# Presentation: 372558

## A Compendium of Sun-Earth Connection Education and Public Outreach Activities

***     ******Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum***
*     **http://sunearth.ssl.berkeley.edu/scientists/compendium.html*
*     **http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/scientists/compendium.html*
***Version 1***
***December, 1999***

## Foreword

**	****	****In response to NASA’s strategic vision for broadly communicating the content, relevancy, and excitement of NASA’s missions and discoveries, the Space Science Enterprise has made a strong commitment to a robust education and public outreach (EPO) program.  As part of the Enterprise, the Sun-Earth Connection science community has enthusiastically responded to the EPO mandate, sharing the excitement and relevance of its discoveries through innovative and effective resources and programs. All SEC missions are chartered to include EPO components.  SEC scientists representing industry, academia, and government are involved in EPO through support by SR&T grants and/or by their own institutions.   The Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum, a partnership between Goddard Space Flight Center and University of California at Berkeley, helps cultivate and facilitate the development of partnerships between the SEC community and the communities responsible for formal and informal science, mathematics, and technology education. **
**	****	****To highlight and showcase education outreach efforts of SEC missions, scientists, and research programs, SECEF generated this compendium of SEC EPO activities. Through this compendium, SECEF hopes to**
- Identify and disseminate best practices in education and public outreach;
- Help identify high leverage opportunities; and
- Stimulate the involvement of SEC scientists in education and outreach.
**	****	****Besides creating an inventory of current and planned EPO activities of missions and research programs to promote collaboration and minimize duplication of effort, SECEF is developing an on-line resource directory to provide a single point of access for educators and members of the public to SEC EPO resources.  In the compendium you will see many other activities conducted by SEC scientists, EPO specialists, and SECEF staff members.**
**	****	**** ****Thanks for submitting your slides to Lou Mayo and Carolyn Ng.  We welcome your contributions and comments to this compendium and our efforts.  **
**	****	****	****	****	****	****	****Isabel Hawkins and**
**	****	****	****	****	****	****	****Richard Vondrak**

- http://sunearth.ssl.berkeley.edu/  and  http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov

## Table of Contents

**Foreword ****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****                     **2
**Table of Content****	****	****	****	****	****	****                 ** 3
**I.****	****Introduction    ****	****	****	****	****	****	****                    **5
- What is Sun-Earth Connection?				                    6
- Goals of NASA EPO					                    7
- Elements of NASA EPO (missions, scientists, SECEF)		                    8
- The OSS Forums and Broker/Facilitators			                    9
**II.****	****SEC Mission EPO and Special Projects****	****	****	****	****                 **11
- ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer)				                      12
- Eclipse ‘98 and ‘99                  				                      18
- Electric Space					                      19
- Equator-S      						                      20
- Exploration of the Earth’s Magnetosphere				                      21
- From Stargazers to Starships					                      22
- FAST (Fast Auroral SnapshoT Explorer)				                      23
- Genesis 						                      25
- HESSI (High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager)  			                      27
- IMAGE (Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration)		                      28
- IMEX (Inner Magnetosphere Explorer)				                      34
- IMP 8 (Interplanetary Monitoring Platform)			                      35
- ISTP (International Solar and Terrestrial Program)			                      36
- SAMPEX (Solar Anomalous Magnetosphere Explorer)			                      44

## Table of Contents (cont.)

**II. ****SEC Mission EPO and Special Projects ****(cont.)**
- SEGWAY (Science Education Gateway)			                                   47
- SECEF EPO						           48
- SNOE (Student Nitric Oxide Explorer)				           50
- Seeds in Space through the Aerospace Corporation	    		           51
- SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory)			           52
- SOHO/ Stanford Solar Center EPO			                                   59
- Space Weather and Public Connection through Rice University		           62
- Space Weather Exhibit by SSI-GSFC				           64
- SUNBEAMS (Students United with NASA Becoming Exited Math and Science)	           65
- TRACE (Transition Region and Coronal Explorer)			           66
- Ulysses 						           67
- Voyager						           68
- Windows to the Universe, SPARC, and AGU		                       	           72
- Yohkoh						           76
**III. The Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum (SECEF) ****	****	****        **78
- What is SECEF?				                   	                                   79
- Who is SECEF?					                                   80
- Major Accomplishments					           82
- Upcoming Events 				                                   84
- Examples of Future SEC Opportunities				          85
**IV. Appendix ****	****	****	****	****	**	           86
- 	          SEC Operating Missions					          87

## I. Introduction 

## What is Sun-Earth Connection?

**Sun-Earth Connection Quests and Science Themes:**
***Quest I*****: Why Does the Sun Vary?**
- Interior Dynamics
- Solar Plasma/Magnetic Field Interactions
- Origin and Evolution of the Corona and the Solar Wind
- Interaction of the Solar Wind with the Interstellar Medium
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***Quest II*****: How Do the Planets Respond to Solar Variability?**
- Solar Interactions with the Earth's Atmosphere and Space Environment
- Comparative Space Environments
- Impacts on Life on Earth
***Quest III:***** How do the Sun and Galaxy Interact? **
- Regions Separating the Heliosphere from the Local Interstellar Medium
- Sample Properties of the Interstellar Medium
***Quest IV*****: How Does Solar Variability Affect Life and Society?**
- Impacts of Space Weather
- Changes in the Earth's Atmosphere
- Origins of Life
- Habitability of Space

- http://www.lmsal.com/sec/

## Goals of NASA Space Science Education and Public Outreach

**1. Use our missions and research programs and the talents of the space science community to contribute measurably to efforts to reform science, mathematics, and technology education, particularly at the pre-college level, and the general elevation of scientific and technical understanding throughout the country; **
**2. Cultivate and facilitate the development of strong and lasting partnerships between the space science community and the communities responsible for science, mathematics, and technology education; **
**3. Contribute to the creation of the talented scientific and technical workforce needed for the 21st century; **
**4. Promote the involvement of underserved / underutilized groups in Space Science education and outreach programs and their participation in Space Science research and development activities; **
**5. Share the excitement of discoveries and knowledge generated by Space Science missions and research**
**    ****programs by communicating clearly with the public. **

***Partners in Education***,
- 1995

***Education Implementation Plan****, *
- 1996

- http://spacescience.nasa.gov/education/edprog.htm

## Elements of NASA EPO in Space Science

**Missions**
**All space science missions now have EPO activities**
**Missions are the most productive source of EPO products **
**Scientists**
**Primarily supported by SR&T grants or by own institutions**
**Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum (SECEF) and three other national forums**
**Five Regional Broker/Facilitators **
**Special Projects  **

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## Space Science EPO "Ecosystem”: Forums and Broker/Facilitators

- http://spacescience.nasa.gov/education/index.htm

## Space Science EPO "Ecosystem”: Forums 

- http://spacescience.nasa.gov/education/index.htm

**OSS Broker/ Facilitators**
**Depaul University (DU)**
-    Dr. Lynn Narasimhan - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
-    2320 N. Kenmore
-    Chicago, IL 60614
-    Phone: (773) 325-1854  Fax: (773) 325-7304
-    email: cnarasim@condor.depaul.edu
-    Web: http://analyzer.depaul.edu/NASABroker
**Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI)**
-    Ms. Pam Thompson
-    3600 Bay Area Boulevard
-    Houston, TX 77058
-    Phone: (281) 486-2175  Fax: (281) 486-2162
-    email: thompson@lpi.jsc.nasa.gov
-    Web: http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/education/education.html
**Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI)**
-    Dr. Larry Cooper
-    7661 Squirrel Creek Drive
-    Cincinnati, OH 45247
-    Phone: (513) 245-9897  Fax: (440) 962-3120
-    email: OSSBroker@oai.org
-    Web: http://www.oai.org/oss
**SouthEast Regional ClearingHouse (SERCH)**
-    Dr. Cassandra Coombs - Geology, College of Charleston
-    66 George Street
-    Charleston, SC 29424
-    Phone: (843) 953-8279 or  (888) 873-9475  Fax: (843) 953-5446
-    email: coombsc@cofc.edu
-    Web: http://www.cofc.edu/serch
**Space Science Institute (SSI)**
-    Dr. Cherilynn Morrow
-    1540 30th Street, Suite 23
-    Boulder, CO 80303-1012
-    Phone: (303) 492-7321  Fax (303) 492-3789
-    email: camorrow@colorado.edu
-    Web: http://ssibroker.colorado.edu/Broker

**OSS Education Forums **
**Astronomical Search for Origins and Planetary Systems (Origins)**
-    	*Space Telescope Science Institute*
-    	Point of Contact: Dr. Carol Christian
-    	Baltimore, MD 21218
-    	Phone: (410) 338-4764   Fax: (410) 338-4767
-    	email: carolc@stsci.edu
-    	Web: http://origins.stsci.edu
**Structure and Evolution of the Universe (SEU)**
-   	*Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory*
-    	Point of Contact: Dr. Roy Gould
-    	Cambridge, MA 02138
-    	Phone: (617) 496-7689  Fax: (617) 496-5405
-    	email: rgould@cfa.harvard.edu
-    	Web: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/seuforum
**Solar System Exploration (SSE)**
-    	*NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory*
-    	Point of Contact: Dr. Ellis Miner
- 	Pasadena, CA 91125
-    	Phone: (818) 354-4450  Fax: (818) 393-4217
-    	email: ellis.d.miner@.jpl.nasa.gov
-    	Web: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/forum
**Sun-Earth Connection (SEC)**
-  	*NASA Goddard Space Flight Center*
-  	Point of Contact: Dr. Richard Vondrak
-   	Greenbelt, MD 20771
-    	Phone: (301) 286-8112  Fax: (301) 286-1683
-   	email: vondrak@gsfc.nasa.gov
-    	Web: http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov
-    	*University of California, Berkeley*
-    	*Space Sciences Laboratory*
- 	Point of Contact: Dr. Isabel Hawkins
-    	Berkeley, CA 94720-7450
-    	Phone: (510) 643-5662  Fax: (510) 643-5660
-    	email: isabelh@ssl.berkeley.edu
-    	Web: http://sunearth.ssl.berkeley.edu

***Space Science EPO "Ecosystem”: Forums ***
***and Broker/Facilitators (cont.)***

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