ED11A:
Best Practices in Meaningful and Authentic Science Outreach to Formal and Informal Audiences Posters

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Session ID#: 13210

Session Description:
This session proposes to convene professionals and scientists who engage the general public in science outreach events to share their new initiatives, build networks, and demonstrate impactful actions that can improve the quality and impact of science outreach across the geoscience community.  Presenters will have a chance to showcase current and ongoing activities and are expected to show evaluative qualitative or quantitative data as evidence of the effect of their programming.
Primary Convener:  Todd D Ellis, Western Michigan University, Mallinson Institute for Science Education, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Conveners:  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
Chairs:  Todd D Ellis, Western Michigan University, Mallinson Institute for Science Education, Kalamazoo, MI, United States and Matthew A Rogers, 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

Cross-Listed:
  • PA - Public Affairs
Index Terms:

0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0840 Evaluation and assessment [EDUCATION]
0850 Geoscience education research [EDUCATION]
0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Every Apple has a Voice: Using Stable Isotope Hydrology to Teach about Food Sourcing and the Water Cycle (151992)
Erik Oerter1, Molly Malone1, Annie Putman1, Louisa A Stark1 and Gabriel J Bowen2, (1)University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (2)University of Utah, Geology & Geophysics, Salt Lake City, United States
Big Earth Data: the Film, the Experience, and some Thoughts (157220)
Peter Baumann, Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Interactive Exhibits Foster Partnership and Engage Diverse Learners at Their Local Libraries (165043)
Keliann LaConte1, Paul Dusenbery1, Ginger Fitzhugh2, James B Harold3 and Anne Holland4, (1)Space Science Institute Boulder, National Center for Interactive Learning, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Education Development Center, Waltham, MA, United States, (3)Space Science Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)Space Science Institute Boulder, Education and Learning Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Pop-up exhibits as an outreach tool: Connecting academic and public audiences with library resources (126853)
Susan Powell and Samantha Teplitzky, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
Starting a Conversation: Engaging Scientists with the Public through Interactive Activities (182222)
Beth A Bartel and Donna J Charlevoix, UNAVCO, Inc. Boulder, Education and Community Engagement, Boulder, CO, United States
Motivation for Evaluation: A roadmap for Improving Program Efficacy (191940)
J John John Taber1, Wendy Bohon1, Tammy K Bravo1, Perle M Dorr1, Michael Hubenthal2, Jenda A Johnson3, Danielle F Sumy1, Russ Welti4 and Hilarie B Davis5, (1)IRIS Consortium, Washington, DC, United States, (2)EarthScope Consortium, Washington DC, United States, (3)Earth Sciences Animated, Portland, OR, United States, (4)Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Seattle, WA, United States, (5)Technology for Learning Consortium, Inc., North Kingstown, RI, United States
The Effects of Earth Science Programs on Student Knowledge and Interest in Earth Science (166568)
Ariana Wilson, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Space Science in Project SMART: A UNH High School Outreach Program (176708)
Charles William Smith1, Louis Broad2, Scott Goelzer3, Marc Lessard4, Richard Levergood5, Noé Lugaz1, Eberhard Möbius6, Nathan Schwadron7, Roy B Torbert8, Jichun Zhang1 and Peter F. Bloser1, (1)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Space Science Center, Durham, NH, United States, (2)Timberlane Regional HIgh School, Plaistow, NH, United States, (3)Coe-Brown Northwood Academy, Northwood, NH, United States, (4)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, (5)Londonderry High School, Londonderry, NH, United States, (6)University of New Hampshire, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, and Department of Physics, Durham, NH, United States, (7)Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (8)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Physics Department, Durham, NH, United States
World-Wide Outreach through International Observe the Moon Night (199125)
Sanlyn Buxner1, Andrea P Jones1, Lora Bleacher2, Andrew J Shaner3, Brian Hamilton Day4, Matthew Wenger1, Emily Joseph1, Marti Canipe1 and InOMN Coordinating Committee, (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
Outreach as a Unifying Concept in Science Education and Science Communication (195309)
Kathryn Boyd, Colorado State University, STEM Center, Fort Collins, CO, United States, Meena Balgopal, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States and Thomas Birner, CO State Univ-Atmospheric Sci, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Engaging Underserved and Underrepresented Students in the Earth Sciences through a Summer Outreach Program (199881)
Mariana Güereque1, John G Olgin2 and Deana D Pennington1, (1)University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, United States, (2)University of Texas at El Paso, Geological Sciences, El Paso, United States

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