C ITY O F M ATERIALS C ONNECTING V IRTUAL S CIENCE TO THE R EAL “S TUFF ” IN K ID ’ S L IVES Designed by the K12 Action in Education Subcommittee Funding.

CITY OF MATERIALS CONNECTING VIRTUAL SCIENCE TO THE REAL “STUFF” IN KID’S LIVES

Designed by the K12 Action in Education Subcommittee

Funding and support provided by ASM International and ASM Materials Education Foundation

CITY OF MATERIALS

Debbie Goodwin – Chillicothe High School, Chillicothe, [email protected] Andy Nydam – Olympia High School Retired Olympia, WA [email protected]

MATERIALS SCIENCE AT YOUR FINGERTIPSWWW.CITYOFMATERIALS.COM City Tour – an interactive learning

environment for students to play and learn Materials Science – a variety of resources

including links to other interesting sites Podcasts on Materials Radio; 55+ available Details and links to ASM Materials Education

award winning programs and scholarships Classroom tools – modules for classroom use

designed by teachers

BRINGING CITY OF MATERIALS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE IN TO THE CLASSROOM

Tie it in to your current content Introduce new concepts in

a different formatReinforce what has been

done in class Provide an opportunity

for independent learning Connect Science and

Engineering with their daily lives

MATERIALS CLASSIFICATION

City Tour Extend the search

for items in to the virtual kitchen at the Mayor’s house

Classroom Module Materials ID

Give out common items and classifyMetalPolymerCeramicComposite

Explain why! Build a list of

properties as a class

MATERIALS PROPERTIES

Classroom Activity Cut garbage bags

into 1” wide strips Cut some lengthwise

and some widthwise Let the students be

the tensile tester What happened?

City Tour Pull samples to test

the strength Compare applications

MIXING SUBSTANCES INFLUENCE ON PROPERTIES

Classroom Module Oobleck

Hands on exploration Stir slow and fast Squeeze it Roll it

Vocabulary Journal your observations Applications

City Tour Directions on how to

do it yourself

Case Western Reserve University students

STRUCTURE AT THE ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR LEVEL

Electrolysis at the Kitchen Sink Classroom Module Build different crystal

models with styrofoam balls and toothpicks

City Tour Salt in the Kitchen

Zoom in on the crystals Look at the bonding Create crystals in your

kitchen following the step by step instructions

Fuel cell materials and reactions

CHEMICAL REACTIONS Classroom Modules

Electroplating Corrosion

Dissolving a can exterior Dissolving the interior of a

penny Sand the edges until you see a

silver color Place in 3 M hydrochloric acid

City Tour Electroplating station

for virtual practice Overview of

applications

RATE OF REACTION

Classroom modules Corrosive solution –

steel wool Surface area – alka

seltzer Observe the

difference of a crushed tablet compared to a whole

City Tour Cleaning a penny

Fuel cell membrane

INFLUENCE OF THERMAL ENERGY

Classroom Module Alloying Cu and Zn

Start with the Zn plated penny

Add heat to start the diffusion process

Observe the change in appearance

Heat Treatment Explore with bobby

pins and paperclips

City Tour Virtual alloying

experiment

Video on removing energy

MATERIALS: A PROVEN PATHWAY TO STEM LEARNING

Science Classification Properties Structure Chemical Reactions Energy

Technology Selecting and Using

Lab Equipment

Engineering Applications / Design Forensics

Math Data Collection Graph Comparisons

TECHNOLOGY - CSI LAB TOOLS

Virtual working lab equipment Stereoscope FTIR Chromatography workstation pH workstation Tensile tester Image analysis / comparison tools Charpy tester

User’s Manual emphasizes the following What it is Why it’s used How it works Samples available to test

SAFETY FIRST

MICROSCOPES: REVEALING DATA

Great opportunity to discuss units of measure

STEREOSCOPE

Working model Manual Samples

MICROSTRUCTURES – LIGHT OPTICAL MICROSCOPES

SEM: SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE

Create your own macro fracture surfaces

LAB TECH ROLE

Complete tasks and short quiz.

ENGINEERINGMATERIALS SELECTION

ENGINEERINGFUEL CELL APPLICATIONS

• Explore how fuels cells are currently used

• Applications• A look inside at the electrons in action

Sponsored by RPI and written by university students

FORENSIC ENGINEERING

Take on the role of PI and delve in deeper Collect evidence Run analyses in the lab Determine if the evidence supports your

hypothesis

COLLECT AND TEST EVIDENCE

3 CASES AVAILABLE

SOLVING A CASE: UNBREAKABLE?Task Clues

Read suspect interviews Liquid was spiltThe glasses were not stepped on

Read Atomic Times article Shatter resistant lenses

Collect evidence case Samples to test

Use FTIR (compare graphs to find answers)•Identify lens materials•Identify liquid spill•Identify source of spill in drug store

Lens –polycarbonateLiquid – AcetoneSource – nail polish removerReport provided to review

Image analysis (compare a good lens and broken lens)•Identify the location of the cracks

Discover the cracks originate where the liquid splashed the lensReport provided to review

Read report from polymer expert Dr. Bakeland

Learn about environmental stress crackingReport on file to review

Complete quiz

Awarded certificate

MATH = DATA

Graphing concepts pop up everywhere Real time pie graph of

try it yourself experiments

Comparison graphs for a variety of lab data

Classroom Activity Create your own product

life cycle data by bending paperclips to failure

STUDENT FEEDBACK Register as a user to personalize the experience Phone tracks details

Level of your PI badge based on cases solved Lab Tech Badge Current case in progress

Complete a case Earn a certificate and Materials Money

MINIGAMES

MATERIALS RADIO

Over 55 podcasts have been written by Materials Advantage students at colleges and universities as part of an annual contest

Short (2 to 4 min) informational and fun recordings

WHAT’S NEXT Companion pages for educators and

volunteers Emphasis on activities and demos that can be

done with students Correlations between activities and City Tour /

Materials Radio content where appropriateo City Tour game

• More content including new topics and cases to solve• Improvements as we receive feedback from new users•Plan to release IPad app version

HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED Share your ideas with us!

How do you use City of Materials in your classroom?

Add to our “Did you Know” fun facts

Email us at [email protected]

Be sure to include your name, school name, and grade level

Materials Science Teacher Camps

Sponsored by ASM International Foundation http://asmcommunity.asminternational.org One week in the summer Solids, metals, ceramics/glass, polymers,

composites Labs, demos, practical applications

No cost

Camp Locations 2013

Albuquerque, NM Ann Arbor, MI Calgary, Canada Columbus, OH Houghton, MI Kansas City, MO Ottawa, Canada Oxford, MS Urbana, IL Akron, OH Albany, NY Atlanta, GA Boston, MA Chicago, IL Cincinnati, OH Cleveland, OH Columbus, OH Dayton, OH DeKalb, IL Hammond, IN Hattiesburg, MS

Houston, TX Indianapolis, IN Kiln, MS Lehigh Valley, PA Long Beach, CA Madison, WI Meridian, MS New Orleans, LA Newport News, VA Newark, NJ Oak Ridge, TN Pittsburgh, PA Salt Lake City, UT San Antonio, TX Seattle, TX Seattle, WA Tuscaloosa, AL Vancouver, WA Virginia Beach, VA Washington, DC Youngstown, OH

Summer 2013Schedule