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The University of Massachusetts Lowell has landed $2.4 million from the National Science Foundation to teach science and engineering graduate students how to communicate about research to local high schools.
The project, called GK-12: Vibes and Waves in Action, connects graduate-level researchers to high-school teachers and students in Lowell and Lawrence. Participating graduate students will discuss their own research, build experiments for the classroom and become mentors and role models to students, according to UMass Lowell. The project theme on sound and electromagnetic vibrations and waves relates well to the high school physics and math curriculum, say teachers.
Under the program, eight graduate students who are already engaged in research will spend 10 hours a week each in physics and math classrooms, working with teachers and students. The graduate students should get a better understanding of the community while the high school teachers get experience with scientific issues and research, the school said.
UMass Lowell is partnering with Raytheon Corp., MathWorks Inc., MIT Lincoln Labs and Motorola Inc. on the project. Raytheon, MathWorks and Lincoln Labs will provide mentoring on the project. MathWorks is also donating software licenses. Motorola has given the UMass Lowell a $51,000 grant to support the project after supporting a pilot program.
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