Polasik, A. K., & Daehn, G. S., & McCombs, M. R. (2016, June), Implementation of Materials Science in the High School Classroom  Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. 10.18260/p.25585

\bibitem{asee_peer_25585}
  Polasik, A. K., \& Daehn, G. S., \& McCombs, M. R. (2016, June), \emph{Implementation of Materials Science in the High School Classroom}
  Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  10.18260/p.25585

Alison K. Polasik, Glenn S. Daehn, and Michelle R. McCombs.  "Implementation of Materials Science in the High School Classroom".  2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2016.  https://peer.asee.org/25585 Internet.  30 Apr, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_25585}
  Alison K. Polasik, Glenn S. Daehn, and Michelle R. McCombs.
  "Implementation of Materials Science in the High School Classroom".
  \emph{2016 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2016.
  https://peer.asee.org/25585 Internet.  30 Apr, 2025

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AB  - Materials science is by nature an interdisciplinary field, and thus is ideally suited to integration with current physical and chemical science courses at the high school level. The Math and Science Partnership (MSP) program is aimed at teaching and equipping high school teachers to incorporate meaningful and interesting materials science laboratory experiments and assignments into the classrooms. A significant amount of professional development is provided to teachers participating in this program, including a week of “camp” during the summer and a series of day-long workshops during the school year. These give instruction on a number of topics and potential laboratory experiments. Materials science is then taught without much of the higher-level math.  The goal is instead to engage the students by showing them science concepts and making them aware of some of the complexities of everyday objects. The results of this program have been very positive from the perspective of both the students and the teachers. Embracing the MSP teaching practices has also changed the way teachers teach.  Teachers are now acting as classroom coaches instead of lecturers and worksheet dispensers.  A framework for a stand-alone materials science high school course is also being developed in collaboration with Columbus Public Schools.  As the program grows, more seasoned high school teachers are leading the camps for incoming teachers, showing the potential for tremendous growth and dispersal of the philosophy and techniques of the MSP program.
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