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

这项公共科学教育MPS实习（MPS- ipse）奖授予宾夕法尼亚州立大学大学公园分校，旨在开发创新的博物馆材料和以纳米技术为重点的家庭科学项目，从而提高对材料科学的欣赏和理解。该项目是早期项目（# 0324780）的更新，由MPS多学科活动办公室支持，将通过宾夕法尼亚州立大学MRSEC项目与富兰克林研究所、康奈尔材料研究中心和伊萨卡科学中心的合作伙伴关系进行。有了这个奖项，来自合作机构的研究科学家、研究生和展览开发人员将开发60分钟的基于小车的互动展示“材料发现项目”，探索材料宏观行为的微观机制。该项目旨在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。正在开发的互动展览将加强伙伴机构之间的联系，并可能导致未来更多的合作。合作院校的教职员工和研究人员将有机会将他们的研究理念从实验室带到公众面前。更广泛的影响：该项目为实习生提供经验，提高他们对科学过程的理解，以及向公众传播前沿研究思想的经验。这些研究生（大多是K-12职前教师）与科学家和公共科学教育专业人士密切合作，获得了他们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展示影响数十万人。

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.