HR: 0800h
AN: ED31A-0733    [Abstracts]
TI: The Solar System Radio Explorer Kiosk - Leveraging Other E/PO Programs for Greater Impact
AU: Garcia, L N
EM: Leonard.Garcia@gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: QSS Group Inc., NASA/GSFC Code 630, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Reinisch, B W
EM: Bodo\_Reinisch@uml.edu
AF: University of Massachusetts Lowell, 600 Suffolk Street, Lowell, MA 01854 United States
AU: Taylor, W W
EM: taylor@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: QSS Group Inc., NASA/GSFC Code 630, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: * Thieman, J R
EM: James.R.Thieman@nasa.gov
AF: NASA/GSFC, Code 630, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Mendez, F
AF: Maryland Science Center, 601 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21230 United States
AU: Riccobono, M
AF: National Federation of the Blind, 1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, MD 21230 United States
AB: The Solar System Radio Explorer Kiosk (SSREK) - a newly won small E/PO follow-on to a NASA/OSS research grant - is designed to leverage existing NASA E/PO projects and other education programs to enable a large return from a small investment. The SSREK project will create an interactive museum kiosk to engage and teach visitors about Jupiter and the Sun by learning what their low frequency radio bursts may be telling us about these worlds. This project will work with the network of radio observers and the archive of data obtained through the NASA-sponsored Radio Jove project. The SSREK project is partnering with the Maryland Science Center (MSC) as a test site for the SSREK. The MSC will enable us to ensure that this project meets the requirements of their museum environment. We are also partnering with the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) to help us enable museum visitors with visual impairments to share in the excitement of science and help these visitors recognize how other senses besides sight can be used to do science. Both the MSC and NFB will assist us in formative and summative evaluation of the project. All of the software and designs for the wheelchair-accessible arcade-style cabinet will be made available on the associated web site hosted at NASA/GSFC - further extending the reach of the project.
UR: http://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/
DE: 0815 Informal education
SC: Education and Human Resourcese [ED]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting