What is Making Stuff?
Television series
National outreach campaign
Toolkit & Resources
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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 Stuff
Episodes
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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
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Four materials
science hands-on
activities for 4th- to
6th-grade students
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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.
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