Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006aas...209.9406c&link_type=abstract
2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #94.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The Joint Dark Energy Mission concept SuperNova Acceleration Probe (SNAP) presents a challenge for Education and Public Outreach (E/PO). Advances in cosmology have dramatically changed the way scientists think about the Universe, but have left much of the public behind. For a robust E/PO program to be created, the first critical step is to perform a “needs assessment,” a survey to determine what conceptions and misconceptions_people have about cosmology. We have a three-pronged approach to this: surveying people in museums (informal), giving short quizzes to students through teachers who have attended our workshops (formal), and creating a “Cosmology Diagnostic Test (CDT)” derived from the venerable Astronomy Diagnostic Test. The CDT will be used to assess the needs for content and pedagogy for college students, and preand in-service teachers (education). The results of these assessments will not only be able to guide the E/PO program for SNAP, but will also be published in the Astronomy Education Review so that other E/PO programs can benefit from it. Our poster will give details on the planned needs assessment and present preliminary E/PO plans for SNAP including the website, and other possible elements including museum and planetarium partnerships, an on-line cosmology course and blog.
Cominsky Lynn R.
Plait Phil
Silva Sebastian
SNAP Collaboration
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