- 1 Dr. Lynn Cominsky Director NASA Education and Public Outreach At Sonoma State University
- 2 Space Mysteries- NASA LEARNERS project Space Mysteries are 3 inquiry-driven interactive Web explorations, which take advantage of the student's natural curiosity to build critical thinking and analytical skills. NASA E/PO Programs at SSU GLAST-Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope The Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is an international and multi- agency mission planned for launch in It will study the cosmos looking at objects that emit high energy wavelengths of light.
- 3 Universe!- NASA Structure and Evolution of the Universe Education Forum support site NASA E/PO Programs at SSU XMM-Newton Education and Public Outreach XMM-Newton is a joint NASA-European Space Agency (ESA) orbiting observatory, designed to take observe high energy X-rays from exotic astronomical objects such as pulsars, black holes and active galaxies. Launched on December 10, 1999, it continues to make observations today.
- 4 Alien Bandstand –A recording executive looking for his next big hit has turned to the heavens. He has found a peculiar signal in some radio telescope data and he is convinced that it is music from an alien civilization. He is offering it for sale. –Your mission: Determine if this signal really is an alien tune!
- 5 Alien Bandstand - concepts Wavelength – distance between two crests or troughs in a wave in space Period – time it takes for 1 wave to pass by Period is also the distance between two crests or troughs in time
- 6 Live! From 2-Alpha Live! From 2-Alpha –A space-faring reporter is stranded on the planet 2- Alpha. He starts noticing strange events in the sky and on the planet. –Your mission: Determine what is happening and what course of action he must take to survive.
- 7 Live! From 2-alpha concepts F = G m 1 m 2 Escape velocity r2r2 Force due to gravity v = 2 G m r
- 8 Live! From 2-Alpha Star Market –Companies are buying stars of various types for unexpectedly high prices –Your mission: Determine what type of stars they are buying and why.
- 9 Star Market - Concepts Mapping in different coordinate systems Analyzing data to find patterns Stellar types and spectra Multi-wavelength data
- 10 We will utilize the observations and scientific discoveries of the GLAST mission to improve the understanding and utilization of science and mathematics concepts for grades GLAST E/PO Program Goal Central image from Active Galaxies poster
- 11 Web site –Included on Exploring Extreme Universe vol. 1 &2 Space Mysteries –Two more will be developed with GLAST funding in GLAST Web Based Materials
- 12 GLAST Educator Training California Science Teacher’s Association – Combined Swift and GLAST booth (10/01, 10/02, 10/03) – 750 GLAST EPO flyers distributed in SEU folders (10/01) – 1000 GLAST AGN posters distributed in SEU kits (10/02) – AGN workshop by Plait and Silva (10/03) National Science Teacher’s Association – 2500 GLAST EPO flyers distributed in SEU folders (3/01) – 1500 AGN posters distributed in SEU kits (4/02) – 700 AGN posters in SEU kits at regional NSTA (7/02, 11/02) – TOPS workshop by Plait & EA Taylor (4/03)
- 13 GLAST Educator Training National Council of Teachers of Mathematics –1000 GLAST flyers distributed in SEU folders (4/01) –1000 GLAST AGN posters distributed in SEU kits (4/02) –TOPS workshop by Cominsky and EA Ford (4/03) Other venues : –American Association of Physics Teachers Poster at joint AAS/AAPT meeting (1/01) 100 GLAST AGN posters in SEU kits (4/03) AGN and TOPS workshop (4/03) –STANYS – 500 AGN posters in SEU kits (11/02) – 1200 AGN posters in SEU kits distributed by Educator Ambassadors – 900 AGN posters in SEU kits to OSS Broker/Facilitators
- 14 GLAST Educator Training MSFC-sponsored Workshop –Hawaii July 2002 AAVSO Conference, =artially funded by GLAST EPO –Spear presented “Gamma rays and Blazars: more work for variable star observers” –AAVSO is now partner in GLAST Telescope Network –AAVSO members are encouraged to observe selected blazar fields, and to record their results in on-line database.
- 15 GLAST Ambassadors Program Educator Ambassadors help us develop, test and disseminate GLAST E/PO materials. Chosen from national competition –Five GLAST (+2 Swift + 3 SEU) Educator Ambassadors trained at SSU during July –Five more GLAST EAs will be selected in up to five funded by other missions (GALEX, LISA) –Next training in Summer 2004 for all EAs
- 16 GLAST Educator Training Texas A&M University (Kingsville) –Hispanic Speaking Institution –Will hold a teacher training workshop in 2005 UC Santa Cruz –GLAST Balloon flight with HS teachers –Tesla coil show at many venues –Summer program with HS teachers
- 17 GLAST (and Swift) Exhibit Booth HEAD 11/00, 4/02 AAS 1/01, 6/01, 1/02, 6/02, 1/03, 6/03 Gamma /01 CSTA 10/01, 10/02 (with Swift) NSTA SE 12/01 (with Swift) AAPT 1/03 (with Swift) AAPT-NCN 4/03 (with Swift)
- 18 GLAST Printed Materials TOPS Learning Systems –3 year subcontract: goal is three modules of lesson activities – First module of lesson activities now in print! – FAR OUT MATH - uses simple slide rules to understand powers and logarithms – Next module: LEAPING LOGARITHMS! –TOPS workshops given at NSTA and NCTM in spring
- 19 Active Galaxy Educator’s Guide Now in print! – Extensively field tested – 3 activities that use instructional design template developed with EAs Building Perspectives on Active Galaxies Zooming in on Active Galaxies Light Travel Time and the Size of Active Galaxies – Active Galaxy poster printed 10,000 distributed in SEU kits 5,000 more now printed with activity on back
- 20 GLAST Printed Materials Cosmic Journeys trading card game features GLAST as one of five missions to build – 5000 decks printed GLAST CDs – have entire E/PO website including video GLAST cube –Available in Fall 2003
- 21 New GLAST Poster 500 printed by Spectrum Astro Designed by Aurore Simonnet
- 22 SLAC Virtual Visitor’s Center Interactive Gamma-ray exhibit will be added to in 2004 (R4, R6)
- 23 Produced by Thomas Lucas Program outline – Focus on GRBs and Black Holes – 1 – 2 hour program on PBS NOVA – 10:1 cost-sharing by NSF, PBS & others vs. GLAST –NSF proposal submitted for cost sharing, planetarium shows with Denver Museum and educator’s guide – Will include Swift launch footage PBS Television Special
- 24 GLAST Telescope Network Program objects are AGN, Polars, and GRBs GTN website: –Is now self-starting –Has finding charts for each target object –Background information about robotic telescopes and active galaxies SSU is designing archive for images AAVSO will archive magnitudes from CCD observations See GTN white paper for more information
- 25 GLAST Public Relations Articles for HEAD newsletters Press release coordination “Giveaways” at science meetings –Silly putty egg balls –AGN flashlights –Magic cubes – in progress –Cosmic Journeys trading cards and GLAST mission cards GLAST video New GLAST public brochure in progress
- 26 XMM-Newton E/PO Program Upgrading and transferring web site from UCSB to SSU, Code 508 compliance, Image Gallery Classroom poster and activities about X-ray Spectroscopy in conjunction with GLAST CLEA Laboratory on X-ray Spectroscopy Development of a Starlab planetarium program about the X-ray sky
- 27 Universe! E/PO support Cosmic Journeys folders/flyers (2001) –10,000 distributed Seeing and Exploring the Universe kits (2002) –10,000 distributed –Included SEU resource guide, selected by NASA Ed Review for “gold star” Proposal for support of Beyond Einstein initiative for 2004 and beyond