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Communicating Science Clearly

An advanced bootcamp teaching students to communicate scientific concepts to audiences at all levels, from kindergarten through specialist.

Effective communication skills are a vital, but often overlooked, component of a successful career in science or engineering. In a new course in the College of Arts and Sciences, students learn to communicate technical ideas to diverse audiences at all levels, as they develop hands-on educational activities for K-12 science classes. Students then field test the modules in partnership with K-12 teachers across the country, giving them the curricular materials needed to implement the Next Generation Science Standards. Students in the bootcamp course think about critical issues affecting their fields, including the role and visibility of science and scientists in the public arena, the importance of education in shaping culture and society and the varying perception of scientific research across diverse populations.

Grant type: Development

Topics: Access, Equity and Justice; Education

The Team

  • Melissa A. Hines, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

    College of Arts and Sciences

  • Itai Cohen, Department of Physics

    College of Arts and Sciences

  • Kyle M. Shen, Department of Physics

    College of Arts and Sciences

  • Nevjinder Singhota, Center for Materials Research

    Office of the Vice Provost for Research

  • Community partner:  Syracuse City School District
  • Community partner:  Harlem Children’s Zone Promise Academy I and II
  • Community partner:  Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science
  • Community partner:  Ithaca City School District
  • Community partner:  University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras

Engaged Curriculum Grants

Funding teams that are integrating community-engaged learning into new and existing curricula.

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