This page was updated on 10/22/09 by Shannon Swilley and Dan Steinberg; any comments should be sent to sgreco@princeton.edu
August 3-7, 2009 PCCM Outreach
Materials Camp for Teachers
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Princeton Center for Complex Materials hosted its fifth annual Materials Camp for Teachers, providing local science teachers with exciting ways to introduce materials science to their students... |
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July 27, 2009 PCCM Outreach
Summer academy energizes future scientists
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(From Princeton's main webpage) This pilot program, which runs from July 20-31 and is sponsored by the Princeton Center for Complex Materials and Community House, intends to stimulate interest in science among underrepresented students through hands-on experiments and exposure to scientists and engineers......[MORE] |
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March 19, 2008 PCCM Outreach
Science on the fly: Expo gives kids a taste of research for a day
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(From Princeton's main webpage) The three students from Timberlane Middle School in Hopewell had never heard of superconductivity before. Nor did they know anything about the scientist before them.
But the seventh-graders knew a good thing when they saw it.....[MORE] |
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March 18, 2008 PCCM Outreach
Princeton University to host Science and Engineering Expo on March 19
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About a thousand middle school students from central New Jersey will converge on Princeton University for the fifth annual Science and Engineering Expo from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 19.....[MORE] |
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January 8, 2008 PCCM Outreach
Science Olympiad at Princeton University
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(From Princeton's main webpage) Teams from 16 middle schools and 17 high schools competed in the regional Science Olympiad tournament hosted by Princeton University....[MORE] |
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June 11, 2007 PCCM Outreach
Outreach programs encourage summer learning at Princeton
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Students of all ages and teachers from New Jersey and beyond will be engaged in a summer of learning on the Princeton campus...[MORE] |
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June 4, 2007 PCCM Outreach
Princeton Weekly Bulletin: By the Numbers
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The Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM) engages in an active educational outreach effort...[MORE] |
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March 31, 2007 PCCM Outreach
Scientists, Engineers, and Wizards!
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Princyclopedia 2007 featured Harry Potter and PCCM scientists and engineers wowed students with "magic"...[MORE] |
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March 28, 2007 PCCM Outreach
Princeton Alumni Weekly blogs on Expo
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"Exploring the magic of science" blog entry on PCCM's 4th annual Science & Engineering Expo at Princeton ...[MORE] |
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March 26, 2007 PCCM Outreach
Science & Engineering Expo a huge success!
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PCCM's 4th annual Science & Engineering Expo at Princeton is featured on Princeton University's main page ...[MORE] |
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February 12, 2007 PCCM Outreach
Princeton main page features Prof. Soboyejo
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Prof. W.O. Soboyejo, a materials scientist with PCCM and USAMI uses his research for the good of the world...[MORE] |
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February 12, 2007 PCCM Outreach
PCCM Faculty's work with students highlighted on Princeton main page
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PCCM's Prof. Jay Benziger is recognized for his work with REU students...[MORE] |
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January 26, 2007 PCCM k-12 Outreach
Materials Science Day - Language and Communication Systems
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PCCM's Materials Science Day series continues with a lesson on encryption...[MORE] |
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January 9, 2007 PCCM k-12 Outreach
Science Olympiad - Brain is the New Braun
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PCCM volunteers participate in Science Olympiad ...[MORE] |
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August 2006 PCCM k-12 Outreach
PCCM Research Experience for Teachers on PU Page
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Researchers and teachers find common ground in Princeton labs...[MORE] |
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July 2006 PCCM k-12 Outreach
Princeton Packet: Local ovens will serve global need
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High school students work on project at Princeton University to harness solar energy...[MORE] |
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July 2006 PCCM k-12 Outreach
Trenton Times Covers PUMA
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The Princeton University Materials Academy shows off their solar ovens...[MORE] |
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June 2006 PCCM Education Outreach
PRISM/PCCM summer research program draws eager group of students
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Princeton Packet article on PRISM/PCCM's REU program ...[MORE] |
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January 2006 PCCM Teacher Outreach
Princeton Alumni Weekly features Materials Science Day
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Materials Science Day attracts the attentions of the Princeton Alumni Weekly...[MORE] |
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January 2006 PCCM k-12 Outreach
Materials Science Day featured on Princeton homepage
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High school students from Trenton and Lawrence create laser-driven instant messaging system in PCCM program...[MORE]
See our photo gallery |
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August 2005 PCCM Teacher Outreach
Princeton's main page features the Materials Camp!
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Princeton's first Materials Camp for Teachers paves the way for materials science in schools...[MORE] |
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July 2005 PCCM k-12 Outreach
New Lasers Shed Light on Science for Local High School Students in P.U.M.A.
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P.U.M.A. students have experienced, first hand, what it’s like to work in a laser lab...[MORE] |
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June-August 2005 PCCM Undergraduate Outreach
REU Prepares Undergrads for Careers in Engineering
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Research Experience for Undergraduates is covered in the EQuad News...[MORE]
Click here for the entire issue of EQuad News |
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March 17 2005 PCCM k-12 Outreach
Science and Engingeering Expo 2005
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SEE Princeton (Science and Engineering Expo) 2005 reaches more than 1000 middle school students. Check out the photos ...[MORE] |
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October 28 2004 PCCM k-12 Outreach
P.U.M.A. Follow-Up - Chemistry Day
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How many at-risk students from inner-city schools get the chance to perform Diabetes analysis and urinalysis, and study the DNA of spinach?...[MORE] |
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July 13 2004 PCCM k-12 Outreach
P.U.M.A. Spy Academy in the News Again with NJN
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NJN's Patrick Regan covers Princeton University Materials Academy's Spy Academy |
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July 6 2004 PCCM k-12 Outreach
WZBN Covers P.U.M.A. Spy Academy
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Princeton University Materials Academy with Mentor Power catches the attention of the media with Spy Academy |
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May 6 2004 PCCM k-12 Outreach
Materials Science and Hovering Kids at Toll Gate Science Night
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Explosions going off, giant Burmese pythons slithering around, children zooming
by on a hovercraft – just another quiet evening at Toll Gate Grammar School?
Hardly. It's Science Night... [MORE] |
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March 17 2004 PCCM k-12 Outreach
Pay It Forward: Middlesex High School Students Teach Science at Princeton Expo
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High school student alums from the Princeton University Materials Academy (P.U.M.A.) share their knowledge of materials science with 700 middle school students... [MORE] |
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March 17 2004 PCCM k-12 Outreach
Science & Engineering Expo – Princeton University
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The first ever Science and Engineering Expo (SEE-Princeton) was a day dedicated to capturing the imaginations of young students. March 17th, 2004, 700 middle school students... [MORE] |
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April 27 2004 PCCM Public Outreach
Millstone River 5th Graders watch explosions, learn the periodic table and make gooey science with Princeton scientists
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Prof. Andrew Bocarsly and Dr. Kitty Wagner, of chemistry at Princeton University, gave 5th graders a lesson in messy, gooey chemistry... [MORE] |
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April 21 2004 PCCM Public Outreach
Girl Scout Troops Invade Bowen Hall
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Girl Scout Junior Troop 1218 of the Delaware-Raritan branch, all of which attend St. Paul School in Princeton, came to Bowen Hall to find out what materials science is all about... [MORE] |
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January through May 2004 PCCM Public Outreach
Liberty Science Center Hosts Strange Matter Exhibit Featuring Princeton Scientists
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Over 20 scientists from the NSF-funded Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM) collaborated with New Jersey’s Liberty Science Center... [MORE] |
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February 6 2004 PCCM k-12 and Public Outreach
PCCM Presents P.U.M.A.
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Building on success of the Princeton University Materials Academy (P.U.M.A.), on February 6, 2004 Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM) Outreach Director Dr. Dan Steinberg, along with... [MORE] |
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October 29 2003 PCCM Teacher Outreach
Teacher Training: Energy Transfer and Circuits
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Sixteen local elementary and middle school teachers spent two hours after school to get training in energy conversion featuring electricity and magnetism. The program emphasized... [MORE] |
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October 24 2003 PCCM K-12 Outreach
Chemistry Night
2003
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As part of National Chemistry Week, Dr. Kitty Wagner and the Princeton
Chemistry Department hosted an elementary school chemistry night in
Frick Auditorium and ... [MORE] |
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September 30 2003 PCCM Public Outreach
Liberty Science
Center 'Strange Matter' Kickoff
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Over thirty faculty came to Bowen Hall to kick off an exciting new
partnership with Liberty Science Center. This partnership will be
a major new initiative for ... [MORE] |
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September 17 2003 PCCM K-12 Outreach
Scouts
tour Bowen Hall with PCCM Outreach - Photo Gallery |
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August 20 2003 Research Experience for
Teachers
Teachers
Complete Summer Research Projects in Materials Science
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PCCM and the Princeton Materials Institute (PMI) conduct
a Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program each ... [MORE] |
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August 18 2003 PUMA, Trenton session
Coverage
from NJN News
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This week NJN 6:00 news featured PUMA Trenton students during week
three. This broadcast is available online. (Quicktime
required) |
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August 17 2003 PUMA, Trenton session -
Week 3 Recap
Final
week of PUMA Trenton
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In this final week of PUMA Trenton, students participate
in fun games and challenges to review concepts learned in the preceding
weeks. Teams of students ... [MORE] |
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PUMA, Trenton session
PUMA,
Trenton Session -
Photo Gallery Two |
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August 13 2003 PUMA, Trenton session -
Week 2 Recap
BioMEMs:
Function and Production
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After having learned about and looked at BioMEMs during
week one, in week two students learned about the science behind ...
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August 11 2003 PUMA, Trenton session
Princeton
News Release
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Today, visitors to the main website of Princeton
University were greeted with a lead story from the Trenton Upward
Bound Program ... [MORE] |
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August 6 2003 PUMA, Trenton session - Week
1 Recap
Introduction
to BioMEMs
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Professor Wole Soboyejo welcomed students in the PUMA
Trenton session and introduced them to ... [MORE] |
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August 5 2003 PUMA, Trenton session
Coverage
from Local TV News
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This week WZBN Channel 25 features PUMA in a news segment, with
footage of Trenton students during their first week here at PCCM.
This broadcast is available online. (Quicktime
required) |
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August 4 2003 PUMA, Trenton session
Newspaper
Article - Trenton Times |
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PUMA, Trenton session
PUMA,
Trenton Session -
Photo Gallery One |
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July 25 2003 PUMA, Middlesex session -
Day 5 Recap
Instrom
Testing, Display Wall, and Microcombustion
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This was the final day of the Middlesex High Materials Academy.
The day led off with professional staff Michael Vocaturo helping students
... [MORE] |
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July 24 2003 PUMA, Middlesex session -
Day 4 Recap
Materials
Testing and Fuel Cells
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Students started today with Dr. Jay Benzinger and Donald Schoorman
using scientific machinery to measure properties of different polymers
such as ... [MORE] |
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July 23 2003 PUMA, Middlesex session -
Day 3 Recap
Princeton
Plasma Physics Laboratory
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A tour of the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab was on tap today, where
scientists are trying to realize fusion energy, a sustainable energy
source ... [MORE] |
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July 22 2003 PUMA,
Middlesex session - Day 2 Recap
Lots
of Microscopy
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Today everyone learned about TEM, SEM and optical microscopes.
First, Dr. Nan Yao, Director of the Imaging Analysis Center for PMI,
presented some of ... [MORE] |
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July 21 2003 PUMA, Middlesex session -
Day 1 Recap
Polymers
Introduction and Robotics Challenge
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Day one started off with a bang! PMI Acting Director, David Srolovitz
introduces polymers to Middlesex High School students. To demonstrate
how ... [MORE] |
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PUMA, Middlesex session
PUMA,
Middlesex Session -
Photo
Gallery |
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July 11 2003 PCCM/Quest 2003 - Recap
Teacher Training
Program
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From July 7-11, 15 local elementary school teachers took a week
of their summer to get training in ...[MORE] |
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July 7 2003 E=mc2 - PCCM Collaboration
PCCM Hosts 2003
E=mc2 Summer Kickoff
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Fifty elementry school teachers and school administrators came to
Bowen Hall for ... [MORE] |
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June 10 2003 SCSP2003 - Recap
Science Curriculum
Support Project Final Showcase
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This year's Science Curriculum Support Project, or SCSP, culminated
June 5th at the spring 2003 final showcase in Bowen Hall....[MORE] |
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April 29 2003 PCCM/Quest Program
Teacher Training
Robotics Challenge
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In partnerships with the Quest Follow-Up, and Chris Rogers' robolab
programs, PCCM conducted a teacher training session that used robotics
to emphasize ... [MORE] |
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April 9 2003 PCCM Student Outreach
PCCM hosts visitors
from the Netherlands
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A group of undergraduate students and faculty from University of
Groningen, Netherlands spent a day in Princeton... [MORE] |
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April 4 2003 SCSP - Supplementary Education
PCCM Faculty
Get Involved in K-12 Outreach Education
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As part of of PCCM's Science Curriculum Support Project Supplementary
Education Program, hundreds of students ... [MORE] |
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February 4 2003 PCCM Teacher Outreach
Teacher Training:
BioMEMS and Robotics
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Sixteen elementary school teachers spent a day with PCCM Professor
Wole Soboyejo and other PCCM-affiliated staff and students learning
about materials science, nanotechnology and BioMEMS. The day started
off with ... [MORE] |
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SCSP, January - June 2003
SCSP
2003 Showcase and Multi-Team Photo
Gallery |
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December 12 2002 PCCM K-12 Outreach
Tollgate Elementary
School Class Tours Bowen Hall
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A third grade class from Tollgate Elementary School came to Princeton
for a half-day science experience. Three science stations were set
up ... [MORE] |
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August 10 2002 Research Experience for
Teachers
Teacher
Works On Research To Be Used Aboard the International Space Station
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Each summer PCCM and the Princeton Materials Institute
conduct a Research Experience for Teachers program ... [MORE] |
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July 19 2002 PCCM Teacher Outreach
Nano-Science
and Materials Teacher Training Week
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From July 5th through 19th, sixteen local middle school science
teachers spent a week at Bowen Hall to get training in content and
pedagogy in ... [MORE] |
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July 8 2002 PCCM Teacher Outreach
PCCM Hosts 2002
E=mc2 Summer Kickoff
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PCCM for the first time hosted the E=mc2 summer kickoff
in Bowen hall. More than forty people involved with elementary school
science education came for ... [MORE] |
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June 26 2002 PUMA 2002
Princeton
University Materials Academy 2002
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For six weeks of the summer, PCCM Faculty George Scherer and Wolé
Soboyejo opened up their lab to students from Trenton and other economically
disadvantaged districts ... [MORE] |
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June 12 2002 PCCM Teacher Outreach
PCCM Hosts Leadership
Alliance Program
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Over twenty university faculty from a consortium called the Leadership
Alliance spent a day in Princeton hosted by ... [MORE] |
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March 21 2002 SCSP K-12 Outreach
Cranbury Middle
School Science Fair judged by PCCM Faculty
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PCCM Professor Kevin Lehman and PCCM Director of Outreach Daniel
Steinberg helped Cranbury School judge the ... [MORE] |
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February 7 2002 SCSP Session
Curriculum Support
Science Kit Development
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As part of PCCM’s commitment to teacher training and K-12
education, PCCM faculty, Antione Kahn, Mansour Shayegan, Nan Phuan
Ong, and Ravin Bhatt, created ...[MORE] |
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SCSP, February 2002
SCSP
Teacher Training Session -
Photo Gallery |
