A Quest to Understand the Onset
of Auroral Substorms
Education and Outreach
April 27, 2004
Nahide Craig
Laura Peticolas
URL: http://ds9.ssl.berkeley.edu/themis
THEMIS GBO CDR Peer Review
E/PO-1
Univ. of Calgary, Apr. 26-27, 2004
OUTLINE
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Formal Education
• 10 schools across the nation (Geomagnetic Event Observation Network by Students)
– GEONS Curriculum Development- workshop plans for July 12-14, 2004
• Launching a new Teacher Professional development ‘GEMS Site” in Nevada with LHS
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Informal Education and Public Outreach
• E/PO Web site
• THEMIS E/PO lithograph; A Quest to Understand the Onset of Auroral Substorms
• Science Museum Partnerships
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Space Grant involvement
• Briefing of the School site selection process
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Dissemination
• Teacher professional development workshops– National, and for the GEONS Schools
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Accomplishments to date and Management Structure
THEMIS GBO CDR Peer Review
E/PO-2
Univ. of Calgary, Apr. 26-27, 2004
Formal Education Programs
UNIQUE opportunity for THEMIS to entice students about NASA SEC
The network of ten schools at E/PO magnetometer sites, together with other
participating schools using the web and monitoring the magnetic activity, is
called the Geomagnetic Event Observation Network by Students (GEONS).
Schools are selected by state-wide competition and have the following
selection criteria:
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Commitment of schools – acceptance of the program by the administration
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Longitudinal spread in all 10 states provides wide geographic coverage
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Local infrastructure- electric power, Internet connection
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Potential for reaching large community of students/teachers
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Site’s potential for discoveries – away from highways, large trucks, rural sites
UCLA provides technical users’ manuals along with GMAG unit
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Will install five magnetometers in Summer ’04, and five in Summer ’05
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Will provide ground data processing, data access, and archiving procedures
E/PO-3
THEMIS GBO CDR Peer Review
Formal
Informal
Univ. of Calgary, Apr. 26-27, 2004
Coordination and Dissemination
Formal Education Programs
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Partnership with Astronomy Café
– leverages IMAGE E/PO MagNet program with existing school networks
– rewrites the users manual for school usage
– develops guides/materials aligned with NSES
– participates in the GEONS teacher workshops
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Participation in NASA’s Student Observation Network (S.O.N.)
– the S.O.N program guides students through
tracking solar storms from start to finish
– the four programs that comprise the S.O.N are:
Sunspotters, Radio Waves, Magnetosphere,
and Auroral Friends
– S.O.N Program needs GM and GBO data!!
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Additional GBOs to E/PO sites from Alaska
E/PO-4
THEMIS GBO CDR Peer Review
Formal
Informal
Univ. of Calgary, Apr. 26-27, 2004
Coordination and Dissemination
Informal Education Programs
E/PO Web Site
http://ds9.ssl.berkeley.edu/themis
•Aurorae
Gallery
•Activities
•News &Events
•In The
Classroom
•Mission
Science
•About Us
E/PO-5
THEMIS GBO CDR Peer Review
Formal
Informal
Univ. of Calgary, Apr. 26-27, 2004
Coordination and Dissemination
Informal Education Programs
Science Center and ASTC (Association of Science & Technology Centers)
Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)
GEMS Teacher Training
Update Northern Lights Planetarium Show: Distributed > 100 sites
UCB/SSL, UCLA, IMAGE, FAST and 10 NASA
Space Grant Consortia E/PO site and their
affiliates (> 113 sites)
SACNAS Partnership (Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and
Native Americans)
National Teacher Professional Workshops
Cornerstone Evaluation Associates
Designs THEMIS-E/PO evaluation effort
Provides formative and summative evaluation
E/PO-6
THEMIS GBO CDR Peer Review
Formal
Informal
Univ. of Calgary, Apr. 26-27, 2004
Coordination and Dissemination
Space Grant Consortia Involvement in
THEMIS E/PO Formal Education
The Space Grant Directors and Coordinators involved in THEMIS E/PO
Neal Brown, Becky Lees
Alaska
Alec Gallimore, Bonnie Bryant
Michigan
Bill Hiscock, Michelle Larson
Montana
Shan de Silva, Suezette Bieri
North Dakota
Jack Higginbotham, Catherine Lanier
Oregon
Lisa Brown, Mary Shoemaker
Pennsylvania
Sherry Farwell, Tom Durkin
South Dakota
Eileen Yingst, Sue Wieler
Wisconsin
• School selection--- completed
• SG will continue to facilitate communication between the
THEMIS mission E/PO team and magnetometer schools
• SG will assist with the dissemination of mission information
and educational materials throughout their respective states
THEMIS GBO CDR Peer Review
E/PO-7
Univ. of Calgary, Apr. 26-27, 2004
Montana State Space Grant
Coordinated 8 States
E/PO program selected 2 States
Response to SG’s state wide competition varied from state to state --Total
number of schools participated: 25
AK-3, PA-8, MI-1,WI-1, ND-3, SD-1, MT-7, OR-1
Concerns about rural location, security, sustainability and longevity.
A rural location that is more than
- 100 feet from cars
- 0.5 mile from trucking routes
- 1 mile from railroad tracks
Time commitment a big issue for high school teachers.
Those who were interested, were very interested.
THE E/PO program selected NV and VT sites.
THEMIS GBO CDR Peer Review
E/PO-8
Univ. of Calgary, Apr. 26-27, 2004
Some Reasons for Non-participation
“ I read with interest the material on the THEMIS competition you sent me. The
potential positive impact on students at our tribal college and high school students on
the Reservation is clear. I have some hesitancy though because of the long term
duration of the project and its high profile. Tribal colleges tend to be less stable
financially and administratively than state supported schools, so my concern is about
the possibility of our participation falling apart part way through.”
“I thought this was a great project and a fine selection process - a model for how other
missions can work with Space Grant. This, aside from the difficulties we encountered
getting our tribal school involved, which I think has more to do with timeline and
deadline issues than anything else (these schools are slow at getting back to us in
general).”
Aileen Yingst
Wisconsin SGC
THEMIS GBO CDR Peer Review
E/PO-9
Univ. of Calgary, Apr. 26-27, 2004
Magnetometer Schools in 10 States
Petersburg City Schools: Carolyn Enge
Chippewa Hills High School: Cris DeWolf
Hot Springs High School: Sean Estill
Western Nevada Community College: Robert Collier
Fort Yates Public School: Daryl Brahos
Ukiah School: Rob Batease
Northern Bedford County High School: Keith Little
Red Cloud High School: Wendell Gehman
Shawano Community High School: Wendy Esch
North County Union Jr. High School: Holly Willey
THEMIS GBO CDR Peer Review
Petersburg, Alaska
Remus, Michigan
Hot Springs, Montana
Carson City, Nevada
Fort Yates, North Dakota
Ukiah, Oregon
Loysburg, Pennsylvania
Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Shawano, Wisconsin
Vermont
E/PO-10
Univ. of Calgary, Apr. 26-27, 2004
Excited Participant Schools
“Red Cloud High School is located on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation in
southwestern South Dakota. The population served is roughly 98% Lakota
students. We are actively seeking to improve the science education of our
students. Participation in this program would allow us to fulfill our goal of
training the next generation of scientists, and we appreciated the opportunity to
become involved.”
Wendell I. Gehman
Red Cloud HS Science Chairman (SD)
“This is a program that I am very excited about. Hot Springs High School is a
small school, approximately 70 students 9-12, on the western edge of the Flathead
Indian Reservation. Hot Springs itself is a town of about 600 people that is a
mixture of low and middle income families most with ties to the Confederated
Salish and Kootenai Tribes. Once again, thank you for the opportunity to be part
of this exciting project.”
Sean P. Estill
Hot Springs HS Science Teacher (MT)
THEMIS GBO CDR Peer Review
E/PO-11
Univ. of Calgary, Apr. 26-27, 2004
Shawano, WI, Site Map and School Site
E/PO team verified the location of each school
THEMIS GBO CDR Peer Review
E/PO-12
Univ. of Calgary, Apr. 26-27, 2004
Fluxgate Magnetometer Setup
(images kindly provided by D. Pierce)
Fluxgate Magnetometer Electronics Circuit Board
EPO Magnetometer Chassis Atop Magnetic Shield Calibration System
Fluxgate Sensor Installed in Ground
THEMIS GBO CDR Peer Review
E/PO-13
Univ. of Calgary, Apr. 26-27, 2004
EPO Magnetometer Data Flow
EPO #1
EPO #2
EPO #3
EPO #10
Internet
Non-Validated Data
U of Alberta
UCLA
GBO #1
U Calgary
UC Berkeley
GBO #2
Validated Data
Archival
THEMIS GBO CDR Peer Review
Non-Validated Data
E/PO-14
Non-Validated Data
Univ. of Calgary, Apr. 26-27, 2004
Accomplishments to Date
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Website finalized and launched -- Nov 2003
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E/PO implementation plan submitted and accepted by the NASA OSS Education
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10 schools selected -- March 20
– Summer workshop plans are aiming for July 12-14, 2004 Berkeley, CA
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Sun-Earth Day, March 20, Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland, CA
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A Quest to Understand the Onset of Auroral Substorms –printed 5,000 copies March 25
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Invited talk at Space Grant Directors’ National Meeting – a model for additional collaborations in
the future between mission E/PO efforts and a Space Grant - March 26, Crystal City, VA
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NSTA Teacher Workshop- April 1 and 3, Atlanta, GA
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Bismarck Tribune article on Fort Yates E/PO Magnetometers --April 14, Bismarck ND
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CAL DAY April 17, Berkeley, CA
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Talk at AGU May 18, Montreal, Canada
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Poster at AAS – June 4, Denver, CO
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Participate in a 2-day training workshop of S.O. N in June 22-23, at NASA AMES- CA
THEMIS GBO CDR Peer Review
E/PO-15
Univ. of Calgary, Apr. 26-27, 2004
Overall Management Structure for
THEMIS E/PO
Principal Investigator
Vassilis Angelopoulos
.
EPO Lead
Nahide Craig
EPO Science Content Advisors
J. Bonnell, C. Russell, S. Mende
Cornerstone
Evaluations
Allyson Walker
L. H. S
Carolyn Willard
Allan Gould
Astronomy
Café
Sten Odenwald
EPO Specialist
Laura Peticolas
Graphic
Designer
IDEUM
Teacher Consultant
Tom Sheffler
Montana State Space Grant
Michelle Larson
SACNAS
Ramon Lopez
E/PO Administrative
Coordinator
Amy Shutkin (part
time from sprg)
Systems and
office support
(part time from
SECEF)
Alaska GBOs
McGrath &
Kiana Schools
10 GEONS Teachers
THEMIS GBO CDR Peer Review
E/PO-16
Univ. of Calgary, Apr. 26-27, 2004
Summary and Conclusion
THEMIS E/PO
•Builds on successful efforts of reliable E/PO heritage
•Secures strong, capable and experienced partnerships
•Uses awesome ‘aurora’ data
•Reaches underserved communities with technology tools
•Has well-evaluated program
AND
•Promises to excite and inspire both educators and broad
audiences, motivates the next generation of scientists
and engineers.
E/PO-17
THEMIS GBO CDR Peer Review
Formal
Informal
Univ. of Calgary, Apr. 26-27, 2004
Coordination and Dissemination
E/PO Partners
SEGway and Eye on the
Sky @ SSL
Berkeley, CA
Leadership, direction and coordination. Development of SEGway webmodule. Leverage of SECEF resources for use in K-4 (auroras) and 6-14.
SEGway @SSL /IDEUM
Berkeley, CA
Website Design, Content, Update.
Astronomy Café GEONS
Kensington, MD
Development of GEONS resources and teacher training.
OSS Support Network
Washington, D.C.
Dissemination through National Conferences and other existing
networks.
IMAGE and FAST
E/POs
GSFC &
Berkeley, CA
Dissemination. Identification of Professional Development Workshops for
educators. Using existing resources.
LHS –UCB and
Berkeley, CA
GEMS Distr. & Training Center PD Program in the Carson City School
District.
Lawrence Hall of Science
-UCB
Berkeley, CA
“ Northern Lights Planetarium” traveling exhibit . Updated with
THEMIS discoveries.
SACNAS and other
National PD workshops
El Paso, TX
Teacher workshops with Chicano and Native American teachers at Tribal
Colleges.
Space Grant Consortia
(8 States)
Bozeman, MT
(coordinator)
Selection of School Sites- Dissemination , Workshops.
Carson City School
District, NV and
Explorer School in VT
Carson City, NV
and VT
Committed schools, teachers and school district administration for the
Magnetometer sites for NV - a new GEMS site venue and VT
Cornerstone Evaluation
Pittsburgh, PA
Formative and Summative Evaluation.
E/PO-18
THEMIS GBO CDR Peer Review
Evaluation
Formal
Univ. of Calgary, Apr. 26-27, 2004
Informal
Coordination and Dissemination