Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Dec 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010agufmed21d..02s&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #ED21D-02
Mathematics
Logic
[0800] Education, [6200] Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects
Scientific paper
YSS offers the opportunity to raise awareness, build excitement, and make connections with educators, students and the public about planetary science activities. The planetary science education and public outreach (E/PO) community is engaging and educating their audiences through ongoing mission and program activities. Based on discussion with partners, the community is presenting its products in the context of monthly thematic topics that are tied to the big questions of planetary science: how did the Sun’s family of planets and bodies originate and how have they evolved; and how did life begin and evolve on Earth, has it evolved elsewhere in our solar system, and what are characteristics that lead to the origins of life? Each month explores different compelling aspects of the solar system - its formation, volcanism, ice, life. Resources, activities, and events are interwoven in thematic context, and presented with ideas through which formal and informal educators can engage their audiences. The month-to-month themes place the big questions in a logical sequence of deepening learning experiences - and highlight mission milestones and viewing events. YSS encourages active participation and communication with its audiences. It includes nation-wide activities, such as a Walk Through the Solar System, held between October 2010 to March 2011, in which museums, libraries, science centers, schools, planetariums, amateur astronomers, and others are kicking off YSS by creating their own scale models of the solar system and sharing their events through online posting of pictures, video, and stories. YSS offers the E/PO community the opportunity to collaborate with each other and partners. The thematic approach leverages existing products, providing a home and allowing a “shelf life” that can outlast individual projects and missions. The broad themes highlight missions and programs multiple times. YSS also leverages existing online resources and social media. Hosted on the popular and long-lived Solar System Exploration website (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/yss), multiple points of entry lead to YSS, ensuring sustained accessibility of thematic topics. Likewise, YSS is being shared through social media avenues of existing missions and programs, reaching a large audience without investment in building a fan-base on YSS-specific social media conduits. Create and share your own YSS event with the tools and resources offered on the website. Join the celebration!
Boonstra D.
Dalton Heather
Planetary Science E/Po Community
Scalice D.
Shipp S. S.
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