Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
May 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001agusm..ed32a04v&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2001, abstract #ED32A-04 INVITED
Physics
Plasma Physics
6605 Education, 7500 Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy, 7800 Space Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
The NASA Office of Space Science (OSS) has made a significant commitment to increase scientist participation in Education and Public Outreach (EPO), with a focus on providing tools and assistance for educators in K-12 education and for public informal education. The general goals are to use NASA scientific discoveries and mission results to contribute to the technical and scientific literacy of the nation, to inspire youth, and to achieve significant and sustained enhancement of K-12 education. The participation of AGU scientists in EPO activities is vital to achieving these goals. This participation by individual scientists is often voluntary, but it can be funded as supplements to research grants or directly by OSS missions, which are now required to spend a few percent of their total budget on EPO. Scientists can provide inspiring role models for students, be powerful partners with teachers, and can help assure the scientific accuracy of educational materials. Scientists can also contribute by working with their local and regional educational leadership to include modern Earth and space science results in school curricula and in local museum exhibits and programs. The importance of partnerships between scientists and local educators is one element of a new AGU position statement on effective Earth and space science education at the K-12 level. Examples will be presented of highly-effective EPO programs and the successful strategies for active participation of scientists, with emphasis on activities of interest to AGU scientists.
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