Nclt Partners

Network of NCLT Regional Hubsites Hubs will receive: infrastructure support, capacity building, and joint funding.

Regional Hub TBA

Regional Hub UCLA

Hubs will provide: expertise, field test data, professional development, and classroom outreach.

Headquarters (Midwest)

Regional Hub CSU

Hubs will connect: Colleges, School Districts, NSE Centers, National Labs, Industry, Museums, etc.

Regional Hub LSU

Regional Hub SUNY

Regional Hub TBA

UCLA & Los Angeles Unified School District Western United States Hub Site Leveraging CNSI and UC CEIN

California Nanosystems Institute: • 180,000 ft2 building opened on UCLA campus in 2007 • 260-seat theatre, conference facility, wet and dry laboratories, state of the art instrumentation • >125 faculty from a broad range of disciplines with diverse activities UC CEIN: • New $25M NSF/EPA funded center • >35 faculty; 15 institutions • Hub = UCLA

NCLT Partnership with LAUSD

• Nearly 700,000 students and more than 45,000 teachers • Second largest public school system in U.S. • One of the most diverse counties in the U.S.

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% for LAUSD) – 31.9% Hispanic (73.7% for LAUSD) – 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)

Vertical Integration: 4 years of High School

Nanotechnology Academy at Learning Taft High School A Small Community! INTRODUCTION TO NANOTECHNOLOGY (Year 1 Passport Course) Social Studies

Unit I: Introduction to Nanotechnology

Mathematics

Unit II: Chemical Building Blocks and Nanofabrication Unit III Electric, Optical, and Magnetic Nanomaterials Language Arts

Unit IV: Nanoscale Biological Material and Applications Unit V: Ethics Launch Date: September 2009

Horizontal Integration across STEM and Non-STEM Disciplines

Electives

Colorado State University (CSU) Central US Hubsite

• Pre-service Teacher Training: The only Engineering-based Teacher 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

Louisiana State University (LSU) Southern US Hubsite

• Connection to 8,000 students • Champion PD programs for STEM teachers $20+ Million in Grants & Contracts: LSU Endowment, NMSI, NSF,

USDoE, Louisiana DoE, Rapides Foundation, U. of Texas, Louisiana Board of Regents, Louisiana Legislature, Jason Foundation, Brookhill Foundation, NASA

State University of New York at Albany (SUNY-Albany) Northeastern US Hubsite 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