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Collaboration between the Exploratorium Museum (San Francisco) and the University of Chicago MRSEC in Educational Outreach Programs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Eileen Sheu ,
Heinrich Jaeger ,
Sidney Nagel ,
Barry Kluger-Bell ,
Shawn Lani  and
Charles Sowers
Eileen Sheu
Affiliation:
e-sheu@uchicago.edu, University of Chicago, Materials Research Center (MRSEC), GCIS, E125, 929 E. 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States
Heinrich Jaeger
Affiliation:
h-jaeger@uchicago.edu, University of Chicago, James Franck Institute, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States
Sidney Nagel
Affiliation:
s-nagel@uchicago.edu, University of Chicago, James Franck Institute, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States
Barry Kluger-Bell
Affiliation:
barryk@exploratorium.edu, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA, 94123, United States
Shawn Lani
Affiliation:
slani@exploratorium.edu, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA, 94123, United States
Charles Sowers
Affiliation:
charless@exploratorium.edu, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA, 94123, United States
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Abstract

Science centers and museums have long been at the forefront of communicating the wonder of science to the general public and the K-12 school community. Interactions between the Exploratorium Museum (San Francisco, CA) and the University of Chicago MRSEC are described in this paper. The Exploratorium-organized NEO program—part of the NSF-sponsored NISE network—has greatly influenced the Univ. of Chicago's approach to its materials science course for teachers and helped them incorporate inquiry more deliberately into their after-school science clubs. Also, Exhibit Developers at the Exploratorium collaborate with scientists at the Univ. of Chicago to design exhibits that explain contemporary cutting-edge research in materials. These exhibits emphasize the wonder and beauty of common phenomena that one rarely stops to notice but which leads to deep scientific inquiry.

Keywords

educationartnanoscale
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1046: Symposium W – Forum on Materials Science and Engineering Education for 2020 , 2007 , 1046-W01-06
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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