Michelle O. Encourages Students at the National Science Bowl..

First Lady Michelle Obama (wearing a Moschino jacket) led a practice session for young people competing in the National Science Bowl, a nationwide competition coordinated by the Department of Energy to encourage interest in science among high school and middle school students on November 5, 2009 at the Department of Energy in Washington, DC.



First Lady Michelle Obama shakes hands with Takoma Park Middle School students and National Science Bowl contestants, from left, Catherine Xue, Sarah Wagner, Daniel Amir, Avikar Periwal, and Alan Du, obscured, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at the Energy Department in Washington. [photos via Getty Images and AP Photo]