Success of Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Education & Public Outreach (E/PO) in Montana
Abstract
The Space Public Outreach Team (SPOT) program at Montana State University (MSU) is the main component of SDO E/PO efforts in Montana. SPOT brings energetic presentations of recent science & NASA missions to students in primary & secondary schools. Presenters are university undergraduates that visit a diverse group of K-12 students from both rural & urban areas of Montana. This program is extremely cost effective, a valuable service-learning experience for undergraduates at MSU and has repeatedly received praise from both teachers and students. A complementary effort for training schoolteachers entitled NASA Education Activity Training (NEAT) is also employed. NEAT illustrates to teachers inexpensive and highly effective methods for demonstrating difficult science concepts to their students. We will highlight the successes and lessons learned from SPOT & NEAT, so that other E/PO programs can use it as a template to further science literacy in our nation's schools.
- Publication:
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SDO-3: Exploring the Network of SDO Science
- Pub Date:
- March 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013enss.confE..66F
- Keywords:
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- SDO;
- SDO-7;
- SDO 7;
- SDO Workshop;
- 2013 LWS/SDO Science Workshop;
- Solar Dynamic Observatory