ucb 11/12/2003 e/po-1 themis/pdr themis e/po november 12, 2003 nahide craig laura peticolas

E/PO-1 THEMIS/PDRUCB 11/12/2003

THEMIS E/PONovember 12, 2003

Nahide CraigLaura Peticolas


E/PO Goals and Overview

• THEMIS E/PO is fully aligned with NASA OSS education goals:– Enhance the quality of science, math and technology

education for pre-college level– Share the excitement of space science discoveries

with the public– Help create our 21st century scientific and technical

work force• THEMIS team is committed to E/PO:

Bester, Bonnell, Lin, Carlson, Russelland the PI Angelopoulos are

involved in public talks and science validation (cont.)

Formal Informal Coordination and Dissemination


GEONS (Geomagnetic Event Observation Network by Students) Science-based classroom hands-on activities that support inquiry and access utilizing THEMIS data New LHS GEMS site at NV, Carson City School District w/ Western Nevada Community College – Teacher professional development programs

UCB/SSL, UCLA, IMAGE, FAST and 8 NASA Space Grant Consortia E/PO sites and their affiliates (> 113 sites)Northern Lights Planetarium Show with THEMIS scienceTHEMIS E/PO website

Cornerstone Evaluation Associates Designs THEMIS-E/PO evaluation effort

Provides both formative and summative evaluation


E/PO Goals and Overview


E/PO Partners


SEGway and Eye on the Sky @ SSL

Berkeley, CA Leadership, direction and coordination. Development of SEGway web-module. Leverage of SECEF resources for use in K-4 (auroras) and 6-14. Formal Education.

SEGway @SSL Berkeley,CA Website Design, Content, Update. Informal Ed

Astronomy Café - GEONS

Kensington, MD Development of GEONS resources and teacher training. Formal Education

OSS Support Network Washington, D.C.

Dissemination through National Conferences and other existing networks. Informal Education and Public Outreach

IMAGE and FAST E/POs

GSFC & Berkeley, CA

Dissemination. Identification of Professional Development Workshops for educators. Using existing resources. Formal and Informal Education and Public Outreach.

LHS –UCB and Berkeley, CA GEMS Distr. & Training Center PD Program in the Carson City School District. Formal Education

LHS -UCB Berkeley, CA “ Northern Lights Planetarium” traveling exhibit . Updated with THEMIS discoveries. Informal Education

SACNAS and other PD workshops

El Paso, TX Teacher workshops with Chicano and Native American Teachers at Tribal Colleges. Formal Education

Space Grant Consortia (8 States)

Bozeman, MT (coordinator)

Selection of School Sites- Dissemination , Workshops. Formal Education

Carson City School District, NV and Walter Peyton School in IL

Chicago, IL; Carson City, NV

Committed schools, teachers and school district administration for the Magnetometer sites for NV and IL: New GEMS site venue. Formal Education

Cornerstone Evaluation Pittsburgh, PA Formative and Summative Evaluation.

Evaluation


Formal Education

• 10 Northern Latitude Sub-Auroral States - 8 Space Science Consortia • Ground Based Magnetometer School Sites• UCLA Installs the Magnetometers- provides users manuals• 3 New sites w/ All-Sky Cameras and GBMs in Alaska• Astronomy Café- MagNet expansion• Student Observation Network of SECEF

• UCB SEGway ProgramCollaborates with the GEONS ProjectDevelops SEC Theme educational materialsCollaboration with SECEF for K-5 grades

• GEMS Teacher Training LHS w/special focus, targeting Chicano and Native-American Teachers • National Teacher Professional Workshops



Formal Education ProgramsGeomagnetic Event Observation Network by

Students (GEONS)

UNIQUE opportunity for THEMIS to entice students about NASA SEC

The network of the 10 teachers, students, at E/PO magnetometer sites together with other students who participate using the web and monitoring the magnetic activity is called the Geomagnetic Event Observation Network by Students (GEONS).

Schools will be selected by state-wide competition and will have the following selection criteria:

– Commitment of schools – acceptance of the program by the administration

– Longitudinal spread in each 10 states provide wide geographic coverage

– Local infrastructure- Electric Power, Internet Connection,

– Potential for reaching large community of students/teachers

– Site’s potential for discoveries – away from highways, large trucks, rural sites

UCLA provides technical users manuals along with GMAG unit– Will install 5 Magnetometers with computers in Summer ’04 and 5 in Summer ’05

– Will provide ground data processing, data access, archiving procedures, and data display on school

computer.




Students (GEONS)

• Astronomy Café

– rewrites the users manual for school usage, including a description of

the data display in appropriate language

– develops guides/materials aligned with NSES

– leverages IMAGE’s MagNet with existing school networks

– participates in the GEONS teacher workshops

• The first GEONS workshop for these schools@UCB in Summer 2004 and

second @SACNAS in Summer 2005

– Summer 2004: experimenting, testing, setting up a web-archive

– Summer 2005: regarding classroom experiences and revising the

classroom resources

• Additional GBOs to E/PO sites (cont..)




Students (GEONS)

• New three Ground Based Observatory sites in Alaska containing an all-sky camera, a magnetometer, and a computer.

• AK teachers will be part of the both the GBO science team and the E/PO GEONS team

• Mission GBO science team is funding this addition to E/PO

KianaFort Yukon

McGrath

Gakona

65 mlat

60 mlat



INFORMAL EDUCATION


•Mission Science

•Aurorae Gallery

•Activities

•News &Events

•In The Classroom

•The Latest

•About Us

http://www.ideum.com/work-ucepo/themis/


INFORMAL EDUCATION

•Northern Lights Planetarium Show Distributed > 100 sites •Updated version with THEMIS – Science •Will be distributed by ASTC •As a small planetarium program, we can reach a larger audience

•Participation in the SECEF “Big Events”

-Venus Transit (June 2004): analogy to THEMIS 5 satellite orbit alignments-Ancient Observatories (Summer 2005)



Reaching Underserved Groups

• Chicano and Native-American Teachers at Tribal Colleges/ High Schools as Ground Based Magnetometer sites (GEONS)

– MT, SD, ND, NV

• Tap into SACNAS Teacher Workshops - Field-test THEMIS materials w/ teachers in El Paso, TX provide feedback ( Prof. Lopez)

• National Teacher Professional Workshops

• Rural Teachers reached through GEMS site in Nevada, launched through THEMIS E/PO



Dissemination

• SACNAS Partnership (Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans)

• Leveraging from SECEF, IMAGE and FAST E/PO programs

• 8 Space Grant Consortia and their affiliates (113 institutions)

• Student Observation Network (S.O.N.) of SECEF would like to include our program.

– The S.O.N. program guides students through tracking solar storms from start to finish.

– They need GM and GBO data!!

• NASA Broker/Facilitators and other National Networks

• NSTA-National, Regional and Local Meetings/Workshops



Implementation Plan

FormalEvaluation Informal Coordination and Dissemination

E/PO activity FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08

03 04 05 06 07 08

Set up ongoing communication structure between EPO partners to finalize and update EPO plans

THEMIS E/PO Web page development, refinement, and update

SPACE GRANT Magnetometer School Site Selection

GEONS module development, testing and use in classrooms

Magnetometer Delivery, Installation , and Testing

GEONS Teachers Workshop

SEGway module development

Coordinate resource formats with the SECEF, NASA Ed., and other dissemination groups.

LHS GEMS Site launch

In service workshops SACNAS

Disseminate THEMIS Education Web site through national SEGway museum consortium

Northern Lights Planetarium Update

Release classroom materials and teachers' guide through SEGway program

Integrate classroom materials with resource directory

Teachers professional development workshops

Cornerstone Evaluation Associates + Internal evaluations


The organizational structure of the E/PO effort


UCLA GBO installation, User Manual

UCB E/PO Lead

FORMAL

EDUCATION DISSEMINATIONINFORMAL

EDUCATION

Teacher Professional Development

Workshops, Local, National SACNAS

DISTRIBUTION / ASTC

Cornerstone

EVALUATION

Partners to Cornerstone

Leveraging from SECEF,Other OSS support

networks

LHS, UCB SEGway Museum Partnerships

AK,OR,NV,ND,SD,WI,MI,PA–Selection

of School Sites

Space Grant

Consortia

GEONS – Astronomy CafeS

Northern Lights – THEMIS

( update ) Planet. Show

SGC outreach

IMAGE, FAST, and

SECEF E/PO Leverage

THEMIS PI

NEW GEMS SITE

Dissemination through SGC and SACNAS

E/PO web site


UCB E/PO HERITAGE

• EUVE ’94• SEGway ’96• FAST ’99• RHESSI ‘98• CHIPS ’00• STEREO ’01• WISE ‘02

THEMIS Scientist involvement in Public Outreach- Cal Day ‘02

SEGway-SFUSD Teachers ‘01 FAST E/PO Web ‘99 CHIPS public events and lectures ‘02

RHESSI-Exploratorium Partnerships Live Total Eclipse web-cast ‘99

RHESSI Solar Camp at LHS ‘00

SEGway K-12 web lessons-’96

CHIPS Lithograph for Educators ‘02

WISE


Summary and ConclusionTHEMIS E/PO •Builds on successful efforts of reliable E/PO Heritage•Secures strong, capable and experienced partnerships•Uses awesome ‘aurora’ data•Reaches underserved communities with technology tools•Has well-evaluated program

AND Promises to excite and inspire both educators and broadaudiences, motivates the next generation of scientists and engineers.


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