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K-12 Science Activities |
Resources and Activities for Students and Educators
UCSB ScienceLine
MRL's "Ask-a-Scientist" project enables K-12 students to directly
ask expert UCSB researchers their science questions.
Topics include astronomy, marine biology, physics,
computers, materials science, and earth science, among
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MRL Multimedia Highlights
New MRL educational videos explain the
excitement and central role of
Materials Science
and other science topics.
MRL's “Meet a Scientist” program, an
extension of ScienceLine
in which elementary school students interview UCSB scientists,
and other videos presenting fun topics in Materials Science.
For more information, please contact
Claudia G. Mazzotti or
Martina Michenfelder
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“Build a Buckyball” Workshop
Students, ranging from elementary to early high school, are given a
brief introduction focused on Materials science and the scale of the nanometer,
different forms of carbon and the relationship between molecular structure and material properties.
Afterward, each student builds his own six-inch carbon-60 molecule. For more information,
please contact our education director
Dotti Pak.
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It’s a Material World!
This program is available for elementary school science nights.
Children are naturally curious about science. These hands-on
activities inspire inquiry into Materials Science related topics
and emphasize the fascinating nature of science! For more
information, please contact
Julie Standish . |
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