THE SUN-EARTH CONNECTION

An Education and Public Outreach (EPO) Newsletter

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

August 5, 2005 Volume VI, Issue 4

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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=> 1. NASA and the National Park Service Camp Out in Yosemite

for “Earth to Sky” E/PO Workshop

=> 2. ABSTRACT DEADLINE FOR FALL AGU EDUCATION SESSIONS;

LIST OF SESSIONS

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1. NASA AND THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CAMP OUT IN YOSEMITE

FOR “EARTH TO SKY” E/PO WORKSHOP

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The fruitful collaboration between NASA and the National Park

Service that began with our From Earth to Sky Institutes at Goddard

Space Flight Center and Ames Research Center last October continues

to bring good opportunities to both the Parks and NASA. A contact

we made at Earth to Sky led to an invitation for members of the

Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum to spend a packed-full day at

Yosemite National Park in California with 25 park service inter-

preters. Our day was part of Yosemite’s two-week training for their

seasonal park interpreters, who are looking for more ways to engage

and educate the public. We trained the interpreters in several Sun-

Earth Connection activities they could do with park visitors, with

an emphasis on quick, interesting, hands-on activities. Included

were a session on “The Reasons for Seasons,” solar observing with

H-Alpha-filtered telescopes and also with sunspotters (simple

solar telescopes we often use with grade-school kids), shadow-

observing activities, ultraviolet beads and paper plate sundials.

The interpreters were very enthusiastic and the day of training

lasted fourteen hours!

And from this training session another professional development

opportunity presented itself. We have been asked to return to

Yosemite do a day of formal education SEC trainings with 150-300

Outdoor and Environmental Educators during their fall conference

later this year.

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2. ABSTRACT DEADLINE FOR FALL AGU EDUCATION SESSIONS

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Attention Education Specialists –

ABSTRACTS for the American Geophysical Union (AGU) fall conference

are due online 8 September 2005, 2359 UT (759 ET).

http://www.agu.org/

AGU is a worldwide scientific community that advances, through

unselfish cooperation in research, the understanding of Earth and

space for the benefit of humanity.

FALL MEETING EDUCATION SESSIONS

December 5-9, 2005, San Francisco, CA

U02: Threats to the Teaching of Earth and Space Sciences: How

Should the Geoscience Community Respond? [conveners:

J. Scotchmoor & E. Geary]

U04: How Well Do We Know? Communicating Scientific Uncertainty

to the Public [J. Freymuller, D. Jackson, W. Boicourt, K. Johnson

& L. Brown]

ED01: Education and Human Resources General Contributions

ED02: Integrating Education and Outreach With Large-Scale Experiments

[J. DeLaughter, J. Taber & S. Eriksson]

ED03: Recruitment and Retention of Students, Faculty, and Staff:

Departmental Strategies That Work [R. Richardson, C. Manduca,

T. Bralower & H. Macdonald]

ED04: Building Strong Geoscience Departments: Challenges,

Opportunities, and Successes [C. Manduca, R. Richardson,

H. Macdonald & C. Eyles]

ED05: Bright Students Training as Research Scientists: Bright STaRS

2005 (By Invitation Only) [L. White & J. Karsten]

ED06: Global Geoscience Education and Outreach I: The World's Best

Practices in Earth and Space Science Education [C. Manduca,

C. Laj, S. Macko & B. Donner]

ED07: Global Geoscience Education and Outreach II: Building Capacity

for a Mobile, Global Scientific Workforce [J. Karsten, M. Loudin &

M. Baranovic]

ED08: Global Geoscience Education and Outreach III: International

Geophysical Year 2 and the International Years [E. CoBabe-Ammann

& E. Drobnes]

ED09: Engaging With Minority-Serving Institutions: Should I or

Shouldn't I? [J. Nall & T. Bull Bennett]

ED10: Lecture Demonstrations in Earth Science Curriculum [A. Lenardic,

L. Moresi & B. Malamud]

ED11: Teacher Professional Development Programs Promoting Authentic

Scientific Research in the Classroom [C. Walker, S. Croft,

V. Robigou & G. Scowcroft]

ED12: Increasing the Engineering Workforce Pipeline Through

Hands-on Student Instrument Programs

[E. CoBabe-Ammann & R. Pertzborn]

ED13: Hands-on, Inquiry-Based Classroom and Laboratory Exercises:

Bringing Geoscience Research to K-12 and Undergraduate Students

[K. Pound, K. Campbell & L. Schmitt]

ED14: What Have We Learned About Integrating Science and Pedagogy

for Effective Education and Public Outreach? [J. Thieman &

F. Ireton]

ED15: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) at 25: Its

Impact on Undergraduate Education in the Sciences

[J. Ryan, L. Fox & J. Singer]

ED16: Reaching New Learners: Tools for Educating and Inspiring

Nontraditional Learners [P. Reiff, J. Thieman & W. Taylor]

ED17: Deciphering Data: Communicating Research Activities and

Findings to Diverse Audiences [M. McCaffrey & R. Low]

ED18: Navigating Institutional Change in the Aftermath of the

Summers Storm [R. Bell, S. Pfirman & J. Laird]

ED19: Undergraduate Research in the Earth and Environmental

Sciences: Shaping the Cutting Edge of our Discipline [J. Marshall

& A. Velasco]

ED20: Use of the Internet in Geoscience Outreach [R. Stewart]

ED21: Teaching About the Ocean System Using New Research Techniques:

Data, Models, and Visualization [D. Reed, B. Prothero & L. Sautter]

ED22: Earth and Planetary Sciences Education and Public Outreach in

Developing Countries: Local and International Initiatives

[R. Lopes & J. Castillo]

ED23: The Benefits and Challenges of Integrating Scientific Research

and Education [C. Morrow & S. Stockman]

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