What's been happening at FunSizePhysics?
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Abstract
www.funsizephysics.com is a website created with the express purpose of advertizing exciting new developments in condensed matter physics to the tax paying public. In addition, the website was designed to be a convenient place in which to collaborate on and discuss a variety of outreach efforts. The website is unique in that it incorporates research descriptions written by the researchers themselves for a broad audience, unlike numerous science blogs and/or websites. We describe the ongoing efforts to present current and ongoing NSF-funded research to the public in ways that engage a broader audience of non-experts and to make the website a resource for NSF PIs to develop best practices for outreach activities to K-12 students and the general public. We have also embarked on an ambitious program to impact the ability of present and future scientists to communicate with the public, using professional science writers as teachers and modelers for science communication. The ambitious aim is to change how condensed matter physicists communicate with the public.
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Presenters
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Shireen Adenwalla
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Authors
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Shireen Adenwalla
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
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Jocelyn Bosley
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
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Leigh Smith
Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Physics, University of Cincinnati