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What is Making Stuff ?

What is Making Stuff ?. Television series National outreach campaign Toolkit & Resources. Optional: Embed promotional video clip here or delete this slide. Clip available at pbs.org/nova/education/makingstuff. Almost everything around you is made of different materials.

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What is Making Stuff ?

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  1. What is Making Stuff? Television series National outreach campaign Toolkit & Resources

  2. Optional:Embed promotional video clip here or delete this slide Clip available at pbs.org/nova/education/makingstuff

  3. Almost everything around you is made of different materials. Materials scientists investigate how materials are made, figure out how they can be changed and improved, and engineer entirely new materials. What is Materials Science?

  4. Why Stuff? Materials are the basis of our civilization—the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages—and materials will take us into the future.

  5. Television Series Making Stuff is a four-part prime-time television series on materials science from PBS and the award-winning producers of NOVA in partnership with the Materials Research Society (MRS) Premieres January 19, 2011, at 9 P.M. (EST) and continues each Wednesday through February 9

  6. Making StuffEpisodes

  7. Popular New York Times technology reporter David Pogue takes viewers on a tour of the scientific innovations that are ushering in a new generation of materials that are Stronger, Smaller, Cleaner, andSmarter than anything we have ever seen before. The Host: David Pogue

  8. National Outreach Campaign 20 Main Coalitions 15 Affiliates 200+ Local Coalition Partners

  9. Outreach Campaign Goals • Enhance public engagement in and understanding of materials science and its impact on society • Promote collaboration among educators, scientists, and community-based organizations

  10. Four hands-on demonstrations Resources and Guidelines for hosting science events, including Science Cafés Outreach Toolkit pbs.org/nova/education/makingstuff

  11. Four materials science hands-on activities for 4th- to 6th-grade students Ideal for afterschool and informal education settings Activity Guide pbs.org/nova/education/makingstuff

  12. Thank you! National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Materials Research Society, and our many coalition partners.

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