THEMIS SWG, April 9-11, 2008 THEMIS E/PO THEMIS E/PO M. B. Moldwin, and L. M. Peticolas URL: .

THEMIS E/PO THEMIS SWG, April 9-11, 2008

THEMIS E/PO

M. B. Moldwin, and L. M. Peticolas

URL: http://ds9.ssl.berkeley.edu/themis


• Geomagnetic Event Observation Network by Students (GEONS) program: magnetometers in schools with active interaction with teachers, data on-line, curriculum & “research”, and long-term professional development (PD) for teachers

• Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) PD site (long-term) in Nevada

• Short term PD for teachers around the country• THEMIS and auroras in science centers around the

country through ViewSpace• Website with THEMIS news, science, videos and

images, data, and information about us.

Overall E/PO Program


Main AC Power

GMAG sensor

Buried under the ground

GPS

Magnetometer Computer

Roof of Building

Inside of Building

Internet connection

|-- 5 inch --|

|-- 5 inch --|

|--- 6 inch

---|

|---------------------

---- 40 inch

---------------------------

---|

Chassis

USB cable

PHOTO of real setup

Fort Yates, ND

GPS

Buried Cable to Mag. Sensor

The states with research-grade magnetometers at schools: AK, OR, NV, MT, ND, SD, WI, MI, PA, and VT

GEONS Program


• GEONS teachers used magnetometer data and THEMIS lessons in their classrooms.

• We updated the THEMIS E/PO news and events web page with the THEMIS maneuvers.

• We sent weekly emails to the GEONS teachers to keep in touch.

• Together with the Solar Center at Stanford and the IHY E/PO coordinators, we created a website for World Space Week in October for teachers and students to participate in Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance data from Solar Flares and THEMIS magnetometer data disturbances from Coronal Mass Ejections. Unfortunately there were none of these solar events and little participation since we developed and advertised it late. We will repeat the event next year.

Fall 2007


• We updated the THEMIS teacher guides with many of the comments from a NASA science-education panel review (Mark Moldwin was on this panel).

• Together with several other NASA missions (FAST, RHESSI, and STEREO-IMPACT) we printed 16,000 CD-ROMs with our updated THEMIS teacher guides and distributed 15,000 via NASA’s Sun-Earth Day packets to teachers around the country.

• We presented a THEMIS workshop at the California Science Teachers Association conference.

• We participated in an AGU GIFT workshop in Ethiopia.

• Two GEONS teachers (Laura Orr, OR and Cris DeWolf, MI presented their THEMIS classroom data work at the Fall AGU

• We presented a poster and a talk at professional meetings: Astronomical Society of the Pacific E/PO and AGU conferences

Fall 2007 cont.


• THEMIS teachers use magnetometer data in 9-12 astronomy and physics classes.

• New high school teacher in Maine with a Ph.D. in space physics, Manju Prakash, becomes part of the GEONS network.

• Thursday, Jan. 24th at the University of California, Berkeley, THEMIS participated in the Polar Gateways Conference remotely via teleconference call, including a section on the E/PO.

• Maine teacher, Dr. Prakash, submitted a THEMIS Education abstract for Spring AGU on her work with THEMIS in the classroom.

Spring 2008

“There has never been a good reason for me to teach how to write an abstract until now. And it is due to your interest in the students’ work. This project has helped our science in so many ways directly due to your understanding of what real education is. Thanks again.” – Victor Trautman, Petersburg, AK THEMIS High School teacher, Feb, 2008


• A student of Jim Bean’s, GEONS high school teacher in Carson City, NV, detected issue with total magnetic field in McGrath.

• THEMIS E/PO updated its website with evaluation reports on its programs. Cornerstone Evaluation Associates analyzed data and wrote a report on the E/PO website and a year of short-term professional development workshops. Visit http://ds9.ssl.berkeley.edu/themis -> About Us -> E/PO evaluations

• We also updated the web page with information on the main phase of the THEMIS mission.

Spring 2008 cont.

New E/PO Evaluation Page on THEMIS

E/PO web site


• Dr. Peticolas and Cris DeWolf, GEONS high school teacher from MI, presented a THEMIS workshop at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) conference.

• Dr. Angelopoulos presented a talk to amateur astronomers involved with the astronomical society of the pacific.

• Dr. Moldwin submitted an Research Experience for Teachers (RET) proposal from an NSF grant that partners with THEMIS. As part of this project, we will bring the Maine GEONS teacher to UCLA to work with THEMIS data.

Spring 2008 cont.

The NSTA took place in Boston, MA in March at the new convention

center.


• Scientists may pair up with teachers to answer any THEMIS science questions – Thank you for offering to help!

• Cal Day event at Berkeley will include a presentations on the THEMIS mission and other Space Sciences Laboratory missions.

• Dr. Sibeck will participate in the Free Saturday Air & Space Museum Event! Family Programs at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in May.

• GEONS teacher workshop at LASP in Boulder, CO in July.

Upcoming Events

If you are involved in outreach or educational activities – please let us know so we can report it to NASA. Every event counts!

Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

Cal Day brings hundreds of visitors SSL in Berkeley


• Creation and printing of a large postcard or lithograph on THEMIS new discoveries on substorm problem (after press release) for distribution in 2009 – the International Year of Astronomy (IYA).

• Finish updating THEMIS teacher guides• Update ViewSpace with recent THEMIS

results• Video interviews with scientists and teachers• Sonify magnetometer data (turn it into

sounds)

Upcoming Projects/Products

THEMIS Space Weather Teachers Guide will undergo

major revisions


New Management and Partnership Structure for THEMIS E/PO since July 2007

.

Principal Investigator Vassilis Angelopoulos

EPO Science Content AdvisorsJ. Bonnell, C. Russell, S. Mende

Senior Writer, Editor and Graphics

Designer, Karin Hauck(part time, CSE@SSL)

ProfessorMark Moldwin

10 GEONS Teachers

Cornerstone Eval. Assoc.

Allyson Walker

Astronomy Café Sten Odenwald

SACNASRamon Lopez

UCLA GMAG

Elementary Teachers

System AdministratorIgor Ruderman

(part time, CSE@SSL)

UndergraduateJennifer Hu

EPO LeadLaura Peticolas

THEMIS SWG, April 9-11, 2008 THEMIS E/PO THEMIS E/PO M. B. Moldwin, and L. M. Peticolas URL: .

Documents

Transcript of THEMIS SWG, April 9-11, 2008 THEMIS E/PO THEMIS E/PO M. B. Moldwin, and L. M. Peticolas URL: .