He was there to promote adotion of the National Standards for Science and Math education.
Northbrooks' corsortium of school came out at the "Top of the World" in the international science and math test, and he was there to congratulate the schools and the students while using them as role models. In the course of his visit, Associated Press and NBC and other media reporters showed him and the eminent Secretary of Education, Riley, watching the Lou-Vee-Air(tm) scratch-built by a student as it raced alont its little track in an eighth grade classroom.
Go here to visit the NATIONAL STANDARDS, which can be downloaded as a PDF file
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/4962.html
The plans and instructions for building the original Lou-Vee-AirCar are on a Tripod site:
http://bpscience.tripod.com/lou.htm
You can find my draft version of the new Lou-Vee-Air(tm)Car Teachers Manual at the following link as a free download MS Word file:
http://lou-vee-aircars.blogspot.com/2009/10/your-teachers-manual-how-to-assemble.html
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