OBJECTIVE:
JINA’s Classroom Materials Support Program is
intended to help science teachers by providing the means to enhance
their science curriculum with classroom materials they might not otherwise
be able to utilize. Scientists are also available to come to your classroom and give a guest lecture (with demos) on nuclear astrophysics.
DETAILS:
A limited number of mini-grants will be made available
to JINA area schools during this school year. The maximum amount one
teacher/applicant may request is $200. There are two application deadlines:
June 1 and December 1, with reviews and awards twice each year (awardees
will be notified by the end of August and February, respectively).
Teachers must identify what they would spend the
mini-grant on, relevance to the field of nuclear astrophysics, and
should provide a detailed shopping list. We encourage teachers to
consider applying for materials as small as posters and as large as
lab equipment. Understand that the "Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics"
is most likely to support those applications requesting materials
related to the field of nuclear astrophysics, but we will consider
every application. At JINA, we believe in teachers and rely on them
to let us know what it is that they need to enhance their curriculum.
Materials and supplies provided by JINA are to remain with the teacher/school
to enhance the science curriculum of future classes.
Some examples of materials purchased (by
grade):
2nd grade: Trade books, the Game of Space;
3rd grade: Videos, Books, Periodic table charts;
5th grade: Solar system simulator, Illuminated orbiter;
7th grade: Vacuum, Spectroscope, Prism, Doppelball;
8th grade: Roller coaster physics set, Geiger counter;
High school: LCD projector, Particle physics software, Radiation sources,
Classroom sets of spectrometers, Chart of Nuclides poster.
PLEASE NOTE:
We cannot send money…we can only buy materials and
have them shipped directly to you.
HOW TO APPLY:
Go to the Application
Form, fill in the form and submit it online.
For more information, contact:
Micha Kilburn, Ph. D. (mkilburn@nd.edu)
JINA Outreach Coordinator
Office Phone: 574-631-5326
180 Nieuwland Science Hall
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Zachary A. Constan, Ph.D. (constan@nscl.msu.edu)
NSCL Outreach Coordinator
Office Phone: 517-333-6363
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
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Joint
Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA)
225 Nieuwland Science Hall
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
Notre Dame, IN 46556
