THE SUN-EARTH CONNECTION
An Education and Public Outreach (EPO) Newsletter
for the Sun-Earth Connection Science Community - and beyond!
September 21, 2005 Volume VI, Issue 5
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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=> 1. SOLAR WEEK WEBSITE - FALL RUN – SEPT. 26-30.
STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT THE SUN AND INTERACT WITH
SOLAR PHYSICISTS ONLINE
=> 2. S.M.A.R.T. PRODUCING SUN-EARTH CONNECTION VIDEOS
****** HEY! CHECK OUT THE ALL-NEW UPDATED SUN-EARTH DAY WEBSITE AT
http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/ *******
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1. SOLAR WEEK - SEPT. 26-30TH
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The fall occurrence of Solar Week is happening September 26-30th.
Solar Week is a collection of lessons, games, and activities
focusing on the Sun-Earth Connection and aimed at middle and
high school students. Students interact online with solar
physicists acting as role models and mentors, and a key topic
is careers in science, with particular encouragement for girls. Participating students learn about the Sun-Earth interaction via a series of daily topics and through an
online Q&A session with the scientists. Solar Week occurs
bi-annually, in the fall and again in the spring around the
equinox.
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2. S.M.A.R.T. PRODUCING SUN-EARTH CONNECTION VIDEOS
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Science, Mathematics, Aerospace, Research, and Technology
(S.M.A.R.T.), Inc. has been involved in a variety of Sun-Earth
Connection and other NASA-related education and public outreach
activities for students, teachers, parents, and the general
public. Activities for students and parents include family
night programs, which preceded special astronomical events
(1st solar eclipse of the millennium, Venus Transit, and Mars’
closest approach to Earth in 60,000 years), hosted by Howard
University’s Department of Physics & Astronomy and/or the Howard
B. Owens Science Center. Public viewings through the telescope
at Howard University’s on-campus observatory and/or webcasts for
these events were provided for the general public. The NASA GSFC
Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum (SECEF), S.M.A.R.T., the
National Society of Black Physicists, and other NASA scientists
participated as presenters for these activities.
S.M.A.R.T. also received a grant from the South East Regional
Clearing House (SERCH), a NASA EPO broker/facilitator, by way of
the DC Space Grant Consortium, to develop videos and other
educational materials regarding the four research themes of NASA’s
Office of Space Science:
–The Sun-Earth Connection
–Solar System Exploration
–The Astronomical Search for Origins
–The Structure and Evolution of the Universe
As a first step, we have produced a set of four PowerPoint files,
provided to pre-college science teachers on CD-ROMs, describing the
scientific objectives, recent mission results, and future research
plans in each of these themes.
The second step, currently in progress, is to produce one or more
videos relevant to each of the NASA themes, starting with The Sun- Earth Connection, in which middle school, high school, and college
students (and teachers of the first two) participated. Teachers and
students were featured in the videos, but students also participated
in construction and use of instrumentation, including telescopes and
spectrographs used for solar observations, as well as laboratory
spectroscopy. We have obtained the necessary video footage to produce
the Sun-Earth Connection video, and are now in the process of editing
the videotapes on hand to produce the final product.
-- George R. Carruthers, [gcarruthers@ssd5.nrl.navy.mil]
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Newsletter Sponsor Info: Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum
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How to Contact Us
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The Sun-Earth CONNECTION Education and Public Outreach
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http://sunearth.ssl.berkeley.edu/SECNews/
The Newsletter is sponsored by the Sun-Earth Connection
Education Forum (Goddard Space Flight Center and UC Berkeley;
Isabel Hawkins and Jim Thieman, 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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