# Presentation: 083435

## Suzaku

***Suzaku***
**Education and Public Outreach**
- Jim Lochner
- Suzaku E/PO Lead
- May 3, 2007

## E/PO Team

- GSFC Team
- Dr. James Lochner (Lead)
- Drs. Koji Mukai, Ilana Harrus (Suzaku GOF)
- Beth Barbier, Sara Mitchell (E/PO specialists)
- Pat Keeney (Education Consultant)
- Partners
- SEU Educator Ambassadors (Sonoma State Univ.)
- Cornerstone Evaluation Associates

## Budget and Leveraging

- Procurement Budget
- FY07: $126K
- Efforts also leveraged off of HEASARC E/PO resources.
- Sharing of personnel and expertise.

## Suzaku Learning Center

- Learning Center includes
- Science and technology about mission and instruments.
- Lesson plans and resources for teachers.
- “XRS Road Trip” - blog of the XRS while in Japan.

##  “Building the Coolest X-ray Satellite”

- Video tells story of Astro-E2, fabrication of mirrors, development of XRS.  Science as it’s really done.
- Distribute DVD and Teacher Guide at Workshops and Conferences.
- NASA Education Product Review: “Broad Distribution”

**Notes:**
Curtis and mirror is taken from the “large” clip on Mike’s web site.

All others are from “clipped” versions.

## Teacher Workshops

- Since 2004, we’ve presented Astro-E2/Suzaku workshops:
- At NSTA National and Regional conferences
- At New York State Science Teacher Conference
- At GSFC, e.g. for NASA Explorer Schools and Anne Arundel Co. Earth/Space Science Teachers
- We present a variety of topics depending on audience.
- X-ray Optics
- Spectroscopy
- Results from the mission
- International collaboration
- Science/Engineering careers.

## Educator Ambassador

- Educator Ambassador: Marie Pool
- Our EA develops and conducts Suzaku Educator Workshops at national and regional teacher conferences.
-   She goes to meetings we can’t
- Entire team of 25 EAs (administered via Sonoma State) review our materials.

## Extreme Universe Toolkit

- Astronomical Society of the Pacific develops kits for amateur astronomy clubs in their Night Sky Network.
- Clubs use them in their outreach efforts.
- ASP has system in place for testing content and activities with amateurs.
- In collaboration with Suzaku E/PO team and NASA E/PO group at Sonoma, ASP is developing kit on the powerful explosions and forces that shape the universe:
- Supernovae and GRBs are normal processes.
- SN and Black Holes shape universe and sow seeds for life.
- X-rays and -rays are released from death of stars.
- Earth’s atmosphere protects us from this radiation.
- Candidate activities being developed for -testing with us and amateurs.

## Suzaku News You Can Use (Suznuz)

- A newsletter for teachers featuring information, discoveries, and news about the mission.
- Also includes history of X-rays and X-ray astronomy
- Focus on team members: Jean Cottam, Randall Smith, Kai-wing Chan  (UG members ??)
- Written by Pat Keeney
- Science verified by E/PO team
- Edited by Beth Barbier
- E-mail Subscription list of ~ 500

## Spectroscopy Video

- Explains spectroscopy through analogy with music.
- Target Audience: high school
- Video ~ 10 minutes in length
- Script in penultimate draft
- Project headed by Ilana Harrus

## Suzaku in the News

- Give Students Tools for Science Literacy
- Trace different ways science is communicated
- Scientist to Scientist
- Scientist to the Media
- The Media to the Public
- Science Lessons based on chosen science topic.
- Students develop comprehension skills using various expository pieces.
- Students role-play scientists and media to hold a press briefing.  “Press” students write articles for various audiences.