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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MRSEC

NYU MRSEC Outreach Year 3: BioBus. Materials science playing a central role in a laboratory on wheels, bringing hands-on scientific activities to the young people at schools, community centers and museums Professional development for 100 teachers and scientists for curriculum development

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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MRSEC

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  1. NYU MRSEC Outreach Year 3: BioBus • Materials science playing a central role in a laboratory on wheels, bringing hands-on scientific activities to the young people at schools, community centers and museums • Professional development for 100 teachers and scientists for curriculum development • Provided more than 1600 students the opportunity to explore materials science through experiments focusing on the particulate nature of matter, thermal energy, and phase transitions – who said watching paint dry is boring? • Hosted 900 members of the public aboard the BioBus for materials science experiments at informal festival events. • MRSEC and BioBus partnership prominent in public outreach: paint drying experiments featured on National Geographic Radio and Discovery News • Contributed to NOVA’s Making Stuff and the Colbert Report on Comedy Central MRSEC investigator Jasna Bruijic shows 3rd grade students how watching paint dry can be fun on the BioBus. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MRSEC

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