i'm kathy coren, executive director of natural history day national history day and it's a privilege to be the moderator of this panel and this session this morning as stewart no due to education is absolutely critical and given the times we're living in history education is especially important. for those of you are not history with natural history national history day hits a quick version of it we. sponsor a student program for six through 12 great years all across this country and also internationally, in fact, in which we ask kids to truth topics in history, any topic they like, and they can go out and conduct extensive research into archives and libraries and museums. and i know that many of you have been contacted by our students year after year looking for primary resources to go along with their studies of the secondary material. and so, it's a real rigorous and a very active study of the past. it's not your memorized names and dates kind of program. the students, after they've done their research, they then present their findings and create in creative formats we. also have