118 September 2015

Tracy Jane Puccinelli, Ph.D.

Asst. Faculty Associate/BME Outreach Coordinator/Inter Egr 160

Course Coordinator

Dept. of Biomedical Engineering

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Biomedical EngineeringOutreach

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• BS Biomedical Engineering – UW Madison

• MS Biomedical Engineering – UW Madison

• PhD Materials Science – UW Madison

Biomaterials/Tissue Engineering

• Postdoc – Tissue engineering under Prof. Kristyn Masters

• Postdoc – Materials Research Science and Engineering

Center, Interdisciplinary Education Group (MRSEC IEG)

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MRSEC IEG

• Nanotechnology and advanced

materials educational products

K-12 , college-level, general public

• Can use their activity guides

Must acknowledge them

http://education.mrsec.wisc.edu/index.htm

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BME Outreach

• Biomedical engineering educational products

• K-12 and general public

• Encourage underrepresented groups to pursue

engineering—Diversity!

• Enhance K-12/public understanding of:

Fundamental science related to engineering

Biomedical engineering concepts

UW BME research

BME design projects

• Share the excitement and potential of biomedical

engineering

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Outreach Requirements

Read through all materials BEFORE you conduct outreach!

Individually or teams up to 5

Deliverables:

• Presentation

10-15 min introductions (personal story), define BME, and activity

• Activity

45 min FUN hands-on activity!

Must have clear learning objectives (2-3)

• Report

• Teacher/Leader Evaluation

*See course website: http://bmedesign.engr.wisc.edu/outreach/

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Outreach Deliverables Submission

http://bmedesign.engr.wisc.edu/outreach/

Name files appropriately!

Due date: Same due date as your final

deliverables in the spring

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Outreach Activity

• Consider BME topics that interest you

• When creating activity:

Be creative

Be resourceful

Modify existing activities

• Cite sources!

Keep it simple

Have clear instructions

Test it several times!!!

Contact me, I am happy to help!

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Outreach Connections

• The first several BME students to conduct outreach at specified locations

(underrepresented minority groups-URMs, TBD) will receive t-shirts and

possibly funding—Watch for emails on this!

• I will email outreach opportunities occasionally

If you are interested in the following, please contact me:

• East Madison Community Center (EMCC)

• Boys and Girls Clubs

• Expanding Your Horizons

• Madison Children’s Museum

• Madison/Monona/Sun Prairie school districts

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Silly Putty Activity

1. Using scale, add 1 oz glue to large cup

2. Add 1 oz water to cup

3. Stir glue and water until mixed well

4. Add 2-3 drops food coloring, mix well

5. While stirring with spoon:

a. Slowly add up to 15 mls borax/water solution

until desired consistency is reached

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What worked?

• BME related devices

• Asking kids about BME

Surprisingly great answers (8 yr olds!)

• Making the silly putty

• Playing with the silly putty

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What did NOT work?

• Some kids had no color in their silly putty

Not directed when to add the food coloring

• Ran out of “play” time

Kids were disappointed they had to end the

activity quickly

• Not enough connection of silly putty to BME

My critique – did not document well

What could they have done better?

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Sources of Outreach Activities

• Teach Engineering (K-12)

https://www.teachengineering.org/index.php

• How Stuff Works

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

• Many many others…