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AN: ED21B-0067    [Abstracts]
TI: Partners and Networks in the THEMIS Education and Public Outreach Program
AU: * Peticolas, L M
EM: laura@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: Space Sciences Lab, UCB, 7 Gauss Way, MC 7450, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450 United States
AU: Craig, N
EM: ncraig@ssl.bekeley.edu
AF: Space Sciences Lab, UCB, 7 Gauss Way, MC 7450, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450 United States
AU: Mendez, B
EM: bmendez@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: Space Sciences Lab, UCB, 7 Gauss Way, MC 7450, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450 United States
AB: NASA's MIDEX Space Science Mission, Time History of Events and Macroscale Instabilities during Substorms (THEMIS), has a large Education and Public Outreach (E/PO) program. Partners of this program include the Space Grant Consortium (SCG), Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) at UC Berkeley, other NASA E/PO leads, the teachers involved in the THEMIS Geomagnetic Event Observation Network by Students (GEONS) program, the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), and Cornerstone Evaluation Associates (CEA). The SGC in 8 states has helped the THEMIS E/PO program to find teachers who are committed to working with our program and sharing the science with their classrooms. Each SGC will also help to sustain the program through relationships with their own network of teachers in their state. LHS provides to the THEMIS E/PO a strong network of teachers across the country through their Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) program. Through the LHS Planetarium Show Kit program LHS provides a strong network of planetaria around the country. Other NASA E/PO leads and the THEMIS E/PO team share discoveries and resources, as well as already established networks of educators. When we keep in weekly contact with the teachers, who are directly part of our GEONS program, they remain committed to helping create a sustainable curriculum that involves the THEMIS E/PO science. These teachers share their excitement not only with the students they teach but also the community in which they work and live. Working with a group, such as SACNAS, helps use learn from a well established network of educators and scientists who have concerns that are unique to a specific population. Since some of our GEONS teachers work with a significant population of Native Americans, working to connect GEONS with SACNAS allows for more meaningful interactions and helps to keep interest in the THEMIS program. The partnership with the CEA helps to keep us on track and remind us of our goal to maintain relationships with the educators we interact with so that we are effective in our education and outreach activities.
UR: http://ds9.ssl.berkeley.edu/themis/
DE: 2704 Auroral phenomena (2407)
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0815 Informal education
DE: 0830 Teacher training
DE: 0925 Magnetic and electrical methods
SC: Education and Human Resourcese [ED]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting