Survival Science is just one of many programs offered at the Lederman Science Center, part of the Education Office here at Fermilab. Bardeen and colleague Susan Dahl estimate that they reach close to 20,000 children per year, either by organized field trips to the lab or sending Fermilab presenters out to area schools. "The older, high-school age students take a tour of the lab and learn about the physics that is done here," said Bardeen, "but the younger students come as part of a class study unit. They have a context for the information, which is very important."

The library of materials held in the Lederman Science Center is invaluable for providing that context. "It is intended to be a place where teachers can see the latest materials for instruction in the classroom," said Dahl. "And for parents of kids who just enjoy science." With museum-like exhibits that illustrate the physics of Fermilab and hands-on computer programs for both students and teachers, some visitors accurately describe the Lederman Science Center as the "candy store" for math and science learners.
—Amelia Greene

Global Group 5 ("Cost and Engineering") is working to find common standards within established procedures of the Asian, European and American regions. The next step is to set rules for the multi-regional ILC project in handling cost and engineering issues. Costing takes in such areas as contingencies, overheads, values for university contributions and industrial work. In engineering, for example, different regions use different safety codes, different engineering and design software, different software licensing agreements, and different information exchange methods for building databases. "We want to begin to get a snapshot of how people think," said Technical Division head Bob Kephart at Wednesday's ILC meeting in One West. Kephart is working with co-convenors Tetsuo Shidara of KEK and Wilhelm Bialowons of DESY. "We need to collect information," Kephart said. "Eventually, the Global Design Effort will establish cost and schedule information, and we want to provide guidance on how that might work."

The recently-formed Global Group 4 ("Civil and Siting") will begin assembling a "comparative site assessment matrix," as described by Vic Kuchler, head of Facilities Engineering Services Section. Kuchler, with co-convenors Jean-Luc Baldy of CERN and Atsushi Enomoto of KEK, will identify a characteristic sample site from each of the three regions to build a model for choosing the actual site. "We are not choosing THE site," Kuchler said. "We will choose a sample site that meets the criteria and use it to build our process. We will examine it and re-examine it to see if there's anything we have forgotten. We will have a sample site from each region to include in the Reference Design Report document."

Working Group 6 ("Communications") was established early in the organizing process for ILC. Judy Jackson, head of Public Affairs, said the group will launch a Web site at the start of the Snowmass workshop, with daily updates on the proceedings. "The goal of the group is to adopt a global strategic communications plan," Jackson said, "with timelines, schedules and policies." Jackson, Youhei Morita of KEK, Karsten Buesser of DESY and Neil Calder of SLAC are convenors of the group. Also, Elizabeth Clements will edit a new online weekly newsletter, ILC This Week. Formerly editor of Fermilab Today, Clements is now focusing specifically on communications for the GDE.
—Mike Perricone
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