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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