HR: 08:00h
AN: ED31A-01    [Abstracts]
TI: Space Weather Around the World: An IHY Education Program
AU: * Thieman, J R
EM: james.r.thieman@nasa.gov
AF: NASA/GSFC, Code 690.1 NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Ng, C
EM: cang@pop600.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: QSS, Inc., Code 672 NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Hawkins, I
EM: isabelh@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: UC Berkeley, MC 7450 Centennial @ Grizzly Peak, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
AU: Lewis, E
EM: lewis@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: SP Systems, Code 672 NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Cline, T
EM: cline@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Raytheon, Inc., Code 672 NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AB: Fifty years ago the International Geophysical Year organized a unique and unprecedented program of research that united 60,000 scientists from 66 nations to study global phenomena concerning the Earth and its space environment. In that same spirit, "Space Weather Around the World" is a program to coordinate and facilitate the involvement of NASA heliophysics missions and scientists to inspire and educate a world-wide audience about the International Heliophysical Year (IHY). We will use the popular Sun-Earth Day annual event framework sponsored by the Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum to promote IHY science and the spirit of international collaboration. The theme for the March 2007 Sun-Earth Day: "IHY: Living in the Atmosphere of the Sun" was selected a year ago in anticipation of the IHY celebration. These efforts will be expanded through a series of coordinated programs under the theme "Space Weather Around the World" for Sun-Earth Day 2008. We will produce a live broadcast from China of the total solar eclipse on August 1st 2008 as the central event, highlighting investigations associated with the eclipse by the international heliophysics community. Additional collaborative efforts will include: a Space Weather Media Maker web-tool to allow educators and scientists to create their own multi-media resource to enhance teaching and learning at all levels; Rock-n-Sol, a musical composition by children internationally inspired by space weather and incorporating sonifications of solar data; and Space Weather Action Centers for students to track a solar storm featuring podcasts of multi-cultural perspectives on IHY. The anticipated audience would be millions of people internationally The science and E/PO heliophysics community has an exciting story to tell about IHY, and we look forward to the opportunity to share it globally.
UR: http:sunearthday.gsfc.nasa.gov
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 7599 General or miscellaneous
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly