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40 Nanotechnology Education Carolyn Nichol, CBEN Associate Director for Education cben.rice.edu Nanoscale science and engineering educational activities at Rice University are designed to have an impact beyond the bounds of our campus. By communicating the scientific discoveries and technological research emerging from the Smalley Institute and the NSF Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology to all ages, we believe that nanotechnology can enhance the quality of K–12 education, increase technical literacy of the Houston community and engage Americans in scientific progress. Summer Nano-Academies for High School Students Nanoscience Discovery Academy uses nanotechnology and environmental science as a motivational hook. Taught by Rice faculty, this two-week summer program held in Rice University’s undergraduate chemistry labs enriches high school students’ understanding of science, engages them in scientific careers and exposes them to cutting-edge technologies. This program is open to ninth- and 10th-grade students from all schools in the Houston area. Schlumberger Nanochemistry Academy is a partnership between Rice and the nonprofit organization Project GRAD. This three-week summer program targets at-risk high school students from five underserved schools in the Houston Independent School District. This program is designed to help prepare rising 10th- and 11th-grade students for success in high school chemistry classes. Nanotechnology for Teachers Meeting weekly during the evenings of the spring semester, middle school and high school teachers are introduced to recent advances in nanoscience, relate this research to fundamental concepts in chemistry and physics, and learn about new pedagogies to engage students in science. More than 150 teachers have taken the class, impacting as many as 20,000 high school students. Recently the course was taught using distance-learning technologies to teachers in Houston and Colorado with great success.
Professional Science Master’s Program Dagmar Beck, Program Director sloan-pmp.rice.edu The Professional Science Master’s Program at Rice’s Wiess School of Natural Sciences offers M.S. degrees in environmental analysis and decision making, subsurface geoscience, and nanoscale physics. All three master’s degrees are designed for students seeking to gain further scientific core expertise coupled with enhanced management and communication skills. The program instills a level of scholastic proficiency that exceeds that of the bachelor’s level and creates the cross-functional aptitudes needed in modern industry. Skills acquired in this program allow students to move more easily into management careers in consulting or research, development, design and marketing of new science-based products. Air Force Minority Leaders Program Clarkson Aerospace runs the Air Force- funded Minority Leaders Program to support and encourage minorities to pursue engineering careers. The Minority Leaders Program is a multi-institution, multistate endeavor. The Smalley Institute, as a founding member, provides mentors and in-community science outreach. We use nanotechnology, advanced materials and aerospace to inspire students to consider the engineering disciplines. Additionally, our faculty have mentored faculty at Prairie View A&M, a historically black university, in nanotechnology research and undergraduate education programs. NanoKids NanoKids is an educational outreach project from Professor Tour’s lab involving the synthesis of molecules that resemble people. Animated videos featuring these characters and others from the world of NanoPut are used as educational tools for outreach projects intended to bring more students into the sciences by illustrating the fun and excitement of chemistry via animation and fun characters. A recent extension of NanoKids is the “SciRave” video game developed through a grant from the National Science Foundation. “SciRave” targets the scientist-to-be by working the basics of a science education into “Guitar Hero” and “StepMania,” both proven winners in the world of video games. 41
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