A partnership between the NU-MRSEC and the Art Institute of Chicago provides fertile ground for curriculum development. Lisa Backus, a high school chemistry teacher and participant in the Center's 2006Â’ Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program was inspired by her summer research project working on conservation science problems of Ancient Chinese jades and Winslow Homer watercolors. The result is an art-based high school chemistry module that introduces students to the properties of light, the atom, and organic compound pigments.
Image of Winslow Homer's The Water Fan, courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Northwestern Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
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