NUE: Developing Undergraduate Nanoscale Experiences for the Sciences (Project DUNES)

该提案是响应纳米尺度科学与工程教育计划，NSF 05-543，类别NUE而收到的。在这个由化学部门资助的奖项中，北科罗拉多大学的Kimberly A. Pacheco教授和她的同事将为本科生组建跨学科学习社区，将开发纳米级科学模块，纳入一年级和二年级的生物、化学、物理和职前教师教育课程，并将让本科职前教师参加实习计划。拟议工作的更广泛影响来自NUE团队将通过大学网站以及科罗拉多纳米技术倡议网站传播他们的工作的努力。此外，该计划的职前教师的参与预计将影响整个科罗拉多州的K-12纳米科学教育。

This proposal was received in response to Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education initiative, NSF 05-543, category NUE. In this award, funded by the Chemistry Division, Prof. Kimberly A. Pacheco and her colleagues at the University of Northern Colorado will form interdisciplinary learning communities for undergraduates, will develop nanoscale science modules for incorporation into first- and second-year Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Pre-service Teacher Education courses, and will have undergraduate pre-service teachers participate in an internship program.The broader impacts of the proposed work comes from the efforts that the NUE team will make to disseminate their work through the University's website, as well as websites of the Colorado Nanotechnology Initiative. In addition, the involvement of pre-service teachers in the program is expected to impact K-12 nanoscience education across the state of Colorado.