HR: 0800h
AN: ED41D-01    [Abstracts]
TI: Teaching and sharing about the Sun in the United States and with Spanish language resources
AU: * Peticolas, L M
EM: laura@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: SSL, University of California, Berkeley, 7 Gauss Way, MC 7450, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
AU: Craig, N
EM: ncraig@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: SSL, University of California, Berkeley, 7 Gauss Way, MC 7450, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
AU: Hawkins, I
EM: isabelh@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: SSL, University of California, Berkeley, 7 Gauss Way, MC 7450, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
AU: Walker, C
EM: cwalker@noao.edu
AF: National Optical Astronomy Observatory National Optical Astronomy Observatory, 950 North Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ 85719, United States
AB: The United States has many different scientific agencies that fund research on solar science, including the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Because there is a large population of Spanish-speaking people in the US, some of the resources developed by the education components of research projects take into account broader cultural perspectives on science and are developed in Spanish. We will describe the education and outreach programs of three solar programs funded by NASA and NSF, the Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) program, the "We Are One Under the Sun" Program, and the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) education program. The STEREO program aims to teach about the Sun through different venues including teacher workshops and courses, teacher materials, turning solar data from STEREO into sound, working with museums, and creating solar posters, CDs, DVDs, and lenticulars. The "We are One Under the Sun" program focuses on Native Americans and Hispanics of Native heritage. It works by merging culture, ancient observatories, and the latest NASA solar science to engage children, youth, and the general public in science and technology through solar traditions in their own indigenous culture. The NOAO Educational Outreach Program was established to make the science and scientists of NOAO more accessible to the K-12 and college-level communities. We will focus on the NOAO solar projects and Spanish-Language Astronomy Materials Educational Center program, which provides multiple types of Spanish- language materials for teachers. These programs have had different levels of outreach in Spanish-speaking countries, namely Mexico (STEREO and "We are One Under the Sun") and Chile (NOAO). We will describe these efforts and give links to the Spanish and English resources available to learn and teach about the Sun.
DE: 0820 Curriculum and laboratory design
DE: 0825 Teaching methods
DE: 0845 Instructional tools
DE: 7524 Magnetic fields
DE: 7599 General or miscellaneous
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly