Precollege Outreach Results in Activity Kits for Students and Teachers

Outcome/Accomplishment

Continuing to build outreach efforts, a committee of faculty and staff developed activity kits to use at all sites of the Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources (CISTAR), based at Purdue University and an NSF-funded Engineering Research Center (ERC).

Impact/Benefits

The Center's outreach efforts impacted more than 5,500 K-12 students and 315 teachers across the country. With faculty and staff from all the Center's core partners working together, participants in the Center's outreach programs are offered a wider range of experiences and contacts.

Explanation/Background

In addition to developing activity kits, the Center formalized a partnership with the Purdue School of Engineering Education and its INSPIRE Research Institute for Pre-College Engineering. At the University of New Mexico, students joined undergraduates for workshops, as well as an end-of-summer poster session and outreach event at New Mexico State Fair.

CISTAR joins in activities at UNM, including joint teacher workshop and poster session, reviewing CISTAR outreach kits, and an outreach event at the New Mexico State Fair.

Location

West Lafayette, Indiana

e-mail

cistar@purdue.edu

website

https://cistar.us/

Start Year

Energy and Sustainability

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Lead Institution

Purdue University

Core Partners

University of New Mexico, Northwestern University, University of Notre Dame, University of Texas at Austin

Fact Sheet

CISTAR Fact Sheet.pdf
CISTAR joins in activities at UNM, including joint teacher workshop and poster session, reviewing CISTAR outreach kits, and an outreach event at the New Mexico State Fair.

Outcome/Accomplishment

Continuing to build outreach efforts, a committee of faculty and staff developed activity kits to use at all sites of the Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources (CISTAR), based at Purdue University and an NSF-funded Engineering Research Center (ERC).

Location

West Lafayette, Indiana

e-mail

cistar@purdue.edu

website

https://cistar.us/

Start Year

Energy and Sustainability

Energy and Sustainability Icon
Energy and Sustainability Icon

Energy and Sustainability

Lead Institution

Purdue University

Core Partners

University of New Mexico, Northwestern University, University of Notre Dame, University of Texas at Austin

Fact Sheet

CISTAR Fact Sheet.pdf

Impact/benefits

The Center's outreach efforts impacted more than 5,500 K-12 students and 315 teachers across the country. With faculty and staff from all the Center's core partners working together, participants in the Center's outreach programs are offered a wider range of experiences and contacts.

Explanation/Background

In addition to developing activity kits, the Center formalized a partnership with the Purdue School of Engineering Education and its INSPIRE Research Institute for Pre-College Engineering. At the University of New Mexico, students joined undergraduates for workshops, as well as an end-of-summer poster session and outreach event at New Mexico State Fair.