MPS - IPSE: Internships for Bringing Today's Science to Tomorrow's Scientists

该MPS公共科学教育实习(MPS-IPSE)奖授予宾夕法尼亚州立大学，大学园区是为了开发创新的博物馆材料和专注于纳米技术的家居科学项目，从而增加对材料科学的欣赏和理解。该项目是先前项目(#0324780)的延续，由MPS多学科活动办公室支持，并将通过宾夕法尼亚州立大学与富兰克林研究所、康奈尔材料研究中心和伊萨卡科学中心的合作伙伴关系来实施。有了这一奖项，来自合作机构的研究科学家、研究生和展品开发人员将开发60分钟的基于手推车的互动节目《材料发现项目》，探索材料宏观行为的微观机制。该项目预计将通过发展创新的博物馆展览和家庭活动来促进对材料科学的理解。正在开发的互动节目将加强伙伴机构之间的联系，并可能导致未来更多的合作。合作机构的教职员工和研究人员将有机会将他们的研究想法从实验室带到公众面前。广泛影响：该项目为实习生提供经验，提高他们对科学过程的理解，并向公众交流尖端研究想法的经验。这些研究生(主要是任职前的K-12教师)在公共科学教育方面与科学家和专业人员密切合作，获得以后可以在课堂上使用的技能。实习生的努力和产品每年将通过富兰克林研究所和伊萨卡科学中心的博物馆项目、K-12研讨会、公共活动、项目网站和全国博物馆展览的演示影响数十万人。

This MPS Internships in Public Science Education (MPS-IPSE) award to Penn State University, University Park is to develop innovative museum materials and home-based science projects focused on nanotechnology and thereby increase appreciation and understanding of the materials science. This project, a renewal of an earlier one (# 0324780), is supported by the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities in MPS and will be carried out through partnership of the Penn State MRSEC program with the Franklin Institute, Cornell Center for Materials Research and Ithaca Sciencenter. With this award, research scientists, graduate students and exhibit development personnel from partner institutions will develop 60-minutes cart-based interactive shows 'Material Discovery Projects' that will explore the micromechanisms for the macro behavior of materials. The project is expected to advance the understanding of material science through the development of innovative museum shows and at-home activities. The interactive shows that are being developed will strengthen the connections between the partner institutions, and likely lead to additional future collaborations. Faculty and researchers in the partner institutions will have the opportunity to take their research ideas from the laboratory and deliver them to the general public.Broader Impact: This program provides interns with experiences that improve their understanding of the process of science and the experience of communicating cutting edge research ideas to the public. These graduate students (mostly pre-service K-12 teachers) work closely with scientists and professionals in public science education and gain skills that they can later use in their classrooms. The interns' efforts and products will affect hundreds of thousands of individuals each year through museum programs at the Franklin Institute and Ithaca Sciencenter, K-12 workshops, public events, the project website and the presentations of museum shows nationwide.