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AN: ED31D-1234    [Abstracts]
TI: STEREO-IMPACT E/PO: Getting Ready for Launch!
AU: * Mendez, B J
EM: bmendez@ssl.berkeley
AF: Space Sciences Lab, UC Berkeley, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450
AU: Peticolas, L M
EM: laura@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: Space Sciences Lab, UC Berkeley, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450
AU: Craig, N
EM: ncraig@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: Space Sciences Lab, UC Berkeley, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450
AB: The Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) is scheduled for launch in April/May 2006. STEREO will study the Sun with two spacecraft on either side of Earth in orbit around the Sun. The primary science goal is to understand the nature of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). The E/PO program for the IMPACT suite of instruments aboard the two crafts is planning several activities leading up to launch to raise awareness and interest in the mission and its scientific discoveries. We will be participating in NASA's Sun-Earth day events which are scheduled to coincide with a total solar eclipse in March. This event offers a good opportunity to engage the public in STEREO science, because an eclipse allows one to see the solar corona from where CMEs erupt. We will be conducting teacher workshops locally in California and also at the annual conference of the National Science Teachers Association. At these workshops, we will focus on the basics of magnetism and then its connection to CMEs and Earth's magnetic field, leading to the questions STEREO scientists hope to answer. In addition, we will be working with NASA's Public Relations office to ensure that STEREO E/PO programs are highlighted in press releases about the mission.
UR: http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/impact/
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0815 Informal education
DE: 0830 Teacher training
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005