HR: 08:15h
AN: ED31A-02    [Abstracts]
TI: Engaging Scientists and Educators in the IHY: A Case Study of Stanford's Space Weather Monitoring Program
AU: * Scherrer, D K
EM: dscherrer@solar.stanford.edu
AF: Stanford University, HEPL-4085 455 Via Palou, Stanford, CA 94305-4085, United States
AU: Burress, B
EM: bburress@chabotspace.org
AF: Chabot Space & Science Center, 10000 Skyline Blvd., Oakland, CA 94619, United States
AU: Hoeksema, T
EM: todd@sun.stanford.edu
AF: Stanford University, HEPL-4085 455 Via Palou, Stanford, CA 94305-4085, United States
AB: The IHY offers unique opportunities to provide education and public outreach programs throughout the world. The Stanford Solar Center has developed a student-focused space weather monitoring program aimed at developing global understanding of the response of Earth's atmosphere to terrestrial and extraterrestrial drivers. Through our educational component, we hope to inspire the next generation of space and Earth scientists and spread the knowledge of our solar system and the exciting process of scientific exploration to the people of the world! Stanford's Solar Center in conjunction with the Space, Telecommunications and Radioscience Laboratory and local educators have developed inexpensive Space Weather Monitor instruments that students around the world can use to track and study solar- and lightning-induced changes to the Earth's ionosphere. Through the United Nations Basic Space Science Initiative (UNBSSI) and the IHY Education and Public Outreach Program, we are deploying these instruments for student use at high school and early university levels. The distribution includes science resources as well as classroom materials and educator support. A centralized database allows collection of, and free access to, world-wide data. Scientists and radio experts serve as mentors to students, and assist them in understanding their data. We will describe the monitor distribution program, focusing particularly on how we are engaging scientists to participate and on the role of educators, plus the resources provided to them, in high schools and universities throughout the world.
UR: http:sid.stanford.edu
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
DE: 0820 Curriculum and laboratory design
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly