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Inspiring 1000 Middle School Students at Princeton University's Materials Science and Engineering Expo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Daniel Steinberg  and
Shannon Swilley
Daniel Steinberg
Affiliation:
[email protected], Princeton University, PRISM, 316 Bowen Hall, 70 Prospect Ave., Princeton, NJ, 08544, United States, 609-258-5598, 609-258-1177
Shannon Swilley
Affiliation:
[email protected], Princeton University, PRISM, 317 Bowen Hall, 70 Prospect Ave., Princeton, NJ, 08544, United States
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Abstract

Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM) is a National Science Foundation-supported Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. The educational outreach team conducts many educational outreach programs. Since 2004, one of our largest k-12 education programs has been the Science and Engineering Expo at Princeton University (SEE Princeton) for middle school students in partnership with other outreach programs at Princeton University. The goals of the program are to allow hundreds of Princeton University scientists and engineers the opportunity to share their enthusiasm for science with middle school students, to instill excitement for science and engineering in the students, to expose the students to learning opportunities in science and engineering, and to introduce them to the field of materials science. This paper provides a brief guide to developing and conducting a science and engineering expo based on a successful model.

Keywords

educationpolymergovernment policy and funding
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1046: Symposium W – Forum on Materials Science and Engineering Education for 2020 , 2007 , 1046-W02-02
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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