HR: 15:30h
AN: SH14A-01 INVITED     [Abstracts]
TI: Sun-Earth Day 2005: Ancient Observatories: Timeless Knowledge
AU: * Thieman, J R
EM: thieman@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA/GSFC, Code 690.1, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Cline, T
EM: cline@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Raytheon ITSS, 4400 Forbes Blvd., Lanham, MD 20706 United States
AU: Lewis, E
EM: lewis@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: SP Systems, 7500 Greenway Center Dr., Suite 850, Greenbelt, MD 20770 United States
AU: Hawkins, I
EM: isabelh@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory MC 7450 Centennial @ Grizzly Peak, Berkeley, CA 94720 United States
AU: Odenwald, S
EM: odenwald@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: QSS, 4500 Forbes Blvd., Lanham, MD 20706 United States
AU: Mayo, L
EM: lmayo@pop600.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Raytheon ITSS, 4400 Forbes Blvd., Lanham, MD 20706 United States
AB: The NASA Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum (SECEF) annually promotes an event called Sun-Earth Day. For Sun-Earth Day 2005 SECEF has selected a theme called "Ancient Observatories: Timeless Knowledge. This year's Sun-Earth Day theme is your ticket to a fascinating journey through time as we explore centuries of sun watching by a great variety of cultures. From ancient solar motion tracking to modern solar activity monitoring the Sun has always occupied an important spot in mankind's quest to understand the Universe. Sun-Earth Day events usually are centered on the spring equinox around March 21, but this year there has already been a webcast from the San Francisco Exploratorium and the Native American ruins at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico on the day of winter solstice 2004. There will be another webcast on March 20 live from Chichen Itza, Mexico highlighting the solar alignment that makes a serpent appear on one of the ancient pyramids. The website http://sunearthday.nasa.gov has been developed to provide the necessary resources and opportunities for participation by scientists and educators in giving school or general public programs about Sun-Earth Day. The goal is to involve as much of the student population and the public in this event as possible and to help them understand the importance of the Sun for ancient and modern peoples. Through engaging activities available on the website, classrooms and museums can create their own event or participate in one of the opportunities we make available. Scientists, educators, amateur astronomers, and museums are invited to register on the website to receive a free packet of materials about Sun-Earth Day for use in making presentations or programs about the event. Past and future Sun-Earth Days will be discussed as well.
UR: http://sunearthday.nasa.gov
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
SC: SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics [SH]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly