ED41B:
Scientist Engagement in Education and Public Outreach: Sharing Effective Tools, Resources, and Stories of Success I

Session ID#: 3588

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
307 (Moscone_South)
Chairs:  Sanlyn Buxner, Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, United States and Nicholas A Gross, Boston University, Astronomy, Boston, MA, United States
Primary Convener:  Sanlyn Buxner, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, United States
Co-conveners:  Nicholas A Gross, Boston University, Astronomy, Boston, MA, United States, Brooke C Hsu, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Laurel, MD, United States and M Alexandra Matiella Novak, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Sanlyn Buxner, Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • P - Planetary Sciences
  • PA - Public Affairs
  • SH - SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics
Index Terms:

0805 Elementary and secondary education [EDUCATION]
0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0840 Evaluation and assessment [EDUCATION]
0845 Instructional tools [EDUCATION]
Virtual Option?: No

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

ED41B-01
Surveying Space Scientists’ Attitudes, Involvement, and Needs in Education and Public Outreach (Invited) (5592)
JA Grier, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, United States, Sanlyn Buxner, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, United States and Nicholas McCord Schneider, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States
ED41B-02
Why do scientists do outreach, what do we achieve, and how can we better learn from each other, and from research in this field? (20126)
Rhian Anya Salmon, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand and Heidi A Roop, University of Minnesota, St Paul, United States
ED41B-03
Successfully Engaging Scientists in NASA Education and Public Outreach: Examples from a Teacher Professional Development Workshop Series and a Planetary Analog Festival (Invited) (7426)
Andrea P Jones1, Brooke C Hsu2, Lora Bleacher3 and Andrew J Shaner1, (1)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, United States, (2)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Laurel, MD, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Education and Public Outreach, Solar System Exploration Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States
ED41B-04
Sky Fest: A Model of Successful Scientist Participation in E/PO (31899)
Heather Dalton, Stephanie Staples Shipp, Andrew J Shaner, Keliann LaConte and Christine B Shupla, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, United States
ED41B-05
Outreach Opportunities for Early Career Scientists at the Phoenix ComiCon (20693)
Lev Horodyskyj1, Sara Walker1,2 and Jennifer H Forrester3, (1)Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States, (2)Arizona State University, Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, Tempe, AZ, United States, (3)University of Wyoming, Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Laramie, WY, United States
ED41B-06
Engaging Scientists in Meaningful E/PO: The Universe Discovery Guides (29875)
Bonnie K Meinke1, Brandon Lawton1, Suzanne P Gurton2, Denise A Smith1 and James G Manning2, (1)Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States, (2)Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA, United States
ED41B-07
NASA and Earth Science Week: a Model for Engaging Scientists and Engineers in Education and Outreach (Invited) (29783)
Theresa G Schwerin1, Annette deCharon2, Eric C Brown de Colstoun3, Lin H Chambers4, Morgan Woroner5, Jessica Taylor6, Susan Callery7, Randal Jackson7, Holli Riebeek Kohl8 and Ginger Butcher8, (1)Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Arlington, VA, United States, (2)University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States, (5)IGES, Arlington, VA, United States, (6)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, United States, (7)JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States, (8)Sigma Space Corporation, Lanham, MD, United States
ED41B-08
Learning From Engineering and Computer Science About Communicating The Field To The Public (31954)
Samuel L Moore and Kristen Tucek, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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