ED51C:
Best Practices in Meaningful and Authentic Science Outreach to Formal and Informal Audiences I Posters


Session ID#: 10476

Session Description:
At a time when many states are considering the Next Generation Science Standards and other approaches to include the practice of science into their curricula, there continues to be a pressing need for more opportunities for formal and informal audiences to learn about the important role the Geosciences play in providing pathways for learning about the world and how we learn to understand it. 

The purpose of this session will be to present and discuss best practices in science-oriented K-12 outreach activities across the Geosciences.  Topics appropriate for this session include: best practices in connecting scientists to formal and informal outreach audiences; presentations on incorporating hands-on science learning in curricula; involving K-12 and informal audiences with authentic scientific data and inquiry; teaming scientists and educators to develop meaningful broader impacts; and the role of scientists in helping to implement educational initiatives like the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
Primary Convener:  Todd D Ellis, Western Michigan University, Mallinson Institute for Science Education, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Conveners:  Melissa A Burt, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States and Matthew A Rogers, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Chairs:  Todd D Ellis1, Matthew A Rogers2 and Melissa A Burt2, (1)Western Michigan University, Mallinson Institute for Science Education, Kalamazoo, MI, United States(2)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Todd D Ellis, Western Michigan University, Mallinson Institute for Science Education, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Index Terms:

0805 Elementary and secondary education [EDUCATION]
0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0830 Teacher training [EDUCATION]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

The use of Global Positioning System units and ArcGIS Online to engage K-12 Students in Research Being Done in their Local Communities (63918)
Christine Elizabeth Butcher, Elena B Sparrow and Tania Clucas, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
StormReady in a Box: Enhancing NOAA’s Presence in Schools (68546)
Nicholas S Grondin, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, United States; National Weather Service Chanhassen, NOAA Hollings Scholar, Chanhassen, MN, United States and Christopher Franks, National Weather Service Chanhassen, Chanhassen, MN, United States
Better retention through game-play – EcoChains: Arctic Crisis card game (75160)
Stephanie L Pfirman, Barnard College and Columbia University - Earth Institute, New York, NY, United States, Joey Lee, Teachers College, New York, NY, United States, Tanya O'Garra, Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States and Elizabeth Bachrach, Goodman Research Group, Cambridge, MA, United States
Implementation of Next Generation Science Standards Through Museum Geoscience Outreach Program (75395)
Lara O'Dwyer Brown, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark and Leslie Moclock, Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals, Hillsboro, OR, United States
Integrating local environmental research into K-12 science classrooms and the value of graduate student-educator partnerships (78968)
Nicholas D Ward, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States and Rachel Petrik-Finley, Garfield High School, Seattle, WA, United States
Drilling Deep Into STEM Education with JOIDES Resolution Education and Outreach Officers (83236)
Elizabeth Ann Christiansen, International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP), Palisades, NY, United States
Exploring Patterns of Soil Organic Matter Decomposition with Students through the Global Decomposition Project (GDP) and the Interactive Model of Leaf Decomposition (IMOLD) (65578)
Susan M Steiner, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States and John H Wood, Talbert Middle School, Huntington Beach, CA, United States
 Strategy For Implementing The UN “Zero-Gravity Instrument Project” To Promote Space Science Among School Children In Nigeria  (76596)
Omowumi Alabi1, Ganiyu Agbaje1 and Joseph Akinyede2, (1)African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education, Ile Ife, Nigeria, (2)Federal University of Technology Akure, Space Research and Applications, Akure, Nigeria
Adventures of Geo: Using comics as a learning tool (85637)
Kanani K M Lee, Yale University, Department of Geology & Geophysics, New Haven, United States and Adam Wallenta, AWE, Hamden, CT, United States
The Merapi Interactive Project: Offering a Fancy Cross-Disciplinary Scientific Understanding of Merapi Volcano to a Wide Audience. (81596)
Julie Morin, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Art and Media, Singapore, Singapore, Isaac Kerlow, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Executive Creative Director, Singapore, Singapore and Merapi Interactive Team of Art and Media Group
Seafloor Science and Remotely Operated Vehicle (SSROV) Day Camp: A Week-Long, Hands-On STEM Summer Camp (68078)
Charles Geoffrey Wheat1, Trevor Fournier2, Karen Monahan2 and Claudia Paul2, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, IMS, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, IMS, Moss Landing, CA, United States
AEROKATS and ROVER (84382)
Geoff Bland1, Ted Miles2, Abhijit Nagchaudhuri3, Andy Henry4, Patrick Coronado5, Sallie Smith5, David Bydlowski4, Jonathan Elliot Gaines6 and Chris Hartman3, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Climate and Radiation Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)Zinger Enterprizes, Wallops Island, United States, (3)University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD, United States, (4)Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency, Wayne, MI, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (6)University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States

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