ED34A:
Education and Outreach through Large Facilities: Innovative Approaches to Sharing Geophysical Research and Evaluating the Broader Impacts II


Session ID#: 9174

Session Description:
Large NSF facilities are a major geophysical data and equipment resource for researchers, and they play a key role in the education, outreach, and communications of the scientific activities and discoveries enabled by the facilities. Such activities add currency and value to formal and informal geoscience education in many forms, including K-12 and college teaching, STEM teacher preparation and professional development, place-based education, and public Earth science literacy programs. The scale and longevity of the facilities also help foster the development of longer-term impacts.  This session offers an opportunity for educators, scientists, outreach and communications specialists to share their innovative approaches to informing students, the public and key stakeholders of the geophysical research they support, and share the techniques they employ to evaluate the impact of those programs.
Primary Convener:  Donna J Charlevoix, UNAVCO, Inc. Boulder, Education and Community Engagement, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  J John John Taber, IRIS, Washington, DC, United States and Steven Semken, Arizona State University, School of Earth & Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States
Chairs:  Donna J Charlevoix, UNAVCO, Inc. Boulder, Education and Community Engagement, Boulder, CO, United States, Steven Semken, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States and J John John Taber, IRIS, Washington, DC, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Steven Semken, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • G - Geodesy
  • H - Hydrology
  • S - Seismology
Index Terms:

0805 Elementary and secondary education [EDUCATION]
0810 Post-secondary education [EDUCATION]
0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0840 Evaluation and assessment [EDUCATION]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Outreach, Diversity, and Education Supported by NSF Facilities LacCore and the Continental Scientific Drilling Coordination Office (CSDCO), University of Minnesota (Invited) (70535)
Amy Myrbo, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, LacCore/CSDCO, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Community-Driven Support in the Hydrologic Sciences through Data, Education and Outreach (Invited) (74543)
Emily Clark, CUAHSI, Medford, MA, United States and Emily Clark, Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc., Cambridge, MA, United States
Opportunities and Challenges for Education and Outreach at NEON (National Ecological Observatory Network), a new NSF Large Facility (Invited) (61844)
Wendy Gram, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), Boulder, CO, United States, Sandra Henderson, NEON, Boulder, CO, United States, Leah A Wasser, University of Colorado at Boulder, Earth Lab Earth Analytics Education Initiative - CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States and Liz Goehring, NEON, Inc., Boulder, CO, United States
Front-end Evaluation as Part of a Comprehensive Approach to Inform the Development of a New Climate Exhibit at NCAR (Invited) (66445)
John Daniel Ristvey Jr1, Carolyn Brinkworth2, Becca Hatheway3, Valerie Williams1 and UCAR|NCAR Education and Evaluation, (1)University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (3)UCAR, Boulder, CO, United States
Incorporating Geodetic Data in Introductory Geoscience Classrooms through UNAVCO's GETSI "Ice Mass and Sea Level Changes" Module (79625)
Leigh A Stearns, University of Kansas, Department of Geology, Lawrence, KS, United States, Becca Walker, Organization Not Listed, Earth Sciences and Astronomy, Walnut, United States and Beth A Pratt-Sitaula, UNAVCO, Education and Community Engagement, Boulder, CO, United States
Promoting seismology education and research via the IRIS Education and Public Outreach Program (78743)
J John John Taber1, Tammy K Bravo1, Perle M Dorr1, Michael Hubenthal2, Jenda A Johnson1,3, Patrick McQuillan4, Danielle F Sumy1 and Russ Welti5, (1)IRIS Consortium, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Earthscope Consortium, Washington, United States, (3)Earth Sciences Animated, Portland, OR, United States, (4)Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, NJ, United States, (5)Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Seattle, WA, United States
InSight Mission Education and Communication: Powerhouse partners leverage global networks to put authentic planetary science into the hands and minds of students of all ages (83592)
Jane Houston Jones, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and William Bruce Banerdt, JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, United States
Outreach on a National Scale: The Critical Role of Facilities (85599)
Beth A Bartel, UNAVCO, Inc., Boulder, CO, United States and Donna J Charlevoix, UNAVCO, Inc. Boulder, Education and Community Engagement, Boulder, CO, United States

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