The 112 Education Foundation proudly co-sponsors the JASON Project, a year-long, award winning science education program. Using advanced interactive telecommunications and satellite broadcasts of scientific investigations around the world, JASON aims to excite and engage students in science and technology and to motivate and provide professional development opportunities for their teachers.
Since 1998, the 112 Education Foundation has supported JASON with more than $30,000 in funding for the Project, including facilities to receive live satellite broadcasts.

Left: Students not only watch live as undersea scientists measure population of sea life on the ocean floor, they recreate the same experiments in their classroom, as part of. this year’s JASON XIV project “From Shore to Sea” which explores the terrestrial and marine ecosystems that extend from California's coast to the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary to learn how such systems affect life on our planet. In other years, Jason teamed students with astronauts in flight, and scientists in rainforests and arctic wildernesses. District 112 was the first Illinois school district involved in the award-winning JASON Project. Endorsed by the National Science Teachers Association, JASON also enjoys partnerships with NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Check out their website:
www.jasonproject.org