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    Get Involved: "Making Stuff"

    The "Making Stuff'" outreach campaign offers a variety of opportunities for "makers" of all ages to explore how scientific discovery and engineering lead to innovation. How can you or your institution get involved this fall and winter?

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    Apply to become an official NOVA "Making Stuff" site.
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    BECOME A "STUFF" OFFICIAL OUTREACH SITE

    Join organizations around the country and help kids and students "make" stuff wilder, colder, faster, and safer around Engineering Week in February 2014.

    75 sites will receive a free "Making Stuff" Project Box packed with supplies and resource materials for several hands-on activities and design challenges. Official sites will also receive branded materials and personal support from NOVA Education. To learn more about what's involved watch a video introduction to the project or download a detailed project overview.

    Interested in becoming an Official NOVA "Making Stuff" Outreach Site? Submit an application on behalf of your organization by September 27, 2013 to be considered. You'll be notified of your application status by early October.

    Bring conversations about innovation to your community and host a science café.
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    HOST AN "INNOVATION" SCIENCE CAFE

    Do you want to bring conversations about innovation and engineering to your community or existing Science Café series? Consider organizing an "Innovation Café" and be 1 of 40 national events scheduled to take place during the broadcast of "Making Stuff" in the fall of 2013. Learn more.

    Find a "Making Stuff" event near you.
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    FIND A "MAKING STUFF" EVENT NEAR YOU!

    Interested in attending an Innovation Café? Check out our map to see if there's an event in your area.

    Major funding for "Making Stuff" is provided by the National Science Foundation.

    This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DRL-1222986. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

    Additional funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science.

    This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy under Award Number(s) DE-SC0008715. This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof.

    Major funding for NOVA is provided by the David H. Koch Fund for Science, the NOVA Science Trust, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS viewers.