The national standards have refocused our thinking about teaching and learning science. Science isn’t reserved only for future astronauts or heart surgeons. Everyone can do science, and previously we hadn’t been reaching the majority of our students with that message. This February 2004 issue of The Science Teacher marked NSTA’s tenth consecutive spring issue devoted to teaching science in multicultural classrooms. The information provided here reiterates NSTA’s belief that “science literacy must be a major goal of science education institutions and agencies (NSTA 2003-2004, p.206).”