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A Way to Get Students Interested in Materials Science: Research Presentations for the K-12 Group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

L. J. Martínez-Miranda
L. J. Martínez-Miranda*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering Center and GK-12 Program, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-2115, [email protected]
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Abstract

The GK-12 program involves students doing a masters or a Ph.D. in science and engineering working with a science teacher to develop demonstrations and laboratories which will bring the excitement of science into the schools. They work for an entire semester with the same group in school. We expect that the teachers will be able to carry on these demonstrations after the GK-12 students have left. Another aspect we want to bring to the students is the excitement of doing research in the field, and that what they are learning may be helpful in doing this research. As part of their work, we ask the GK-12 participants to prepare a research presentation for their schools. They have to present it in language that the students will understand, and with the material that the students have learned. In doing this, the students learn how to explain their research in much better terms and the K-12 students are exposed to real research and new approaches that nonetheless are based in the lessons they are learning.

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Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 827: Symposium BB – Educating Tomorrow's materials Scientists & Engineers , 2004 , BB3.5
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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