Approaches to

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• Approaches to
• Educational Outreach
• Eric Vanderploeg
• NSF ERC 2000 Annual Meeting
• November 4, 2000

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Education Committee Structure
Administrative Support
Two Co-Chairs
10 Committee Members
30 Participating Students
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Education Committee Goals

• Motivate K-12 students
• encourage interest in science/engineering
• Introduce bioengineering as potential
  career/education path
• Educate students about graduate school and
  college

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Outreach Activities
Classroom presentations and activities
Lab tours and demonstrations
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Outreach Activities
Middle school and high school science fair judging
High school student mentoring
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Outreach Methods

• Getting the word out
• promotional flyer
• distributed to area educators
• word of mouth
• contacts through administrators
• Interested people contact us
• Recruit grad student volunteers
• Arrange the outreach event

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Prosthetic Pete

• 2-D 3-D prosthetic parts.
• Kids figure out where pieces go
• Grad students explain technologies
• Tissue Engineering
• Close interaction between kids and grad students
• Easy to understand and use

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Outreach Methods

• Bone fracture fixation demo
• kits of materials
• encourage design and creativity
• Lab tours demonstrations
• hands-on if possible
• small groups (5 - 7 students)
• grad students work in pairs/teams
• High school student mentoring

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Educational Inreach

• Outreach activities give opportunities for grad
  students to teach
• become comfortable in classroom setting
• communication skills with general public
• Mentor training for grad students
• organizing project
• managing resources