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The Sun-Earth CONNECTION
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1. NASA Space Science Education Resource Directory Unveiled!
2. Space Weather Article Featured as Cover Story in Physics World
3. Visiting Scientists Enhance Public Outreach at Maryland Science Center
4. Newsletter Sponsor Information
5. How to Contact Us (and Find Back Issues)
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1. NASA Space Science Education Resource Directory Unveiled!
On October 2, NASA's Office of Space Science announced the release of the
Space Science Education
Resource Directory, an Internet on-ramp to top-quality educational resources
produced by NASA's
Space Science Education and public Outreach programs.
The web-based directory provides easy access to high-quality, online space
science educational
resources for teachers and students from kindergarten through high school. This
first release of the
directory contains more than 100 electronic resources, including lesson plans,
educator guides,
student activities, websites, and spectacular space science imagery such as
auroras, comets, the
birth place of stars, and colliding galaxies. Educators, resource developers,
and space scientists
have worked together to design a system that is scientifically accurate and easy
to use.
This is a major accomplishment for the Space Science Education and Public
Outreach Program.
The full text of the press release can be read at
The Resource Directory can be found at
<http://teachspacescience.stsci.edu>The directory is already been receiving kudos:
"What a great job! Really well done! A terrific resource in a very clear and usable format."
--Rachel Winheld, Coordinator for the UC Berkeley Science Outreach Coalition"I agree that this online resource is very good. Thanks to all who have worked on it."
--Jeanne Bishop, President of Great Lakes Planetarium Association"Now that the Space Science Education Resource Directory is finally out, I am writing to express
my deep appreciation for all the work that [the Resource Directory Working Group] put in to make
it happen... I know that the kudos are starting to roll in. They are well-deserved."
--Jeff Rosendhal, Assistant Associate Administrator for Education and Outreach,
Office of Space Science, NASA HQ"Wow, very nice Education Resource you guys at OSS unveiled. Very nice."
--Chuck Bueter, Great Lakes Planetarium Association member and astronomy teacher
-- contributed by Dr. Isabel Hawkins, Space Science Lab, UC Berkeley
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2. Space Weather Article Featured as Cover Story in Physics World
If you missed the July issue of the British journal Physics World, the
cover reads "Magnetic Storm Warning:
Space Weather At the Solar Maximum" by Dr. Janet Luhmann. It is strikingly
illustrated with a soft X-ray image
of the Sun showing its glowing active regions, as detected by the YOHKOH
spacecraft. The rousing headline
sends readers to an article inside by Dr. Janet Luhmann, the STEREO/IMPACT PI
from UC Berkeley, who wrote
the featured piece, “Space Weather: Physics and Forecasts." You can find
Dr. Luhmann’s article on-line at the
STEREO/IMPACT education and public outreach site at
-- Contributed by Dr. Nahide Craig, Space Sciences Lab, UC/Berkeley
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3. Visiting Scientists Enhance Public Outreach at Maryland Science Center
The Maryland Science Center is the new home to the hottest museum exhibit in
the solar system.
From September 27 to January 7, the public can explore the traveling exhibit
called the "Space Weather
Center" at the science center in Baltimore. During those three months,
scientists and education specialists
from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center will visit the Science Center each
weekend to perform science
demonstrations and to answer questions about the Sun and how it affects life on
Earth. Using current images,
movies, and science information - as well as several hands-on and minds-on
activities - the exhibit explores
the nature of the Sun, the Earth, and the mysterious connections between them.
Visitors will also learn how
spacecraft allow us to "see the invisible" and how the weather in
space can affect life down here on Earth.
The exhibit was co-developed by the Space Science Institute (Boulder, CO) and
many of the Sun-Earth
Connections missions based at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. For more
information, visit
-- Contributed by Mike Carlowicz, Raytheon ITSS at NASA-Goddard
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4. Newsletter Sponsor Information--Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum
An integral element of the Office of Space Science (OSS) education and public
outreach strategy is
the establishment of a network for space science to foster a wide
variety of education and public
outreach activities. This network of institutions include (1) four Education
Forums that serve as major
centers for space science education and public outreach in each of the four OSS
Themes, and (2) a set
of regional Broker/Facilitators who, for example, help arrange collaborations
between scientists and
he education community. The Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum (SECEF) is a
partnership led
by Goddard Space Flight Center and UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory. To
learn more about
SECEF and the Office of Space Science Education and Public Outreach program, go
to
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5. How to Contact Us:
The Sun-Earth CONNECTION Education and Public Outreach Newsletter
is issued approximately monthly.
Back issues can be found at
<http://sunearth.ssl.berkeley.edu/SECNews/>
The Newsletter is sponsored by the NASA Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum
(Goddard Space Flight Center and UC Berkeley; Rich Vondrak and Isabel Hawkins,
Co-Directors)
Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum Web Site:
<http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov>
and http://sunearth.ssl.berkeley.edu
Please direct all submissions to the newsletter to:
Karin Hauck (Editor) - E-mail: editor@sunearth.berkeley.edu
Phone: (510)642-2343 Fax: (510)643-5660
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