ED42A:
Scientist Engagement in Education and Public Outreach: Sharing Effective Tools, Resources, and Stories of Success II

Session ID#: 5057

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 10:20 AM-12:20 PM
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:

ED42A-01
The Ocean 180 Video Challenge: An Innovative Broader Impacts Strategy for Helping Scientists Share Discoveries and Connect with Classrooms (29488)
Richard A Tankersley1, Mallory Watson1, John G Windsor1, Meghan Buckley2 and Laura Diederick3, (1)Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, United States, (2)Indian River State College, Fort Pierce, FL, United States, (3)Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Marine Station, Ft. Pierce, FL, United States
ED42A-02
Hess Deep Interactive Lab: Exploring the Structure and Formation of the Oceanic Crust through Hands-On Models and Online Tools (27745)
Naomi Marks, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA, United States; University of California Davis, Earth and Planetary Science, Davis, CA, United States, Nicole Kurtz, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX, United States and Sharon K Cooper, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States
ED42A-03
Scientific Resource EXplorer (19436)
Z Xing1, A. Wormuth2, A. Smith2, J. Arca2, Y. Lu2 and E. Sayfi2, (1)JPL, Pasadena, United States, (2)JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States
ED42A-04
Using Digital Globes to Explore the Deep Sea and Advance Public Literacy in Earth System Science (12677)
Stace Beaulieu1, Annette Brickley2, Meredith Emery3, Abbey Spargo2, Kathleen Patterson4, Katherine Joyce4, Tim Silva4 and Katherine Madin4, (1)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, United States, (2)Ocean Explorium, New Bedford, MA, United States, (3)M&E Professional Teacher Consultants, Wareham, MA, United States, (4)Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Woods Hole, MA, United States
ED42A-05
Project HEAT: Temperature as an Organizing Theme for Inquiry-Based Learning in the Environmental Sciences (28450)
Thomas P Albright, Kerry L Howard and Jacque Ewing-Taylor, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, United States
ED42A-06
Understanding Urban Watersheds through Digital Interactive Maps, San Francisco Bay Area, California (31547)
Janet M Sowers1, Marco G Ticci1 and Patricia Mulvey2, (1)Fugro Consultants, Inc. Ventura, Ventura, CA, United States, (2)Clean South Bay, Palo Alto, CA, United States
ED42A-07
GeoBus: bringing experiential Earth science learning to secondary schools in the UK (29186)
Ruth A J Robinson1, Charlotte Joanne Pike2 and Kathryn Anne Roper2, (1)University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom, (2)University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16, United Kingdom
ED42A-08
Public Participation, Education, and Engagement in Drought Planning (29974)
Deborah J. Bathke1, Nicole Wall1, Tonya Haigh2, Kelly Helm Smith3 and Tonya Bernadt1, (1)University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States, (2)University of Nebraska-Lincoln, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, United States, (3)University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School of Natural Resources, Lincoln, United States
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