the science instruments during the flight.

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This category is for sites devoted to the scientific study of the largest of all animal phyla, Phylum Arthropoda.

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Over a three-year
period the schools partner with NASA to increase student interest, performance
and participation in science, mathematics, and technology fields of study and
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"The Toyota USA Foundation is delighted to renew its association with
Earth 's Birthday Project," said Foundation president Atsushi "Art" Niimi, in
announcing the award.