About Science Education

Our Mission

Using the human, scientific, and technological resources of PPPL, our mission is to:

• Provide opportunities for students and teachers to engage in scientific inquiry in ways that enhance their understanding of science concepts and scientific ways of thinking.
• Provide innovative opportunities for educators to work together and with scientists and engineers to enhance science teaching and learning.
• Reach out to all students and teachers, particularly those previously excluded from educational opportunities.
• Communicate current scientific knowledge, especially that about fusion energy sciences, to members of the community.

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• Receive announcements of exciting events and educational opportunities for K-16 students and teachers
  

In the Media

• Atlas Obscura Day 2016
• Plasma Physics Lab scientists provide a day of fun and inspiration for over 500 girls (Princeton Packet, 3/22/2016)
• John Witherspoon Middle School Science Event - My Brother's Keeper (Della Crews Spotlight NJ, 3/8/2016)
• Princeton middle schoolers get the hang of science experiments thanks to Princeton Plasma Physics Lab (Princton Packet, 3/8/2016)
• Through experiments, Princeton scientists inspire a new generation (NJ.com, 3/6/2016)
• Bringing Students to STEM with My Brother's Keeper (Energy.gov (blog), 2/29/2016)
• West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School Wins New Jersey... (Planet Princeton, 2/27/2016)
• WW-P South wins N.J. Regional Science Bowl (NJ.com, 2/24/2016)
• West Windsor takes first place in regional science competition (NJ.com, 2/21/2016)
• Central Jersey students compete in National Science Bowl (MyCentralJersey.com, 2/11/2016)
• Shannon Greco: A Self-Described "STEM Education Zealot" (Newswise (press release), 2/2/2016)
• Princeton Plasma Physics Lab offers 'Science on Saturday' lecture ... (Newsworks.org, 1/8/2016)
• PPPL presenting Ronald E. Hatcher Science on Saturday Lecture ... (NJ.com, 12/23/2015)
• Scientist turned politician heads to Trenton (Newsworks.org, 12/16/2015)
• Profile: Pursuing Physics and Politics -- with a Little Surfing Thrown In (NJ Spotlight, 12/15/2015)
• Alex Tinguely is a graduate student in the MIT Plasma Science and ... (MIT News, 11/20/2015)
• University offers year-round programming for families, children (Princeton University, 10/28/2015)
• Summer interns get research experience at PPPL (Princeton University, 9/4/2015)
• PLAINSBORO: Liberty Science campers learn to generate energy ... (Packet Online, 7/24/2015)
• Zombie apocalypse inspires young scientists at Princeton lab (NJ.com, 7/23/2015)
• PPPL hosts Young Women's Conference to spark interest in STEM ... (NJ.com, 3/19/2015)
• 3D Printers Helping Make Cheap, Custom Science Lab Equipment (Education News, 3/8/2015)
• 3D Printing Everywhere from Lab to Factory (EETimes, 3/1/2015)
• Researchers find 3-D printed parts to provide low-cost, custom alternatives for laboratory equipment (Raphael Rosen, PPPL, 2/26/2015; Phys.org; Engineering.com)
• Princeton Plasma Physics Lab experiments with 3-D printed custom equipment (nj.com, 2/26/2015)
• News & Notes: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory finds success with 3-D printing technology (Daily Princetonian, 2/26/2015)
• Students shine at science competition (Princeton Packet, 2/23/2015)
• Plasma you can control, real time, from your computer (NewsWorks.Org, 9/1/14)
• Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory 'Remote Glow' Experiment (Google Hangout with Dr. Arturo Dominguez, 7/16/14)
• PhD Comics’ guide to fusion makes the complex understandable (www.PPPL.gov, 6/12/14)
• Editorial: Princeton conference targets concerning STEM gender gap for young women (nj.com, 3/27/14)
• Conference challenges girls to choose STEM (Princeton Packet, 3/24/2014)
• Now Every School Can Access a Fancy Plasma Physics Laboratory (Smithsonianmag.com, 3/21/14)
• Getting young women to study science, tech is aim of Princeton conference (Trenton Times 3/21/14)
• Taking the laboratory to the students (Princeton Packet, 3/13/2014)
• Bringing a 50,000 degree plasma into your living room (American Physical Society Press Release, 11/11/13)
• Order Out of Chaos (Video Clip, Scenes: 6th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival, New York City, 10/11/13)
• Newtown Friends to Pilot STEM Education Program (Bucks County Courier Times, 9/24/13)
• Creating a Star on Earth: The Path to Fusion Energy (TEDx talk, St. Peter's College, "Future Utopias," 5/21/13)
• Zwicker Promotes Aesthetics of Science (Daily Princetonian, 5/8/13)
• The Art of Science and the Search for an Absolute (NJ TV, State of the Arts, 3/14/13)
• New Exhibit Looks at Science Through an Artistic Lens (NJ TV, 1/18/13)
• What is a Flame? (Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, "Honorable Mention," 2012 Competition)
• Reinventing the High School (Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/4/11)
• PPPL and NASA Lets Teachers Hitch a Ride on the Zero-G (Princeton University Web Site, 8/15/11)
• Making Ice Cream with Liquid Nitrogen (Let's Talk - Live! Channel 7, Washington, DC, 9/13/10)
• Plasma Table (by Elle Starkman and Andrew Zwicker, 1st Prize, 2005 Princeton Art of Science Competition)