THE SUN-EARTH CONNECTION

An Education and Public Outreach (EPO) Newsletter

for the Sun-Earth Connection Science Community - and beyond!

June 15, 2005 Volume VI, Issue 3

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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=> 1. ALL-HANDS E/PO COMMUNITY MEETING SEPT. 13

=> 2. SNEAK PEEK OF SUN-EARTH DAY 2006 –

“ECLIPSE: IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT”

=> 3. SOHO’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY: “SUNWORKS” ART CONTEST

=> 4. NEW SPACE WEATHER RESOURCE DEBUT

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1. ALL HANDS E/PO COMMUNITY MEETING IN TUCSON SEPT. 13

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Here is the latest from Jim Thieman and Larry Cooper about the ASP

(Astronomical Society of the Pacific) meeting and the all-hands

E/PO leads and community meeting:

- Monday, Sep 12: Education Council - executive meeting

- Tuesday, Sep 13: Ed Council - all hands: Forum members,

E/PO leads, etc.

- Tuesday PM: Community meetings (Sun-Earth Connection Ed Forum,

Universe Ed Forum, and Solar System Ed Forum will hold their own

Meetings simultaneously)

- Wednesday: ASP meeting begins

That means all education forum members and E/PO leads should plan

to arrive on Monday evening. All are encouraged to call

Doubletree Hotel Tucson at Reid Park in Tucson, Arizona,

1.520.881.4200.

The ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY room rate was $58 and then $67.

You will probably want to make your travel arrangements soon.

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2. SUN-EARTH DAY 2006 – ECLIPSE: IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT

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Sneak peek of Sun-Earth Day 2006 – “Eclipse: In a Different Light”

For those of you who want an early jump on exciting E/PO events for

next year, we’re excited to tell you that the theme of Sun-Earth Day

2006 is “Eclipse: In a Different Light.” On March 29th, 2006, a

total solar eclipse will be visible from parts of Brazil, the

Atlantic Ocean, Africa, and Central Asia. In collaboration with

the Exploratorium, we plan to provide live and free video of this

total eclipse via satellite and webcast. To find out more about

this event and related resources, please visit:

http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/ . This website will be updated

regularly starting later this summer as more details become

available.

It’s never too early to start planning for Sun-Earth Day! If you

have any questions, please contact:

Overall Project - Carolyn Ng cang@pop600.gsfc.nasa.gov

Formal Education (K-12) - Elaine Lewis lewis@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov

Informal Education (Museums, planetaria, out-of-school programs)

- Isabel Hawkins isabelh@ssl.berkeley.edu

Website - Troy Cline cline@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov

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3. “SUNWORKS” ART CONTEST FOR ARTISTS EIGHT TO EIGHTY!

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SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) is pleased to announce

that it is sponsoring a monthly art contest called “SunWorks” for

students and adults to enter. It will run for 10 months. This is

being held as a part of SOHO’s 10th anniversary celebration, which

will occur on Dec. 2, 2005. (SOHO is a NASA and European Space Agency

spacecraft that studies the Sun.) The theme will focus on the Sun,

of course. The artwork must include the Sun as an important element

in the submission, at least in concept, but does not have to be the

only element. Each month will have a Winner and Runner-up in the

three categories of entries: Grades 4-8, Grade 9-12, and adults.

At the end of the contest, a panel will select a Grand Prize Winner

as well as 2nd and 3rd place winners.

For contest and prize details go to:

http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/sunworks

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4. NEW SPACE WEATHER RESOURCE DEBUT

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Before you leave for summer vacation (oh yeah right!!), just

wanted to let you know that there is a new website about the

human impacts of space weather and solar storms that will

make an interesting summer read. It is unique because it

deals at length with all of the many impacts that space

weather has, with full documentation for the claims, and

upcoming resources on current research. It’s a great web resource

for use by institutional programs, because it explains why we

need better storm forecasting methods than we have today, and

what will happen if we don’t get them soon. It is not intended

as a strictly student resource, but a High-end resource for the

professional community (teachers, scientists, Congressional

Staffers etc). To spread the word, please recommend that its

link be posted on webpages that you 'control' or if you can

recommend pages that this resource should be linked from,

please contact Sten Odenwald [odenwald@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov]

Our ability to convince teachers and policy makers that space

weather is vitally important is highly correlated with our

ability to create compelling arguments for this issue. This

web resource is an attempt at graphically defining the

problem and its consequences.

It is located at www.solarstorms.org

and also at www.spaceweather.us.

Enjoy!

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The Sun-Earth CONNECTION Education and Public Outreach

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Isabel Hawkins and Jim Thieman, Co-Directors) Sun-Earth

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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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