What is Making Stuff?

Television series

National outreach campaign

Toolkit & Resources

Optional:Embed promotional video clip here or delete

this slide

Clip available at

pbs.org/nova/education/makingstuff

What is Materials Science?

• Almost everything around you is made of different materials.

• Materials scientists investigate how materials are made, figure out how they can be changed and improved, and engineer entirely new materials.

Why Stuff?

Materials are the basis of our civilization—the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages—and materials will take us into the future.

Television Series

Making Stuff is a four-part prime-time television series on materials science from PBS and the award-

winning producers of NOVA in partnership with the Materials

Research Society (MRS)

Premieres January 19, 2011, at 9 P.M. (EST) and continues each Wednesday through

February 9

Making StuffEpisodes

The Host: David Pogue• Popular New York Times

technology reporter David

Pogue takes viewers on a tour of

the scientific innovations that

are ushering in a new

generation of materials that are

Stronger, Smaller, Cleaner,

and Smarter than anything we

have ever seen before.

National Outreach Campaign

20 Main Coalitions

15 Affiliates

200+ Local Coalition Partners

Outreach Campaign Goals

• Enhance public engagement in and understanding of materials science and its impact on society

• Promote collaboration among educators, scientists, and community-based organizations

Outreach Toolkit• Four hands-on

demonstrations

• Resources and Guidelines for hosting science events, including Science Cafés

pbs.org/nova/education/makingstuff

Activity Guide• Four materials

science hands-on activities for 4th- to 6th-grade students

• Ideal for afterschool and informal education settings

pbs.org/nova/education/makingstuff

Thank you!National Science

Foundation,Department of Energy,

Materials Research Society,and our many coalition

partners.

[Insert your institutional closing

statement here]

Presenter(s) namePresenter email/contact info