Accessing the Moon: Engaging Diverse Audiences in Current and Future Lunar Exploration

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Jan 2009

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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #431.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.264

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A new age of lunar exploration and discovery is dawning that will require participation by the next generations of students and active engagement of the general public. In recent years, the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) has engaged diverse audiences - classroom teachers, librarians and after school program providers, the general public - in learning about lunar science and exploration, often in collaboration with lunar mission E/PO teams, such as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument on Chandrayaan-1, and with Johnson Space Center's Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science education team. In the process, LPI has developed a suite of lunar educational programs and products, including week-long lunar educator institutes, curriculum materials, library programs, classroom poster sets, and distance learning courses, The large variety of resources, powerpoints, posters, activities, and more are now freely available to both educators and to the general public to download and use, at www.lpi.usra.edu/education/moon .
The week-long Earth-Moon Institute for Teachers grades 5-8 provided a mechanism for sharing a broad variety of content, activities, and pedagogy on the Moon. Much of the Institute focused on hands-on inquiry based age-appropriate activities. Modeling and discussion encompassed research about best practices for facilitating student learning on specific topics and strategies for uncovering and addressing student misconceptions. The participants conducted related, integrated, inquiry projects, in which inquiry was explicitly discussed to support participants in their future implementation.
This poster will share:

• the variety of lunar resources and programs developed by LPI
  
• mechanisms for their use
  
• audience reactions to lunar science and exploration so far
  
• details about programs that can be adapted at other sites, such as the week-long institute
  
• and new programs currently underway.

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