THE SUN-EARTH CONNECTION
An Education and Public Outreach (EPO) Newsletter
for the Sun-Earth Connection Science Community - and beyond!
October 31, 2002 Volume III, Issue 7
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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=> 1. Sun-Earth Day 2003: Live from the Aurora
=> 2. Sun-Earth Day On-Line Multimedia Gallery
=> 3. 2002 Sun-Earth Connection Roadmap Available
=> 4. Shimmering New Auroras Book for Children
(on-line and in print)
=> 5. And Another New Auroras Book, “Exploring the Secrets
of the Aurora”
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1. Sun-Earth Day, Spring 2003: Live from the Aurora
Documentaries, Webcasts, Student Observation Network, Museum Events!
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This spring’s event is a collaboration between Passport to
Knowledge and the Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum. There
are exciting opportunities for both the formal and informal
education communities leading up to Sun-Earth Day on March 18th.
For instance, a documentary titled, Auroras—Living with a Star,
will be airing on February 11, 2003 from 1-2 p.m. ET, and will be
divided into short video segments by topic and placed on our
website at http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/sunearthday. Each
topic will be supported with a series of activities, including
a web quest!
Two weekend opportunities are available for museums, planetariums
and science centers to participate in a live webcast on February
22-23 and again on March 1-2. Both will be carried on local PBS
stations and NASA TV. Five representative museums will participate
interactively, from Alaska to the east and west coasts, at 1:00-3:00 am
AK Time. These weekend events will offer the general public,
parents and students a chance to see the launch of a sounding
rocket and an auroral event. Museum participating in ‘sleep-over’
events will be supported with activities, scientist interviews,
and astronaut reactions to the light shows provided by our Sun.
On March 18th ,1-2 p.m. ET, Passport to Knowledge will bring
a live webcast called, “Live From the Aurora,” to classrooms
and NASA centers through NASA TV and local PBS stations. Students
will be able to visit with scientists and other students to learn
more about the aurora and local cultures in Alaska.
Finally in April, we will again make our mathematics connection
with NASA Connect through a new program called, “Dancing in the
Night Sky.” Scientist researchers working with the IMAGE and POLAR
spacecrafts will join the NASA Connect program in Norway to share
their growing knowledge about the aurora.
Our new Sun-Earth Day website is now on-line where you can find
additional activities, web quests, background reading, important
links, student activities and how to register.
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/sunearthday
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2. Sun-Earth Day On-Line Multimedia Gallery
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We are excited to announce the creation of our new Sun-Earth Day
on-line Multimedia Gallery! This multifaceted resource, created
through a partnership between SECEF and IDEUM, provides users with
quick and exiting information about the Sun-Earth Connection. The
gallery is divided into 3 main categories: Scientist Interviews,
Sun-Earth Illustrations, Live Solar and Aurora Images.
asked questions in the following areas: the Sun, Space Weather,
the Aurora. By clicking on any one of the questions, users are
instantly provided with an audio/video answer from one of our
Sun-Earth Connection scientists: Dr. Art Poland, Dr. Sten
Odenwald, Dr. Nicola Fox.
resolution images depicting the story of the Sun-Earth
Connection. After users click on their image of choice
they are provided with textual information about that
image and the ability to ZOOM in for a closer look!
live/updated images from the following sources: IMAGE,
IMAGE POETRY, SOHO/LASCO, and the Big Bear Solar Observatory.
As with the ‘Sun-Earth Illustrations’ sections users
have the unique ability to ZOOM in up to 500% on interesting
solar features!
You can visit our Multimedia Viewer by going to the following URL:
http://ds9.ssl.berkeley.edu/viewer/flash/index.html
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3. 2002 Sun-Earth Connection roadmap available
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From: Stephen A. Fuselier (Chair, SEC Roadmap team)
The Sun-Earth Connection (SEC) Roadmap team has completed the 2002
SEC Roadmap. The final draft of the Roadmap is available online at
the SEC Roadmap Web site "http://sec.gsfc.nasa.gov/sec_roadmap.htm".
On the website, there is an option to download the version with or
without the mission descriptions (10 MB versus about 1 MB). Also
provided on this website is the opportunity to submit comments on
the report. Over the next two months, members of the community
will be preparing for a November meeting where the roadmaps from
the Office of Space Sciences directorates will be incorporated into
the OSS Strategic Plan for 2003. The SEC Roadmap is an important part
of our directorate's input into this Strategic Plan.
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4. Shimmering New Auroras Book for Children (on-line and in print)
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Have you seen the auroras, those mysterious, colored curtains
of light, high in the night sky? For more gorgeous visions,
check out our new book called Auroras: Mysterious Lights in the
Sky, appearing in both on-line (using Flash animation) and print
versions. Auroras is directed at primary school children, as
well as their parents and teachers (it includes a special section
of Science Facts at the end of the book). The striking aurora
images are real – in the on-line version they are from NASA
spacecraft, and in the print version the images are real
photographs taken by Jan Curtis. A collaboration between
SECEF and Ideum, it was made in support of the next Sun-
Earth Day on April 18, 2003
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/sunearthday ,
whose theme is “Live from the Aurora.” The print version of
Auroras: Mysterious Lights in the Sky will be released shortly.
The on-line version can be found at
http://ds9.ssl.berkeley.edu/auroras/
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5. THROUGH THE AGU, “Exploring the secrets of the aurora”
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Ordering Information for new book "EXPLORING THE SECRETS OF THE AURORA"
From: Syun Akasofu <sakasofu@iarc.uaf.edu>
EXPLORING THE SECRETS OF THE AURORA
Syun-Ichi Akasofu
International Arctic Research Center
University of Alaska, Fairbanks, U.S.A.
The Book is available as follows:
Ordering books in the US go through:
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Order Department
P.O. Box 358, Accord Station
Hingham, MA 02018-0358
USA
Tel : +1 781 871-6600
Fax : +1 781 681-9045
E-mail : kluwer@wkap.com
Or, alternatively, people can visit the website and order online:
http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/1-4020-0685-3
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Newsletter Sponsor Info: Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum
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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 edu-
cation 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 collab-
orations between scientists and the education community.
The Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum (SECEF) is a partner-
ship 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:
http://spacescience.nasa.gov/education/ecosystem/index.htm
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How to Contact Us
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The Sun-Earth CONNECTION Education and Public Outreach
newsletter is issued approximately every 4-6 weeks. 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.ssl.berkeley.edu
Phone: (510) 642-2343 Fax: (510) 643-5660
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