HR: 0830h
AN: ED51C-1212    [PDF]
TI: NASA High Energy Space Science E/PO at SSU: Program Overview and Lessons Learned
AU: * Plait, P
EM: phil@universe.sonoma.edu
AF: NASA E/PO at Sonoma State University, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park, CA 94928 United States
AU: Cominsky, L
EM: lynnc@charmian.sonoma.edu
AF: NASA E/PO at Sonoma State University, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park, CA 94928 United States
AB: The NASA Education and Public Outreach (E/PO) Group at Sonoma State University is the lead institution for the E/PO of three high-energy space science missions: Swift, GLAST, and XMM-Newton. We have developed award-winning standards-based formal and informal educational activities (classroom exercises, inquiry-driven games, posters, etc.) for these missions, with many more coming soon. Our primary goal is to teach students about the high-energy end of the electromagnetic spectrum, and the astrophysical objects which emit in that energy range. We will present an overview of our group and our work. This includes our collaborations with other groups, getting mission scientists' input on the projects, and the lessons learned in making effective E/PO products that actually get used by teachers. We will also include a brief overview of the NASA Educator Ambassador program, a new highly-effective effort we have initiated to train top-notch educators from across the country to help us develop, test, and disseminate our products.
UR: http://epo.sonoma.edu
DE: 6605 Education
DE: 7500 SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY
DE: 7554 X rays, gamma rays, and neutrinos
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting