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

该IPSE奖(提案是为响应国会议员在公共科学教育，MPS-IPSE，征集，NSF-02-064)的实习而提交的，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，旨在将在博物馆展示的材料概念带到家里。这笔赠款得到了公安部多学科活动办公室(OMA)的支持。为5名教育专业、生物、化学、材料科学或物理专业的研究生提供实习支持。他们将加入CNS-MRSEC的研究科学家正在进行的合作，并在TFI展示开发人员。这一合作已经产生了材料物质(MM)博物馆展览，这是一个60分钟的基于手推车的互动探索，探索材料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)，以赞扬为MM和未来博物馆展览开发的演示。一本小册子将包括选定的项目，可以在家里完成，以进一步探索在博物馆展示的概念。除了指导如何开展这些项目外，小册子还将载有背景资料以及一个网站的网址，该网站将提供更多的项目和信息。这本小册子将在博物馆展览上分发。为了获得更多向公众展示科学的经验，实习生将根据他们的项目提供研讨会，以帮助激发人们对中心目标人群(女性、少数族裔和K-12学生)材料的兴趣。由实习生制作的精选MDP将出现在宾夕法尼亚州立大学公共广播节目《新闻里有什么》中。该节目以时事为跳板，探索社会研究、语言艺术和科学，这些课程被授权给全国近700万名4至7年级学生的学校。该IPSE项目为5名研究生实习生提供支持，他们将与纳米科学研究中心的研究科学家和富兰克林研究所(TFI)的展品开发人员合作。实习生将开发材料发现项目(MDP)，以补充TFI的材料特性演示。MDP将适合于进一步在家中探索博物馆演示。将向博物馆参观者分发包括几个MDP在内的小册子。它们还将在CNS-MRSEC的网站上提供。此外，其中几个项目将出现在宾夕法尼亚州立大学公共广播节目《新闻里有什么》中，这是一个授权给全国四到七年级学校的节目。实习生将获得关于科学本质的知识，以及通过以探究为基础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)提供支持。

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).