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Club. Subscribers received a monthly box containing some kind or material or artifact, along with an pamphlet describing experiments that could be done with it. Sometimes the kits contained parts that could be assembled into a scientific instrument.
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Founded as Science Service in 1921, the Society for Science has been dedicated to expanding scientific literacy, access to STEM education and scientific research for more than 100 years. In pursuit of this goal, it publishes two magazines:
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Scripps and Ritter accomplished their goal by distributing the latest science research to the public through a news service for reporters. In 1922, due to interest from non-journalists, Science Service started distributing
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In 2008, Science Service was renamed as the Society for Science & the Public, in order to better reflect the mission of the organization to advocate for science in the public interest.
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In 2021, the organization announced it had shortened its name from Society for Science & the Public to Society for Science.
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for international high school students, previously sponsored by
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The Society for Science administers three science competitions:
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (JIC)
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for US middle school students, previously known as the
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From 1940 through 1989, Science Service sponsored the
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Society for Science was founded in 1921 by journalist
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Educational organizations based in the United States
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The American Ideology of National Science, 1919-1930
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge
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for US high school seniors, previously sponsored by
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Science Service
Edward W. Scripps
William Emerson Ritter
501(c)(3)
Non-profit
Tax ID no.
Washington, D.C.
Science News
Science News Explores
Maya Ajmera
Mary Sue Coleman
Endowment
www.societyforscience.org
501(c)(3)
non-profit organization
science education
publications
Science News
Dupont Circle
Washington, D.C.
International Science and Engineering Fair
Regeneron Science Talent Search

Emma Reh
science journalist
archaeological site
Oaxaca
Edward W. Scripps
William Emerson Ritter
Science News-Letter

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