The Korea Institute of Materials Science, a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, visited

Soan Elementary School in Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do to hold the Safety with Science event on November 25 (Thursday) with

the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute. As part of science popularization and safety culture expansion, the event was

held to cultivate students' science and safety minds and to create social values for students in island areas.

To provide an opportunity to explore science careers, researchers from KIMS and KERI visited the school and gave lectures to all 

91 students at Soan Elementary School. The lectures were about “Science Experience” education including △ (metal material)

shape memory alloy principle education and experience, △ (surface technology) plating principle education and silver-plated tag

making, △ (energy) fuel cell principle education and making a saltwater car, and “Science Lecture” entitled as “Stories of Hidden

Materials.”

To raise students' awareness of safety culture, the two institutions also provided △ CPR training and kit-making class and △ first 

aid and safety education; and allowed students to be aware of science and safety.

Jung-hwan Lee, the President of KIMS, said, “As a government-funded research institute which is run by the citizen’s taxes, we are 

responsible for contributing to the spread of a safety culture and popularization of science.” “By developing various programs to

spread science and safety culture to cover marginalized areas, we will continue to do our best to fulfill our role,” he added.

KIMS will survey science and safety awareness of students and faculty members after the event to actively reflect

the result for the next year's public relations plan and safety management responsibility plan.