The Polymer Science of Everyday Things

摘要：该奖项为一个名为“日常事物的聚合物科学”的研讨会提供了部分支持，其中包括为K-12教师举办的为期半天的研讨会。它将于2012年8月19日至20日在费城举行的全国ACS会议上举行。研讨会和讲习班将集中讨论“聚合物在能源产生、储存和节约方面的影响”。国家科学基金的资金将主要用于促进K-12教师的出勤。主题将包括聚合物绝缘，能量反射涂料，节能照明，以及聚合物在能源生产中的应用，包括电池和光伏。教师向教师讲授聚合物的应用是本次研讨会的主要目标。有了这个目标，通过向高中教师介绍易于纳入其课程的信息，可以实现更广泛的影响。因此，信息传递的最大杠杆作用是通过学生乘法因子实现的。研讨会计划有四名发言人，包括两名工业专家和两名聚合物大使（他们是在聚合物科学方面受过专门培训的教师）。

TECHNICAL AND NON-TECHNICAL ABSTRACT:This award provides partial support to a symposium titled "The Polymer Science of Everyday Things" including a half-day workshop for K-12 teachers. It will be held at the National ACS Meeting, Philadelphia PA, 19-20 August, 2012. The symposium and workshop will be focused on "Impact of Polymers in Energy Generation, Storage and Savings". NSF funds will be used primarily to facilitate attendance of K-12 teachers. Topics will include polymer insulation, energy reflecting paints, energy efficient lighting, as well as applications of polymers in energy generation including batteries and photovoltaics.Teachers teaching teachers about the applications of polymers is a primary goal of this workshop and symposium. With this objective, broader impacts are achieved by presentations to high school teachers of information readily incorporated in their courses. As such, maximum leverage for information transfer is achieved by the student multiplication factor. For the workshop four speakers are planned, including two industrial experts and two Polymer Ambassadors (who are teachers specially trained in polymer science).