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Columbia University, Center for Nanostructured Materials |
| Instructional
Materials for K-12 Classrooms |
| Product Name: |
The Ron McNair Curriculum Integration To Interactively Engage Students
(CITIES) Program |
| Science/Engineering Topic Areas: |
Initial target: high school. Future: middle school physics, chemistry and
earth sciences classes. |
| Target Audience: |
Grades 9-12 |
| Product Description: |
The aim of this new collaboration is to enhance curriculum for New York City
Regents testing with engaging lab demonstrations by adapting existing material
in program development. Our goals are to increase student engagement, (as
promoted by the NYC Regents), to motivate students to enjoy learning and to
educate the public; we will work directly with teachers in order to develop
lesson plans, complement current labs and to train teachers to work with other
teachers in order to integrate materials science demonstrations into their
teaching. |
| URL link: |
http://www.cise.columbia.edu/mrsec/ |
| Email address for product support: |
ab765@columbia.edu |
| Collaborations: |
The Columbia University MRSEC is partnering with NYC Department of Education,
Instructional Region 10. |
|
| Outreach Programs for K-12
Students |
| Program Title: |
Columbia's MRSEC NYC School Visitation Program |
| Target Audience: |
Grades 8-12 |
| Frequency Offered: |
Approx. 4 schools are visited per semester, 8 total per calendar year |
| Program Description: |
During each visit, the field of materials science is explained by a
team of 2-3 undergraduate, graduate students and/or post docs through
exciting, hands-on demonstrations incorporating "every day" objects.
One goal of these visits is to foster the interests of K-12 students in science
and technology by showing them the marvels of materials science and engineering
and describing the relevance of science to quality of life; another objective
is to improve the retention of a diverse student body on track for careers in
science and technology. |
| URL link: |
http://www.cise.columbia.edu/mrsec/ |
| Collaborations: |
Our demonstration modules have been adapted from those prepared by ASM,
TMS, the American Ceramic Society and by Brian D. Flinn, Gordon Graff, Katie
Gunnison and James Webb of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
in the University of Washington. |
|
|
K-12 Teacher Training Workshops |
| Program Title: |
Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Program |
| Target Audience: |
Grades 9-12 |
| Frequency Offered: |
10 weeks every summer |
| Program Description: |
The primary aim of the program is to provide New York City public high
school science teachers with sustained hands-on experience in scientific
research so they can better understand the practice of science and better
transmit to their students and fellow teachers a feeling for its practice.
Each MRSEC RET participant spends two consecutive summers working as a
laboratory research assistant under the supervision of a Columbia MRSEC
faculty mentor and participates in weekly Monday meetings with other teachers,
science and education professionals in the Columbia University Summer Research
Program for Science Teachers that encourage professional development,
scientific understanding and communication, science teaching, peer coaching and
technology development; at an end of the summer symposium, the first-year
teachers give a poster presentation and second-year teachers present an oral
talk. |
| URL link: |
http://www.cise.columbia.edu/mrsec/ |
| Collaborations: |
Dr. Samuel Siverstein, Director and Mr. Jay Dubner, Program Coordinator,
Columbia University's Summer Research Program for Science Teachers -
http://www.scienceteacherprogram.org/,
Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. |
|
|
Brown University, Micro and Nano-Mechanics of Electronic and Structural Materials |
| Instructional
Materials for K-12 Classrooms |
| Product Name: |
BrownOut/RET |
| Science/Engineering Topic Areas: |
All |
| Target Audience: |
Grades K-12 |
| Product Description: |
Modules and materials for teacher use, developed by Brown faculty,
often in collaboration with teachers in the RET program |
| URL link: |
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Advanced_Materials_Research/ |
| Email address for product support: |
camr@brown.edu |
|
| Outreach Programs for
K-12 Students |
| Program Title: |
BrownOut |
| Target Audience: |
Grades K-12 |
| Frequency Offered: |
Yearly: 3-4 visits per week during the academic year. |
| Product Description: |
Brown undergraduate engineering students develop and present engineering
and science classroom modules to local k-12 classrooms. Students are trained
and guided in their presentations. |
| URL link: |
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Advanced_Materials_Research/ |
|
|
K-12 Teacher Training Workshops |
| Program Title: |
Thinking with Stuff |
| Target Audience: |
Teachers of grades K-12, with focus on 5-12 |
| Frequency Offered: |
Annually |
| Program Description: |
Faculty with backgrounds in engineering, physics, chemistry, and mathematics
discuss instructional materials in a workshop format. Six, 2.5 hour sessions.
Limited to 20 teachers per year. |
| URL link: |
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Advanced_Materials_Research/ |
| Collaborations: |
Brown University Department of Education |
|
|
Northwestern University, MRSEC |
| Instructional
Materials for K-12 Classrooms |
| Product Name: |
Materials World Modules |
| Science/Engineering Topic Areas: |
Composites, Ceramics, Concrete, Biosensors, Biodegradable Materials,
Smart Sensors, Polymers, Food Packaging, and Sports Materials |
| Target Audience: |
Grades 6-12 |
| Product Description: |
The NSF-funded Materials World Modules MWM) Program has produced a series of
interdisciplinary modules based on topics in materials science, including Composites,
Ceramics, Concrete, Biosensors, Biodegradable Materials, Smart Sensors, Polymers,
Food Packaging, and Sports Materials. The modules are designed for use in middle
and high school science, technology, and math classes and have been used by 28,000
students in 47 states across the U.S. and internationally at 13 army base Department
of Defense districts. |
| URL link: |
http://www.materialsworldmodules.org |
| Email address for product support: |
mwm@northwestern.edu |
|
| Outreach Programs for
K-12 Students |
| Program Title: |
High School Facility Workshop and Tour |
| Target Audience: |
Grades 9-12 |
| Frequency Offered: |
Biannually |
| Program Description: |
On November 25, 2002, about 70 students from an engineering class at
Glenbrook South High School (Glenview, IL) and an Advanced Placement chemistry
class at Evanston Township High School (Evanston, IL) visited the Materials
Science and Engineering Department at Northwestern University. During their visit,
the students met with researchers in four labs: Scanning Probe Microscopy,
Electron Microscopy, X-ray, and Mechanical Testing. |
| URL link: |
http://www.materialsworldmodules.org |
| Collaborations: |
Northwestern University, Materials Research Science & Engineering Center,
McCormick School of Engineering |
|
|
K-12 Teacher Training Workshops |
| Program Title: |
Research Experience for Science Teachers (RET) |
| Target Audience: |
Teachers of Grades 6-12 and college students |
| Frequency Offered: |
Annually |
| Program Description: |
The Research Experience for Science Teachers (REST) Program originated at
Northwestern University in 1993 and provides middle school, high school and
community college science teachers the opportunity to conduct materials-related
research for 8 weeks over the summer. While engaged in materials research,
participants learn the latest scientific and technological developments, network
with Northwestern University faculty, graduate students, and other science teachers,
and discover methods to transfer aspects of their research to their classrooms. |
| URL link: |
http://mrcemis.ms.nwu.edu/mrsec/education/edu_rest.htm |
| Collaborations: |
Materials World Modules Program at Northwestern University |
|
|
University of Pennsylvania, PENN MRSEC |
|
Outreach Programs for K-12 Students |
| Program Title: |
Pennsylvania Summer Science Initiative, PSSI |
| Target Audience: |
Grades 10-11 |
| Frequency Offered: |
Annually |
| Program Description: |
Free 4-week lecture/lab program for 24 high school students on
materials science. |
| URL link: |
http://www.lrsm.upenn.edu/outreach/ |
| Collaborations: |
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering |
|
|
K-12 Teacher Training Workshops |
| Program Title: |
Enrichment Course for High School Science Teachers |
| Target Audience: |
Grades 6-12 |
| Frequency Offered: |
Monthly |
| Program Description: |
Monthly lecture series by faculty on current research topic. |
| URL link: |
http://www.lrsm.upenn.edu/outreach/ |
| Collaborations: |
Penn faculty |
|
|
Cornell University, Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) |
| Instructional
Materials for K-12 Classrooms |
| Product Name: |
An Introduction to Diffraction |
| Science/Engineering Topic Areas: |
Physics |
| Target Audience: |
Grades 7-12 |
| Product Description: |
Students learn what diffraction is then use it to measure the spacing
between tracks on cd's and dvd's. |
| URL link: |
http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/education/modules/ |
| Email address for product support: |
outreach@ccmr.cornell.edu |
|
|
Outreach Programs for K-12 Students |
| Program Title: |
Homeschoolers at the Sciencenter |
| Target Audience: |
Grades K-12 |
| Frequency Offered: |
Monthly |
| Program Description: |
Students in the home-schooling community attend science programs at the
local science museum. The content and materials for the activities are provided
by CCMR. |
| URL link: |
http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/education/k12/homeschool.html |
| Collaborations: |
The Sciencenter of Ithaca |
|
|
K-12 Teacher Training Workshops |
| Program Title: |
Materials Science Workshop |
| Target Audience: |
High School and Community College Chemistry Teachers |
| Frequency Offered: |
Annually |
| Program Description: |
The Materials Science Workshop is a one-day laboratory experience that pairs
up participating teachers with professors and researchers at Cornell University
to perform several experiments throughout the day. The experiments, which provide
viable material for a classroom setting, include polymer synthesis and structure,
preparation and properties of superconductors, phase diagrams and colligative
properties, solid-state crystal models, spectral analysis, light-emitting diodes,
and the piezoelectric effect. |
| URL link: |
http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/education/teacher/msw.html |
| Collaborations: |
Cornell Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, Teaching General
Chemistry: A Materials Science Companion by Arthur Ellis et al. (Each workshop
participant receives a free copy). |
|
|
University of Chicago, MRSEC |
|
Outreach Programs for K-12 Students |
| Program Title: |
Demos for Elementary School Kids |
| Target Audience: |
Grades 4-6 |
| Frequency Offered: |
On Request |
| Program Description: |
Scientific materials related demonstrations by graduate students and post docs. |
| URL link: |
http://mrsec.uchicago.edu/ |
| Email address for product support: |
nmuggen@midway.uchicago.edu |
|
| Program Title: |
Young Women Leadership Charter School Internship (YWLCS) |
| Target Audience: |
Ages 14-18, girls |
| Frequency Offered: |
Contact: Eileen Sheu, Outreach Director, 773-834-9916 |
| Program Description: |
Academic internship for high school girls providing an introduction to
various aspects of materials research. |
| URL link: |
http://mrsec.uchicago.edu/ |
| Email address for product support: |
esheu@uchicago.edu |
|
| Program Title: |
Young Scholars Program |
| Target Audience: |
Grades 7-12 |
| Frequency Offered: |
Contact: Dr. Paul Sally, Jr., 773-702-7388 |
| Program Description: |
4-week intensive math program for middle and high schoolers |
| URL link: |
http://mrsec.uchicago.edu/ |
| Email address for product support: |
sally@math.uchicago.edu |
|
| Program Title: |
Mentoring Program |
| Target Audience: |
Grades K-12 |
| Frequency Offered: |
Contact: Dr. Paul Sally, Jr., 773-702-7388 |
| Program Description: |
Academic mentoring program. |
| URL link: |
http://mrsec.uchicago.edu/ |
| Email address for product support: |
esheu@uchicago.edu |
|
| Program Title: |
Hartigan School Collaborations, Dragonfly TV, Chicago Academic
Achievement Program, Ontario Science Center, National Science Olympiad,
Science Camp. |
| Target Audience: |
Grades K-12 |
| Frequency Offered: |
Contact: Eileen Sheu, Outreach Director, 773-834-9916 |
| Program Description: |
General exposure to science. |
| URL link: |
http://mrsec.uchicago.edu/ |
| Email address for product support: |
esheu@uchicago.edu |
|
|
K-12 Teacher Training Workshops |
| Program Title: |
SESAME-Staff Development Program in Mathematics and Science
Leading to State Endorsement |
| Target Audience: |
Elementary Specialists and Mathematics Educators |
| Frequency Offered: |
Contact: Dr. Paul Sally, Jr., 773-702-7388 |
| Program Description: |
Teacher enrichment program |
| URL link: |
http://mrsec.uchicago.edu/ |
|
|
Stanford Universtiy/IBM/Almaden/UC Berkeley, Center on Polymer
Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies |
| Instructional
Materials for K-12 Classrooms |
| Product Name: |
Probing the Unknown |
| Science/Engineering Topic Areas: |
Instrumentation (characterization), properties of materials |
| Target Audience: |
Grade 6 |
| Product Description: |
Students explore the concept of characterization and the
development of scientific tools through a module containing five
hands-on activities. Each activity contains an overview, lesson plan,
student guide and scoring guide/assessment. |
| URL link: |
http://stanford.edu/group/CPIMA/education/EDKIT/html/probemain.htm |
| Email address for product support: |
marni@chemeng.stanford.edu |
| Collaborations: |
Developed as part of RET program. |
|
|
Outreach Programs for K-12 Students |
| Program Title: |
Eastside Science Fair |
| Target Audience: |
Grades 6-8 |
| Frequency Offered: |
Once a year |
| Program Description: |
Stanford students (undergraduate, graduate, post-doctoral and medical)
are paired with student groups from Eastside College Preparatory School
(a nonprofit school in East Palo Alto serving a 100% underrepresented,
low-income student population) to mentor them on a science project. Groups
meet throughout the school year and then present their projects at a school
science fair. |
| URL link: |
http://stanford.edu/group/CPIMA/education/eastside_fair.htm |
|
|
University of Oklahoma & University of Arkansas, Center for Semiconductor
Physics in Nanostructures |
| Instructional
Materials for K-12 Classrooms |
| Product Name: |
Inquiry Based Science/Math Lesson Plans |
| Science/Engineering Topic Areas: |
DNA, Architectural Design, Scientific Process, Cell Activity, Fossils,
Seirpinski's Triangle, Evaporation, Capacity, States of Matter, Magnetic
Forces, and Leverage. |
| Target Audience: |
Grades 6-7 |
| Product Description: |
During the summer of 2003 GK-12 fellows guided by GK-12 and C-SPIN support
staff and middle school science and math teachers, developed inquiry based
science/math lesson plans. These plans were ultimately used throughout the
year in their assigned classroom. |
| URL link: |
http://gk12.uark.edu |
| Email address for product support: |
pcallej@uark.edu |
|
| Outreach Programs for K-12
Students |
| Program Title: |
Sooner Elementary Engineering and Science (SeeS) |
| Target Audience: |
Grades pre-K- 5 |
| Frequency Offered: |
1/month/site at multiple sites |
| Program Description: |
SeeS is a hands-on, university student guided, informal, after-school
science club. University volunteers meet with students for one-hour each month
to explore multiple activities related to a physical science or engineering theme. |
| URL link: |
http://www.nhn.ou.edu/cspin/educational/sees.html |
| Collaborations: |
University of Oklahoma College of Engineering |
|
| Program Title: |
Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology (BEST) |
| Target Audience: |
Grades 6 - 12 |
| Frequency Offered: |
6 weeks per year |
| Program Description: |
BEST is a technology contest for high school and junior high students
that simulates real world experiences in a sports-like robotics competition.
Student teams are given the task of designing, building, testing and reworking a
robot in a six-week time frame using only specified materials. |
| URL link: |
http://www.nhn.ou.edu/cspin/educational/best.html |
| Collaborations: |
BEST, Inc. |
|
|
University of Wisconsin-Madison, MRSEC on Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces |
| Instructional
Materials for K-12 Classrooms |
| Product Name: |
Nanoworld Movie Cineplex |
| Science/Engineering Topic Areas: |
Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials, Microscopy |
| Target Audience: |
Grades 6-12 |
| Product Description: |
The Nanoworld Cineplex is an on-line resource for teachers to use as a
demonstration tool in their classroom. The Nanoworld Cineplex facilitiates
instruction in science and technology using a visual medium to show basic
experiments related to nanotechnology. |
| URL link: |
http://www.mrsec.wisc.edu/edetc/cineplex/index.html |
| Email address for product support: |
Prof. George Lisensky, lisensky@beloit.edu;
Prof. Wendy Crone, crone@engr.wisc.edu |
| Collaborations: |
Beloit College, Beloit, WI; Christian Brother University, Memphis, TN;
Discovery World Museum, Milwaukee, WI; Lawrence University, Appleton, WI;
Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA; Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee,
WI; Milwaukee Public Schools; Southern Illinois University Edwardsville,
Edwardsville, IL |
|
| Product Name: |
Exploring the Nanoworld Kit |
| Science/Engineering Topic Areas: |
Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials, Microscopy |
| Target Audience: |
Grades K-12 |
| Product Description: |
The Exploring the Nanoworld Kit is based on a 32-page color activity
booklet that places the nanoscale in context and includes a dozen experiments
for you to try. The kit includes a light emitting diode circuit, a fiber optic,
a memory metal wire, a refrigerator magnet, a diffraction slide and a 9-volt battery. |
| URL link: |
http://www.mrsec.wisc.edu/EDETC/supplies/kit/index.html |
| Other Kits related to teaching the basics of nanotechnology
available at: |
http://ice.chem.wisc.edu/catalogitems/ScienceKits.htm |
| Collaborations: |
University of Wisconsin Institute for Chemical Research |
|
| Outreach Programs for K-12
Students |
| Program Title: |
Engineering EXPO (biennial event) |
| Target Audience: |
Grades K-12 |
| Frequency Offered: |
Once per year for two consecutive days April |
| Program Description: |
Engineering EXPO is a two-day event on the UW campus open to K-12
school groups and the general public. The MRSEC exhibit, a main attraction
of the event, highlights the role of materials science in creating the building
blocks of engineering, and includes hands-on table-top demonstrations about
nanotechnology and advanced materials led by MRSEC graduate students and faculty. |
| URL link: |
http://www.mrsec.wisc.edu/edetc/expo03/index.html |
| Collaborations: |
University of Wisconsin - Madison College of Engineering, with assistance and
donations from the Institute for Chemical Education (ICE), American Chemical Society,
SPEXOTICS, Ray-O-Vac Corporation |
|
|
K-12 Teacher Training Workshops |
| Program Title: |
Making the Nanoworld Comprehensible: Strategies for Incorporating
Cutting-Edge Nanoscale Science and Technology into Your Classroom" Workshop
held at Wisconsin Society for Science Teachers (WSST) Annual Convention |
| Target Audience: |
Middle and high school teachers |
| Frequency Offered: |
The UW MRSEC traditionally offers a workshop at the annual convention of WSST. |
| Program Description: |
At the WSST conference and the Educators' Night Out workshops, UW MRSEC and
its Internships in Public Science Education (IPSE) program lead a workshop on
"Exploring the Nanoworld" and integrating nanotechnology curricula into 6-12
classrooms. Teachers learn about the curricula available through MRSEC and
IPSE, try out the classroom activities that have been developed and interact,
with table-top demonstrations about nanotechnology and advanced materials. |
| URL link: |
http://mrsec.wisc.edu/edetc/IPSE/educators/workshops.html |
| Collaborations: |
Wisconsin Society for Science Teachers; Discovery World Museum, Milwaukee, WI |
|
| Program Title: |
Research Experiences for Teachers |
| Target Audience: |
Middle and high school teachers |
| Frequency Offered: |
Every summer |
| Program Description: |
The Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program is funded by the National
Science Foundation. It provides a professional development opportunity to K-12
science teachers by placing them in a research laboratory during the summer. The
program that has been established at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Materials
Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) focuses on materials science and
science at the nanoscale, the scale of atoms. |
| URL link: |
http://www.mrsec.wisc.edu/EDETC/ret/index.html |
| Email address for product support: |
gmzenner@wisc.edu |
| Collaborations: |
University of Wisconsin Departments of Chemistry and Engineering Physics |
|
|
Princeton University, Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM) |
| Instructional
Materials for K-12 Classrooms |
| Product Name: |
Introduction to Fuel Cells-A Lesson plan |
| Science/Engineering Topic Areas: |
Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials |
| Target Audience: |
Grades 9-12 |
| Product Description: |
For use by teachers in schools. Includes a complete three-lesson
set (each lesson is in a separate subfolder) targeted to grades 9-12,
including lesson plan, presentation, activity, and evaluation materials.
Designed to meet the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for
Science. In each subfolder, first read "Fuel Cells Lesson N" (lesson plan),
which describes the use of the other files in that subfolder. |
| URL link: |
http://www.princeton.edu/~pccm/outreach/scsp |
| Collaborations: |
Developed by Matt Gristina (Keansburg High School, Princeton RET
Summer 2003 with Jay Benziger) |
|
| Outreach Programs for K-12
Students |
| Program Title: |
Princeton University Materials Academy (PUMA) |
| Science/Engineering Topic Areas: |
Nanoscience |
| Target Audience: |
Grades 9-12 |
| Frequency Offered: |
Annually |
| Program Description: |
A one-week component of a three to six week program at Princeton
University for high school students from Trenton, grades 9-12. Units
include: atomic force microscopy (AFM) and a set of three laboratory
activities on measuring the properties of stone: elastic modulus,
porosity, and strength. |
| URL link: |
http://www.princeton.edu/~pccm/outreach/scsp |
| Collaborations: |
Pete Gange (Middlesex High School), Dan Steinberg (PCCM), Wole Soboyejo
(PCCM) and George Scherer (Princeton). |
|
|
K-12 Teacher Training Workshops |
| Program Title: |
Science Curriculum Support Project (SCSP) |
| Target Audience: |
Grades K-8 |
| Frequency Offered: |
Annually |
| Program Description: |
SCSP provides content to support kit-based hands-on science education
for elementary and middle school students, wherein conventional science
textbooks are replaced with laboratory "kits" which are often short on
documents which explain the principles behind, or context for, the measurements
the students are making. Currently, one middle school and seven elementary
school kits are supported. |
| URL link: |
http://www.princeton.edu/~pccm/outreach/scsp |
| Collaborations: |
Pete Gange (Middlesex High School), Dan Steinberg (PCCM), and Wole
Soboyejo (PCCM). |
|
|
California Institute of Technology, Center for the Science and Engineering of Materials |
| Instructional
Materials for K-12 Classrooms |
| Product Name: |
CSEM Hands-on Science Units |
| Science/Engineering Topic Areas: |
Optics, biochemistry, and chemical engineering |
| Target Audience: |
Grades 7-10 |
| Product Description: |
This is an inquiry-based science program for students in middle and high school,
based on units in which students learn through their own, individual investigations. |
| URL link: |
http://www.csem.caltech.edu/ |
| Email address for product support: |
rdegroot@caltech.edu |
| Collaborations: |
Caltech Pre-College Science Initiative (CAPSI) |
|
| Outreach Programs for K-12
Students |
| Program Title: |
Opportunities for You in Science and Engineering |
| Target Audience: |
Grades 9-12 |
| Frequency Offered: |
Twice per academic year |
| Program Description: |
Participants meet faculty and students from the Center for Neuromorphic
Systems Engineering and the Center for the Science and Engineering of
Materials. There are tours of science and engineering labs to learn about
current research projects underway at Caltech. |
| URL link: |
http://www.chemistry.org/oca |
| Collaborations: |
Center for Neuromorphic Systems Engineering (NSF-ERC) and Caltech Educational
Outreach (CITEO), American Chemical Society, Office of Community Activities. |
|
|
K-12 Teacher Training Workshops |
| Program Title: |
Caltech Local Educators Network and Focus Group |
| Target Audience: |
Grades 9-12 (including informal educators) |
| Frequency Offered: |
Variable |
| Program Description: |
Caltech's educational outreach aim is to support science teachers and their
students with useful tools, programs or products to improve science education and
to motivate students. Together, we identify activities we consider to be highest
priority within the context of available resources, time constraints, and
effectiveness. |
| URL link: |
http://outreach.caltech.edu/len.html |
| Collaborations: |
Center for Neuromorphic Systems Engineering (NSF-ERC) and Caltech Educational
Outreach (CITEO) |
|
|
Johns Hopkins University, Materials Research and Engineering Center at Johns Hopkins |
| Instructional
Materials for K-12 Classrooms |
| Product Name: |
Computer Simulations on Friction and Thermal Phase Transitions |
| Science/Engineering Topic Areas: |
Friction, Thermal Physics |
| Target Audience: |
Grades 10-12 |
| Product Description: |
Computer simulations using Interactive Physics software were developed
to conduct virtual experiments on friction and thermal phase transitions
from gas to liquid to solid. The friction simulations demonstrate the
fundamental importance of particle spacing in determining the frictional
forces between two surfaces, and the phase transition simulations illustrate
the use of the Lennard-Jones potential in materials. |
| URL link: |
http://www.pha.jhu.edu/groups/mrsec/11/ret/index.html |
| Email address for product support: |
ringleij@e-lcds.org |
| Collaborations: |
Caltech Pre-College Science Initiative (CAPSI) |
|
|
Outreach Programs for K-12 Students |
| Program Title: |
High School Student Internships |
| Target Audience: |
Grades 11-12 |
| Frequency Offered: |
Annually, summer |
| Program Description: |
Each year for the month of July, select high school students work as
paid interns in JHU-MRSEC laboratories, participating in exciting
multidisciplinary research program emphasizing the development of small-scale
structures for applications in fields ranging from fundamental physics to
electronic devices. At the end of the internship, each student prepares a
written final report, and gives an oral presentation describing his or her
results. |
| URL link: |
http://www.pha.jhu.edu/groups/mrsec/11/hsstudents/index.html |
| Collaborations: |
Johns Hopkins Departments of Physics, Astronomy and Materials Science and Engineering. |
|
|
K-12 Teacher Training Workshops |
| Program Title: |
High School Teacher Internships |
| Target Audience: |
High School Science Teachers |
| Frequency Offered: |
Annually |
| Program Description: |
This one-week program offers high school teachers the opportunity to
enhance their scientific knowledge, develop new classroom and laboratory
projects, and make use of the educational resources of the JHU-MRSEC. This
program consists of eight 3-hour hands-on sessions on topics such as scanning
electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, crystallography and
x-ray diffraction, microelectronics, optical and e-beam lithography, and
phosphors for display technology. |
| URL link: |
http://www.pha.jhu.edu/groups/mrsec/11/hsteachers/index.html |
| Collaborations: |
Johns Hopkins Departments of Physics, Astronomy and Materials Science
and Engineering. |
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University of Alabama, Materials for Information Technology |
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Instructional Materials for K-12 Classrooms |
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Product Name:
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The Periodic Table Game |
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Science/Engineering Topic Areas:
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Chemistry |
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Target Audience:
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Grades 6-8 |
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Product Description:
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This is a set of three computer games designed to help students learn the periodic table and underlying principles of element classification. This product is in development and expected to be released in January 2005. |
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URL link:
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under construction |
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Email address for product support:
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Bakker@bama.ua.edu |
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Collaborations:
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Center for Communication and Educational Technology, University of Alabama |
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University of Nebraska, MRSEC |
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Outreach Programs for K-12 Students |
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Program Title:
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Saturday Science |
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Science/Engineering Topic Areas:
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General Science |
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Target Audience:
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Grade 5 |
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Frequency Offered:
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Once annually |
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Product Description:
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5th graders are invited to participate in a one-hour lecture/demonstration and a one-hour hands-on laboratory activity for four consecutive Saturdays. Topics are general and results of the laboratory activity are taken home |
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URL link:
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http://www.physics.unl.edu/Outreach/Saturday.html. |
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Collaborations:
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska |
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Program Title:
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Women in Science Program |
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Target Audience:
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Grade 12 |
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Frequency Offered:
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Once annually |
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Program Description:
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This one and a half day program brings high school girls and their science teachers to the University of Nebraska campus to interact with women in science in an effort to encourage young women to consider careers in science and mathematics. |
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Collaborations:
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Center for Science, Math and Computer Education; Graduate Women in Science |
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Program Title:
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Science Visits |
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Target Audience:
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Grades K-12 |
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Frequency Offered:
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Several times annually |
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Program Description:
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MRSEC faculty visit elementary, middle and high school classrooms to introduce students to on-going materials research. |
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URL link:
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http://www.mrsec.unl.edu/nuggets/nugget_5.html |
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University of Virginia, Center for Nanoscopic Materials Design |
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Instructional Materials for K-12 Classrooms |
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Product Name:
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The Nano Revolution DVD |
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Science/Engineering Topic Areas:
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Nanotechnology |
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Target Audience:
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Grades 4-12, teachers, general public |
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Product Description:
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The Nano Revolution DVD is intended as a brief but exciting introduction to the field of nanoscale science. The presentation includes a description of the scale of nano-materials, how they are studied, the variety of possible changes in their properties at that scale, and the potential and current applications of these new materials. |
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URL link:
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www.mrsec.virginia.edu |
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Outreach Programs for K-12 Students |
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Program Title:
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Introduction to Engineering (ITE) |
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Science/Engineering Topic Areas:
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Engineering |
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Target Audience:
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Rising high school juniors and seniors. Minorities and women are strongly encouraged to apply. |
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Frequency Offered:
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Annually, mid-July. |
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Program Description:
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The ITE residential program is designed to give rising high school juniors and seniors a broad, but comprehensive, hands-on experience in the study of engineering at the University of Virginia. |
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URL link:
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http://www.seas.virginia.edu/minority/ITE.html |
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Collaborations:
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Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Virginia. |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Materials Science and Engineering |
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Instructional Materials for K-12 Classrooms |
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Product Name:
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Using Organic Light-Emitting Electrochemical Thin-Film Devices to Teach Materials Science. J. of Chemical Education, Vol.81, No. 11, Nov 2004, p. 1620. |
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Science/ Engineering Topic Areas:
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Chemistry, physics, solid-state behavior, electrochemistry. |
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Target Audience:
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Grades 9-12 |
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Product Description:
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This unit teaches students to make a ruthenium-based thin-film device, including learning about the solid-state electrochemistry involved and the electroluminescence that results. |
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URL link:
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http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/Issues/2004/Nov/abs1620.html |
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E mail address for support:
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Hannah.sevian@umb.edu |
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Outreach Programs for K-12 Students |
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Program Title:
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Science and Engineering Program for Middle School Students |
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Science/Engineering Topic Areas:
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General Science and Engineering |
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Target Audience:
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Grades 7-8 |
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Frequency Offered:
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Once per grade level annually. |
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Program Description:
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Students from two Cambridge schools are engaged in materials science and engineering explorations on the MIT campus. Hands-on and inquiry-based activities involve glass, metals, electric circuits and polymers. |
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URL link:
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http://web.mit.edu/cmse/www/daycamp.html |
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K-12 Teacher Training Workshops |
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Workshop Title:
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Science Teacher Enrichment Program: Dustbusting by Design-Applying the Engineering Design Process |
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Target Audience:
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Middle and high school science teachers |
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Frequency Offered:
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One week annually |
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Workshop description:
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Teachers enhance their knowledge of the engineering design process by designing and constructing motors that meet specific performance criteria. This experience becomes part of classroom teaching modules that address state learning standards |
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SUNY at Stony Brook-Garcia MRSEC, Polymers at Engineered Interfaces |
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Outreach Programs for K-12 Students |
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Program Title:
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Queens College Summer Science Program |
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Science/Engineering Topic Areas:
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General Science |
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Target Audience:
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Grade 10-12 |
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Frequency Offered:
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Once annually |
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Product Description:
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100 students from the Borough of Queens participate in a two-week full-day program of talks, lab visits and field trips. The play "Copenhagen" serves as a central theme, allowing for discussion of scientific, historical and ethical issues. |
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URL link:
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www.qc.edu/DMNS |
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Collaborations:
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Queens College CUNY |
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Instructional materials used from other sources:
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"Galileo and the New Cosmology," by Fred Purnell, Jr. and Mark C. Carnes (a mock trial exercise from the "Reacting to the Past Series"). |
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Program Title:
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Summer Research Scholar Program |
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Target Audience:
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Grades 10-12 |
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Frequency Offered:
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Once annually |
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Program Description:
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Approximately 50 students engage in intense research during the summer months at SUNY Stony Brook and continue their research during the academic year. |
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URL link:
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http://polymer.matscieng.sunysb.edu/research_scholar.html |
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Program Title:
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Garcia Center Open House |
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Target Audience:
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Grades 9-12 |
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Frequency Offered:
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Once annually |
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Program Description:
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A full-day event attended by approximately 450 students and teachers from high schools throughout the New York City metropolitan area. Students explore hands-on demos, attend talks on science and careers, and visit research labs. |
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URL link:
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http://polymer.matscieng.sunysb.edu/open_house_2003.html |
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Collaborations:
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Queens College and SUNY Stony Brook |
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University of Maryland |
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K-12 Teacher Training Workshops |
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Product Name:
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Materials Science Workshop: Professional Development for Middle and High School Teachers |
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Science/Engineering Topic Areas:
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Materials science, chemistry, physics |
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Target Audience:
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Middle and High School Teachers |
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Product Description:
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Workshop for middle and high teachers designed to introduce and relate Material Science to Chemistry and Physics curricula. Attendees will receive step-by-step instructions on preparing and conducting lessons in ceramics, metals, polymers, and composites. Attendees will receive hands-on experience in carrying out activities and demonstrations, plus instructional material and handouts to take back to the classroom. This one-day workshop is scheduled to take place on July 8, 2005 at University of Maryland-College Park and will be offered again in 2006. |
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URL link:
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http://mrsec.umd.edu/Outreach.html |
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Email address for product support:
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cgarvey@mrsec.umd.edu |
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