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Sample Media Day Media Advisory Adapt and disseminate to reporters and editors in your state one to two weeks in advance of your event. Don't forget to mail to state science association newsletters and journals, university education newsletters, science museum newsletters, etc. Change this Texas Media Day news advisory to fit your needs and events. Print on appropriate letterhead:
Contact: ____________ (name of knowledgeable person)
On February 4 elected officials, area business leaders, parents and educators are participating in a variety of science education events which illustrate some of the latest techniques and newest thinking in science instruction as part of the Irving and Richardson Independent School District’s “Focus on Science Education Day.” These new approaches to K–12 science education are based on the National Science Education Standards and advocated by a nationwide program being launched in Texas called Building a Presence for Science. The program is sponsored by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) with funding from the ExxonMobil Foundation. In Texas the program has the support of a number of education institutions and organizations including the Texas Statewide Systemic Initiative (TSSI), the Science Teachers Association of Texas (STAT), the Texas Education Agency (TEA), and the Texas Education Service Centers. In each location inquiry-based science teaching approaches will be used with local school children, quite possibly your neighbor’s children. The classrooms, TECH-TREK, and museums will offer a number of good photo opportunities. Representatives from NSTA, ExxonMobil, several Texas education institutions and organizations, and participating teachers will be available for interviews. The Following Sites Will be Open to Media on February 4: Irving Building a Presence for Science Overview
10:00 a.m. Irving Classrooms
8:30–9:15 a.m.
10:45–11:30 a.m.
11:45–1:00 p.m. Classroom Highlights Dave Yaggy—Students have designed and constructed a device which will blow air to move target balls into a distant goal. Students will be competing in a timed format to test their product. Pam Vaughan—Students will construct a simple food chain to recognize the interdependence of living organisms and learn the intricate facets of ecological systems through the study of owl pellets. Students will correlate their findings to the mechanism of their own body skeleton. Tony Zahn—Students are involved in an electronic field trip to Antarctica by participating in an online, interactive, interdisciplinary unit over the frigid continent. Students will view three live broadcasts via satellite and during this class will send e-mail to scientists they meet on the broadcasts. Students will also access the scientists’ field journals and e-mail students around the country also working on the project. Richardson Classrooms
10:00 a.m. Richardson High School Livina Materials Center, 1250 Belt Line Road, Richardson Math/Science/Tech. Magnet School, 707 E. Arapaho Road, Richardson
11:00 a.m. Richardson High School Living Materials Center, 1250 Belt Line Road, Richardson p class="content"> Math/Science/Tech. Magnet School, 707 E. Arapaho Road, RichardsonGarland TECH-TREK Center
9:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
1:15 p.m.–3:00 p.m. RISD Planetarium
6:30–8:30 p.m. Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Dallas Science Place at Fair Park 6:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Fair Park, Dallas—Enjoy 55 interactive science exhibits; preview of the DAAX film “Special Effects” ##### |