Outreach to Middle School Students
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IGERT trainees and associates in the STAIR program conducted a science outreach afternoon for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. Using visual and hands-on experiences, the students were introduced to the concepts of viscosity and shearing; thermal expansion/ductile and brittle fractures; thermal compression/phase changes; and electrons/protons in a fuel cell. | |
IGERT trainee, Jeff Bunn, sets up the fuel cell demonstration. |
IGERT trainee, Justin Roop, prepares a mixture which will allow students to experience a non-Newtonian fluid. |
IGERT trainee, Michelle Everett, discusses the spatial relationship of atoms using an atomic model of a common element, NaCl. |
Students participate in a materials matching game as a group project. |
Students learn about thermal compression with IGERT trainee, Travis Russell, and Qianping He. |
 A sagging red-hot wire allows students to see the effects of thermal expansion. IGERT trainee, Jeffrey Clark, explains how the atoms react to the heat. |
Students test the effects of slow cooling versus rapid cooling using a piano wire. |
A common household product mixed with water introduces viscosity and shearing concepts. IGERT trainees, Rosemary Le and Paul Willard, led in the discussion. |
