The yearly contest, he added, is an important way of fighting that concept.
Young scientists highlight need →
What often draws youngsters away from science and toward sports is the concept that science, with its endless formulas and complex chemical cocktails, is a bore, said Arthur Eisenkraft, a professor of science education at the University of Massachusetts at Boston and co-creator of the ExploraVision awards, now in their 19th year.
Lawmakers, educators lament lack of interest in science →
