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THE FIRST GRANT GOES TO SCIENCE IS ELEMENTARY SIE, A 501C3 NON PROFIT
ORGANIZATION.  IT WILL ALLOW FOR THE PRINTING OF JASMINE AND JOSE BUILD A
RADIO, THE NEXT VOLUME IN THE SIE BOOK SERIES, WHICH ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO
SOLVE PROBLEMS USING SCIENCE.  THE GRANT ALSO INCLUDES 2,240 KITS, AN ON
SITE FIELD TRIP FOR FOURTH GRADERS, AND ALL MATERIALS TO HELP WITH THE
EXPERIMENTS.  JASMINE AND JOSE BUILD A RADIO WILL FIND THE PAIR VISITING AN
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR.  INTRIGUED WITH WHAT THEY SEE AND HEAR, THEY SET
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OUT TO BUILD A RADIO OF THEIR OWN.  THE KITS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED FOR FREE
TO STUDENTS IN TITLE I SCHOOLS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA.  THE BOOK,
AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, WILL BE OFFERED FOR FREE AS AN ONLINE
PDF.  THE FIELD TRIPS WILL ALLOW STUDENTS TO WORK IN TEAMS USING SIMPLE
COMPONENTS TO BUILD A WORKING RADIO.  THE SECOND ARDC GRANT IS TO BRADLEY
UNIVERSITY IN PEORIA, ILLINOIS.  IT WILL ALLOW THREE STUDENTS TO COMPLETE
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