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COPUS Student Hub
Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science
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The Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS) is a growing grassroots network of universities, scientific societies, science centers and museums, government agencies, advocacy groups, media, schools, educators, businesses, and industry—basically, anyone who cares about science and is concerned about national scientific literacy. All participants agree to the following characterization of science:

• Science is a way of learning about what is in the natural world and how it works
• Science involves a process for testing ideas
      • Science proposes broad natural explanations for how the natural world works
         and tests those explanations by making observations of the natural world
      • Scientific explanations must be predictive and hence, falsifiable or testable
• Science is an intellectual and social endeavor

Goals of COPUS

• To develop a shared appreciation of science and its contributions to the
   quality of life.
• To inform and engage the public in and about science, its process and nature.
• To make science more accessible to everyone .

To find out more about COPUS or the COPUS Student Hub, email Kendra Rand at krand@aip.org.

Year of Science 2009

COPUS and its participants lead the way in the celebration of the Year of Science 2009 (YoS09)—a national, year-long celebration of science to engage the public and improve public understanding about how science works, why it matters, and who scientists are.

Year of Science 2009

Not sure where to start? Try a themed approach!

Review a list of suggested activities to get started!

Other community wide celebrations of science in 2009 include:

• International Year of Astronomy
• International Year of Planet Earth
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