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Project
Features:
Lists goals and objectives of the project
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Research and Education Activities:
The BB project has two main goals: (1) Provide Materials Science and Technology (MST)
training for high-school and community college teachers throughout the nation to allow
them to incorporate materials science curriculum into their classes to motivate more
students to enter the science and technology fields; and (2) Establish a materials science
and technology resource center for students and teachers consisting of websites, multimedia
CD-ROM's and hardcopy materials.
To meet these goals, BB has the following primary objectives:
- Provide instructors with an understanding of the principles and applications of
materials as they used in the manufacturing technology
- Introduce instructors to available curricula in materials technology
- Enhance and document materials technology curricula as required
- Provide instructors with the broad perspective of materials and manufacturing as
fields of study and as a potential career for their students
- Aid instructors in adapting available curricula modules for introduction directly
into courses
- Provide a resource center for retrieval of materials curricula, and professional
and industry contacts
- Enhance cooperation between high schools and community colleges through the development
of interactive curricula and joint student projects with industrial mentors to provide a
natural linkage between high school and community college for the students.
To achieve the BB project goals and objectives,
second year activities have focused on three areas:
(1) Establish new partner dsites, (2) Conducting
workshops and summer institutes, and (3) Continuing
work on electronic and multimedia resources for
the ZZ Center.
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