Regardless of how successful an outreach effort is, when you are ready to engage with a new audience, it is crucial to develop a new partnership with experts and adapt your efforts to the needs of the new audience. Due to the MRSEC’s success building partnerships with experts to engage community members who are economically disadvantaged, the Center used this model to engage two new underserved audiences with ISE: people who are blind or have low vision, and students in migrant communities.
MRSEC outreach on the go! Materials science delivers fun and hands-on learning to local afterschool programs.
MRSEC helps to Unleash Curiosity at the ’23 Wisconsin Science Festival Expo!
Morgridge Institute for Research Highlights MRSEC Field Trips
Wisconsin MRSEC Educational Video Award
2020 Education & Outreach Science at Home Video Competition
Wisconsin Science Festival – A Virtual Hit!
Last week marked the annual Wisconsin Science Festival, and although we weren’t able to interact face-to-face, members of our MRSEC worked together to share their stories and science with folks all across the state. Below …
New At-Home Activity – Tapping Triboelectric Nanogenerator
If you or someone you know loves exploring the cutting edge of science and technology, then you’ll love our new activity: the Tapping Triboelectric Nanogenerator! Triboelectric nanogenerators are devices that convert kinetic energy from our …
Improv for Science Communication Podcast Episode from Sustainable Nano
The folks over at Sustainable Nano discuss Improv for Science Communication, with a shoutout to UW MRSEC! Check it out!
MRSEC Activities at Home!
Looking for high quality science and engineering activities that your young learner can do from the comfort of your home? Well then, we’ve got you covered! Check out our At Home Science Activities page! On …
Inclusive Teaching Practices Added
The MRSEC has compiled some resources around Inclusive Teaching Practices that can be incorporated into all of our activities, as well as other activities that you may use. Research shows that these teaching practices benefit …