Villa Celimontana, Rome 7 September 2005
The I*Y EducationAnd OutreachOpportunities
Emily CoBabe-Ammann
University of Colorado
Villa Celimontana, Rome 7 September 2005
IGY + 50 years
New Perspectives for the Next Millennium
IYPE International Year of Planet Earth (IUGG)
IPY International Polar Year (NSF)
IHY International Heliophysical Year (NASA)
eGY Electronic Geophysical Year
Different Years = Different Education and Outreach Models
IPY = Multiple programs, community drivenIPY = Multiple programs, community driven
Planet Earth = Large component of program, with proposals Planet Earth = Large component of program, with proposals supported from the community, focus on supported from the community, focus on policy makerspolicy makers
IHY = Both facilitation of community programs and development ofIHY = Both facilitation of community programs and development oftargeted IHY programtargeted IHY program
eGY = Defined education programeGY = Defined education program
Villa Celimontana, Rome 7 September 2005
Villa Celimontana, Rome 7 September 2005
Connecting to the Teachers:An International Campaign
50 Pairs ofMaster Teachers
150 Workshops
With 20 Teachers
each
3000 ScienceTeacher
s Around
theWorld
The eGY Ripple
Portal will be available in 6 languages (English, Spanish, French, Mandarin, Japanese, and Russian) with both low- and high-bandwidth options
Although the workshops will be given in English, they will be followed up with on-line support in the supported languages from eGY Central.
Villa Celimontana, Rome 7 September 2005
COOPERATION
What does the cooperation look like?
• E/PO Supergroup: Continuing conversation, tracking progress,E/PO Supergroup: Continuing conversation, tracking progress,ensuring leverage, finding partners, looking for connections, ensuring leverage, finding partners, looking for connections, learning where the resources, assets and information is,learning where the resources, assets and information is,
• Group Workshops/Sessions: Group Workshops/Sessions: IPY Education Workshop, Boulder, July 2005IPY Education Workshop, Boulder, July 2005AGU Session on the I*Y Education and Outreach, Dec. 2005AGU Session on the I*Y Education and Outreach, Dec. 2005
• Group efforts: eGY example -- we need I*Y input for content andGroup efforts: eGY example -- we need I*Y input for content andassets, as well as for reviewassets, as well as for review