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RegionalHubLSU
RegionalHubTBA
RegionalHub
UCLA
Headquarters(Midwest)
RegionalHubTBA
Regional
HubSUNY
RegionalHubCSU
Hubs will receive:infrastructure support, capacity
building, and joint funding.
Hubs will provide:expertise, field testdata, professional development, and
classroom outreach.
Network of NCLT Regional Hubsites
Hubs willconnect: Colleges,School Districts, NSE
Centers, National Labs,Industry, Museums,
etc.
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Leveraging CNSI andUC CEIN
California Nanosystems Institute:
180,000 ft2 building opened onUCLA campus in 2007
260-seat theatre, conferencefacility, wet and drylaboratories, state of the artinstrumentation
>125 faculty from a broadrange of disciplines with diverse
activitiesUC CEIN:
New $25M NSF/EPA fundedcenter
>35 faculty; 15 institutions
Hub = UCLA
UCLA & Los Angeles Unified School DistrictWestern United States Hub Site
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NCLT Partnership with LAUSD
Nearly 700,000 students and morethan 45,000 teachers
Second largest public schoolsystem in U.S.
One of the most diverse counties inthe U.S.
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Working with Taft High School Nearly 3000 students in 9th-12th
grades:
0.5% Al/Alsk (versus 0.3%for LAUSD)
8.2% Asian/Pac Isl 6.4%for LAUSD)
17.7% Black (6.4% forLAUSD)
31.9% Hispanic (73.7% forLAUSD) 41.2 % White (8.7% for
LAUSD)
~10% ESL (35% for LAUSD)
82% 4 year graduation rate(66% for LAUSD*)
146 teaching staff; >20%certified in Math or Science(~12% for LAUSD)
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Unit I: Introduction to
NanotechnologyUnit II: Chemical Building Blocks
and Nanofabrication
Unit III Electric, Optical, andMagnetic Nanomaterials
Unit IV: Nanoscale Biological
Material and Applications
Unit V: Ethics
INTRODUCTION TONANOTECHNOLOGY
(Year 1 Passport Course)
Launch Date: September 2009
Mathematics
Language Arts Electives
Social Studies
Horizontal Integration across STEM and Non-STEM Disciplines
VerticalIntegration:4
years
ofHigh
School
A Small LearningCommunity!
Nanotechnology Academy atTaft High School
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Pre-service Teacher Training: The only Engineering-basedTeacher Preparation Program in the US
In-Service PD through NSF-MSP, RET and NSF-GK-12
High School Outreach through NSF Math Science Partnerships,Industry Partnerships, and NSF-GK-12
Colorado State University (CSU)Central US Hubsite
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$20+ Million in Grants & Contracts: LSU Endowment, NMSI, NSF,USDoE, Louisiana DoE, Rapides Foundation, U. of Texas, Louisiana Board ofRegents, Louisiana Legislature, Jason Foundation, Brookhill Foundation, NASA
Louisiana State University (LSU)Southern US Hubsite
Connection to 8,000 students
Champion PD programs for STEM teachers
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Unique features:
Multiplex collaboration (industry, government, academia)
NSE-based degree programs prepare the next generation
of workers for micro and nanoelectronics industries Outreach to local and regional school districts
State University of New York at Albany(SUNY-Albany)
Northeastern US Hubsite