Project iLASER - Celebrating the International Year of Chemistry 2011

iLASER项目（与光和可持续能源资源的调查）将使美国西南部的儿童、青年和成年人参与公共科学教育和实践活动。iLASER项目团队将访问加利福尼亚州丘拉维斯塔、加利福尼亚州埃尔森特罗/布劳利、亚利桑那州尤马、亚利桑那州诺加莱斯、新墨西哥州拉斯克鲁塞斯、德克萨斯州埃尔帕索、德克萨斯州麦卡伦和德克萨斯州哈林根的社区。每两天或三天的访问将包括光和太阳能的活动。许多当地的合作伙伴，包括男孩和女孩俱乐部，基督教青年会，科学博物馆，两年制学院，化学俱乐部和个人将协助。两个特别重要的合作伙伴是纳米尺度非正式科学教育网络（NISE Net）和CCI太阳能，一个以加州理工学院为中心的基础研究中心。每个社区都将提供关于CCI太阳能研究的科学和影响的公开讲座。iLASER项目由化学部和终身学习集群研究部支持，作为国际化学年庆祝活动的一部分。

Project iLASER (investigations with Light And Sustainable Energy Resources) will engage children, youth and adults in the Southwest United States in public science education and hands-on activities. The Project iLASER team will visit communities in Chula Vista, CA; El Centro/Brawley, CA; Yuma, AZ; Nogales, AZ; Las Cruces, NM; El Paso, TX; McAllen, TX; and Harlingen, TX. Each two-day or three-day visit will include activities in light and solar energy. Numerous local partners, including Boys and Girls Clubs, YMCAs, science museums, two year colleges, chemistry clubs and individuals will assist. Two particularly critical partners are the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net) and CCI Solar, a basic research center centered at Caltech. Public lectures on the science and impacts of CCI Solar research will be offered in each community.Project iLASER is supported by the Division of Chemistry and the Division of Research on Learning, Lifelong Learning Cluster, as part of the celebration of the International Year of Chemistry.