ED43A:
Public STEM Events Posters


Session ID#: 9148

Session Description:
Public STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) events are an exciting way to bring STEM subjects to diverse audiences as well as provide opportunities for subject matter experts to engage with the public. These events may be at a single site or multiple sites across a state, country, or the world. We invite presentations related to public events that may include the planning, implementation, promotion, supporting of event hosts, and evaluation. We encourage presentations of best practices, lessons learned, and successful events.
Primary Convener:  Andrea P Jones, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, United States
Convener:  Sanlyn Buxner, Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States
Chairs:  Sanlyn Buxner, Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States and Andrea P Jones, Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Andrea P Jones, Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States
Index Terms:

0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0840 Evaluation and assessment [EDUCATION]
0845 Instructional tools [EDUCATION]
0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Best Practices in the Evaluation of Large-scale STEM-focused Events: A Review of Recent Literature (79638)
Susan Shebby1, Whitney H Cobb1, Sanlyn Buxner2 and Stephanie Staples Shipp3, (1)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States, (3)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, United States
Strategies and Exemplars for Public Outreach Events: Planning, Implementation, Evaluation (Invited) (82511)
Whitney H Cobb1, Sanlyn Buxner2, Stephanie Staples Shipp3 and Susan Shebby1, (1)McREL International, Denver, CO, United States, (2)Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States, (3)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, United States
STEM and the Evolution of the Astronomical Star Party (Invited) (74700)
Brian Hamilton Day1, Pedro Munive2, Jose Franco2, Andrea P Jones3, Andrew J Shaner4, Sanlyn Buxner3 and Lora Bleacher5, (1)NASA Ames Research Center, Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (2)National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, (3)Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States, (4)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Evaluation of International Observe the Moon Night: Outcomes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned from Six Years of Data Collection (82955)
Sanlyn Buxner1, Matthew Wenger1, Emily Joseph1, Andrea P Jones1, Lora Bleacher2, Andrew J Shaner3 and Brian Hamilton Day4, (1)Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, United States, (4)NASA Ames Research Center, Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Full STEAM Ahead: From Earth to Ploonoids (Invited) (81674)
Cassandra R Runyon1, Cynthia Hall2,3, Crystal Lynn Blackman4, Maria Royle5 and Mariah N Williams1, (1)College of Charleston, Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Charleston, SC, United States, (2)College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, United States, (3)Lowcountry Hall of Science & Mathematics, Charleston, United States, (4)Charleston County School District, Charleston, SC, United States, (5)Berkeley County School District, Goose Creek, SC, United States
Bringing the Great American Eclipse of 2017 to Audiences across the Nation (83836)
C Alex Young1, Louis Mayo2, Troy D Cline3, Carolyn Ng4 and Bryan E Stephenson3, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Science Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)ARIES Scientific, MD, United States, (3)ADNET Systems Inc. Greenbelt, Heliophysics, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 672, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Exploring Your Universe at UCLA: Steps to Developing and Sustaining a Large STEM Event (75570)
Ivy S. Curren, Laura Vican, Breann Sitarski and David C Jewitt, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
The Flagstaff Festival of Science: Over 25 years of connecting research professionals with the people of Northern Arizona (81430)
Richard Gregory Vaughan1, Wayne Ranney2, Bonnie Stevens2 and Kathy Farretta2, (1)USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (2)Flagstaff Festival of Science, Flagstaff, United States
Sustaining Public Education Events through Partnerships: Joining Forces for a Common Goal (61487)
Linda Ruiz McCall, Sigrid Clift and Samuel L Moore, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States

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