ED32A:
Amazing Technologies and Capabilities That Contribute to STEAM II


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Session ID#: 59304

Session Description:
NASA and other agencies play an essential role in Education and Communication to inspire, engage and inform. Remarkable science discoveries, knowledge, and research are shared with audiences through a variety of technologies such as web portals, mobile apps, VR/AR applications, citizen science/crowdsourcing applications, and the serving of NASA data as commodities for use by advanced visualization facilities including planetariums. This contributes to improving teaching and learning; increasing scientific literacy of the general public; and enriching science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) efforts. This session seeks talks and demonstrations that: Describe existing capabilities, technologies, tools and facilities that contribute to Education, Engagement, and Communication; exciting projects and programs in development; and what other awesome technology ideas that will greatly benefit Education, Engagement, Communication, and STEAM.
Primary Convener:  Brian Hamilton Day, NASA Ames Research Center, Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Conveners:  Emily Law, CalTech JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States and Kristen J Erickson, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Brian Hamilton Day, NASA Ames Research Center, Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Chairs:  Brian Hamilton Day, NASA Ames Research Center, Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, Moffett Field, CA, United States and Kristen J Erickson, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Kristen J Erickson, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • IN - Earth and Space Science Informatics
  • P - Planetary Sciences
  • PA - Public Affairs
Index Terms:

0805 Elementary and secondary education [EDUCATION]
0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0845 Instructional tools [EDUCATION]
0850 Geoscience education research [EDUCATION]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Developing An Immersive Virtual Reality Environment to Explore the Lehigh Gap (348224)
Alec Bodzin1, David J Anastasio2, Farah Vallera3, Thomas Hammond1, Scott Rutzmoser3 and Robson Martins De Araujo Junior3, (1)Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, United States, (2)Lehigh University, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Bethlehem, United States, (3)Lehigh University, Bethlehem, United States
Teaching Using Immersion - Explaining Magnetism, Eclipses and Gravity in a Planetarium Dome (438855)
Patricia H Reiff, Rice University, Physics and Astronomy, Houston, TX, United States and Carolyn Sumners, Houston Museum of Natural Science, Astronomy, Houston, United States
Radio Jove Space Science Education Partners (453192)
Charles A Higgins, Middle Tennessee State University, Physics and Astronomy, Murfreesboro, TN, United States, James Thieman, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Shing F Fung, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States and Leonard N Garcia, Bldg 34, Rm W386, Code 605, Greenbelt, United States
Developing a virtual tour of the Whaleback Anticline for mobile devices (455136)
Mattathias D Needle, University of Washington Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States and Juliet G Crider, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
NASA’s Universe of Learning: Providing a Direct Connection to NASA Science with ViewSpace (458100)
Denise A Smith1, Gordon Squires2, Anya A Biferno3, Kathleen Lestition4, Lynn Cominsky5, Timothy Rhue II6, Brandon Lawton1 and John Godfrey6, (1)Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States, (2)Caltech, IPAC, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (4)Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, MA, United States, (5)Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, United States, (6)Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, United States
Adapting 3D Visualizations to Meet the Needs of Educators in Earth and Space Sciences (463754)
Ariel D Anbar1, Leon Manfredi1, Donald Bratton III2, A Joseph John Tamer3 and The Infiniscope Learning Design and Development Team, (1)Arizona State University, Center for Education Through Exploration, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States, (2)Smart Sparrow, San Francisco, CA, United States, (3)Arizona State University, Center for Education Through Exploration, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, United States
Picking up STEAM in the heart of the Ocean! (466173)
Martin Scherwath, University of Victoria, Ocean Networks Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada, Monika S. Pelz, Ocean Networks Canada, Learning and Engagement, Victoria, BC, Canada and Maia Hoeberechts, Ocean Networks Canada, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
The University Rover Challenge: An engineering and science competition highlighting Human and Robotic partnerships for exploration (468347)
Heather Smith, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States

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