MPS Internships in Public Science Education - MPS - IPSE: Internships for bringing today's science to tomorrow's scientists

这个IPSE奖（提案是为了响应公共科学教育，MPS-IPSE，征集，NSF-02-064的MPS实习项目而提交的）涉及纳米科学材料科学与工程中心（CNS-MRSEC）和富兰克林研究所（TFI）之间的合作伙伴关系，旨在将博物馆展示的材料概念传递到家庭。 该补助金由MPS多学科活动办公室（OMA）支持。 为5名教育学科、生物学、化学、材料科学或物理学专业的研究生提供实习支持。 他们将加入一个正在进行的合作，涉及研究科学家在CNS-MRSEC和展览开发人员在TFI。 这种合作已经产生了材料物质（MM）博物馆展览，这是一个60分钟的基于推车的互动探索，深入到材料的不寻常和令人惊讶的“宏观”行为背后的“微观”机制。实习生将在中心研究小组内工作，并与TFI开发人员一起开发材料发现项目（MDP），以补充为MM和未来博物馆展览开发的演示。一本小册子将包括一些可以在家里完成的项目，以进一步探索博物馆展示的概念。除了关于如何开展项目的说明外，小册子还将载有背景资料以及一个网站的网址，该网址将提供进一步的项目和信息。这本小册子将在博物馆展览期间派发。为了获得向公众展示科学的进一步经验，实习生将根据他们的项目提供研讨会，以帮助激发中心目标人口（女性，少数民族和K-12学生）对材料的兴趣。由实习生制作的精选MDP将在宾夕法尼亚州立大学公共广播节目“新闻中有什么”中播出。“该节目利用时事作为探索社会研究、语言艺术和科学的跳板，该节目被授权给全国近700万四至七年级学生的学校。该IPSE项目为5名研究生实习生提供支持，他们将与纳米科学MRSEC中心的研究科学家和富兰克林研究所（TFI）的展览开发人员一起工作。 实习生将开发材料发现项目（MDP），以补充TFI材料特性的演示。 MDP将适合进一步探索博物馆演示的家庭。 博物馆将向参观者分发小册子，其中包括几个MDPs。 还将在CNS-MRSEC的网站上提供。此外，其中几个项目将在宾夕法尼亚州立大学公共广播节目“什么是新闻”，一个程序授权给学校服务的第四至第七年级全国特色。实习生将获得有关科学的性质的知识，以及通过基于调查的活动向公众展示科学的经验。IPSE项目由MPS多学科活动办公室（OMA）支持。

This IPSE award (proposal was submitted in response to the MPS Internships in Public Science Education, MPS-IPSE, solicitation, NSF-02-064) involves a partnership between the Center for Nanoscale Science Materials Science and Engineering Center (CNS-MRSEC) and The Franklin Institute (TFI) aimed at delivering materials concepts demonstrated at museums to the home. The grant is supported by the MPS Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (OMA). Support is provided for 5 graduate students majoring in education disciplines, biology, chemistry, materials science, or physics as interns. They will join an on-going collaboration involving research scientists at CNS-MRSEC and exhibit development personnel at TFI. This collaboration has already produced the Materials Matter (MM) museum show, a 60-minute cart-based interactive exploration into the "micro" mechanisms behind the unusual and surprising "macro" behavior of materials. The interns will work within center research groups and with TFI development staff to develop Material Discovery Projects (MDP) that compliment demonstrations developed for MM and for future museum shows. A pamphlet will include selected projects that can be done at home to further explore the concepts demonstrated at the museum. In addition to instructions in how to carry out the projects, the pamphlet will contain background information as well the URL of a website which will provide further projects and information. This pamphlet will be distributed at the museum show. To gain further experience in presenting science to the public, the interns will offer workshops based on their projects to help stimulate interest in materials in the center's target demographics (females, minorities and K-12 students). Select MDPs produced by the interns will be featured on a Penn State Public Broadcasting show, "What's in the News." The show uses current events as a springboard for exploring social studies, language arts, and the sciences, which is licensed to schools that serve nearly 7 million students in the 4th to 7th grades nationwide. This IPSE project provides support for 5 graduate student interns who will work with research scientists at the Center for Nanoscale Science MRSEC and exhibit development personnel at The Franklin Institute (TFI). The interns will develop Material Discovery Projects (MDPs) that compliment demonstrations of materials properties at TFI. The MDPs will be suitable for further home exploration of the museum demonstrations. Pamphlets including several MDPs will be distributed to the museum visitors. They will also be available on the CNS-MRSEC's website. In additional, several of the projects will be featured in the Penn State Public Broadcasting show "What's in the News," a program licensed to schools serving the 4th through 7th grades nationwide. The interns will gain knowledge about the nature of science, as well as experience in presenting science to the public through inquiry based activities. The IPSE project is supported by the MPS Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (OMA).