CXC Education & Public Outreach (Jan. 2002 - June 2002)

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CXC EPO Scope

EPO Program Scope: Public Affairs: Space Science Updates,

press releases, press conferences,media contacts, media events & activities

Informal Ed/Outreach: printed distributable materials, exhibits & displays, public talks and events, permissions

On-line Outreach: web site and digitalproducts

Formal Education: classroom readyeducation materials, teacher workshops, mini-fellow program, EPO proposal peer review

CXC Support: support to public & scientific talks, science conferences & colloquia

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Press & Other Media

Press events: 1 Space Science Update 3 Press Conferences 11 Press Releases 7 Image Releases

Results: Print News articles in top 25 press markets: 155

(including 4 NY Times, 2 each Washington Post & USA Today)

Front page of: The New York Times, USA Today, LA Times, Orlando Sentinal, San Diego Union- Tribune, cover of Science News

Broadcast News: • 3 NPR broadcasts, featured on Boston area

program "Chronicle" On-line media

• AOL "Hot Link", USA Today "Hot Site"• Regular coverage in on-line space news sites• 6 Astronomy Picture of the Day, 13 additional

links to CXC website • 16 HEASARC Picture of the Week

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Outreach: Materials Distribution

Supplied approximately 12,000 bookmarks, 20,000 postcards, 10,000 CDs, 10,000 lithos, 18,000 sticker books, 10,000 coloring books, 12,000 posters and 5,000 EPO lithos to various education workshops, astronomy days, science museum and planetarium events

SEU Theme packages: 5,000 CDs, 10,000printed items. Asked to resupply same for 2nd round distribution

Underserved library/planetarium network (through JPL's Space Place: 400 of each item)

NASA Education Resource Centers and ERC-sponsored workshops: as asked

Project Astro: as asked

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Education Conferences & Teacher Workshops

Education Conferences/Workshops Supported Jan.-June 2002:

AAPT Annual Meeting New England Regional AAPT National Science Olympiad (coaches clinic,

regional & national test events) ERC workshop at GSFC

Upcoming: ERC teachers workshop, Oklahoma City NVO education workshop Board Meeting, MacDonald Observatory Accepted presentations/short courses at all 3

NSTA fall Regional conferences CXC Education workshops:

June 25-30, 2002: 30 teachers July 28-Aug. 2, 2002: 7 master teachers 5 Chandra master teacher "mini-fellows"

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Web Stats (Usage: June 2001 - May 2002)

The power of images: Galactic Center: 1,142,475 hits [ Jan. 10 2002 ] Quark Star SSU: 397,411 hits [ April 11 2002 ] Jupiter: 304,596 hits [ March 1 2002 ] N132D: 287,455 hits [ May 23 2002 ] 2 Years with Chandra Symposium:

1,366,734 hits [ Sept. 6, 2001 ] (multiple image releases)

Top 10 Pages1) Photo Album2) Latest Press Release3) Field Guide 4) Special Feature 5) Chandra Digest Subscription6) Virtual Postcards, Desktops & Screensavers7) Illustration / Resources section8) Chandra Mission9) Educational Games 10) Cosmic Distance

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Top 5 News Stories (June 2001 - June 2002)

“Chandra Takes In The Bright Lights, Big City Of The Milky Way”

“Cosmic X-rays May Reveal

New Form of Matter”

“Chandra Catches Milky Way Monster

Snacking”

“Jupiter Hot Spot Makes Trouble

For Theory”

“Chandra Probes Nature of Dark

Matter”

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Top 5 Images (2002)

Galactic Center

N132D Crab Nebula Jupiter Eta Carinae

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SSU Actions

Held discussions with NASA HQ, MSFC, STScI, others Established SSU Advisory Committee Identified needed SSU capabilities:

• dedicated scientist • research support • animator • image processor • graphic illustrator • web support