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GLAST E/PO Program Status

LAT Collaboration Meeting 3/29/07

Lynn CominskySonoma State University

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E/PO Work Breakdown Structure

1) Management2) Web based Materials

– Web Site – Space Mysteries

3) Educator Training– Educator Ambassadors Program– Conference participation

4) Printed materials– TOPS Lesson Modules– Posters and Educator Guides

5) SLAC Virtual Visitor Center 6) PBS documentary and planetarium show (Tom Lucas)7) Global (formerly GLAST) Telescope Network8) Assessment and Evaluation (WestEd and NASA)

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GLAST E/PO website now NASA-style

• Completed upgrade of GLAST E/PO website http://glast.sonoma.edu

• NASA-style and integrated with science site http://glast.gsfc.nasa.gov

• E/PO buttons for:– Educators– Public– Multi-media gallery– Resources and Links

• Getting ready for launch!

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• http://mystery.sonoma.edu– Galactic Doom Space Mystery in final revision phase

•Solar Supernova now online!

– Watch stars evolve– Learn the relationships between mass, luminosity and stellar lifetime– Determine the eventual fate of our Sun

Space Mysteries

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GLAST joins MySpace community

"Can't Wait 'till Launch!"

Male 20 years old ROHNERT PARK, CALIFORNIA United States

GLAST•“A Satellite with a MySpace account Is this the beginning of skynet?”

•“Thanks for the add! You are now my favorite non-biological entity. HAL is just too... full of himself, you know?”

•“of all my satellite friends, you're ranked highest ... you'll always be ahead of Swift there.

You rock my space, GLAST!”

http://www.myspace.com/GLAST

GLAST now has 170 friends, and a blog

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Educator Ambassadors

• GLAST supports 9 Educator Ambassadors– Training July 10-14, 2006 at SSU – We concentrated on normalizing content of presentations

so that we could better measure the impact of the program.

• FY06: over 2200 teachers, over 1500 students and over 500 members of the public were direct participants in workshops, classroom presentations and lectures (as reported to EDCATS)

CA BC WY KS MI IL CT MI NJ

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Black Hole FAQ Brochure

• Funded primarily with EXIST mission concept study funds, but partly subsidized by GLAST

• Accompanies planetarium show

• Future print runs will be funded by and will feature GLAST

• Spanish version now available in print.

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SLAC Virtual Visitor’s Center

• Now installed on SLAC website • And approved by NASA product reviewhttp://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/glastlat/lat.html

Seeing Gamma Rays - the Large Area Telescope

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• Tom Lucas productions – Monster of the Milky Way premiered on NOVA 10/31/06• Features GLAST people on both website and show

• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/blackhole

Monster of the Milky Way

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Planetarium show and teacher’s workshops

• Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity - Now showing:– Denver Museum of Nature & Science– Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland California– Louisiana Art and Science Museum, Baton Rouge– Bakersfield College, California– Heritage Planetarium, Maryville, Tennessee– State Museum of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania– Adler Planetarium –- Chicago– Oregon Museum of Science & Industry in Portland– Clarkstown School District, Nyack New York– New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque– Eugenides Foundation, Athens Greece– Thessaloniki Science Center - Thessalonki Greece– Dolphinarium and Planetarium - Tampere, Finland

Coming soon to SSU’s

portable planetarium!

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Black Holes Educator Resource Area

• Link to NOVA site• Link to DMNS planetarium

show site• Educator’s Guide• Black Hole FAQ brochure• PowerPoint slides for

teacher’s workshop• Other links and resources

• Classroom activities• Cool BH games• Science web sites

http://glast.sonoma.edu/teachers/blackholes/

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Potential Educational Projects

• Recent news:• PROMPT telescopes at CTIO

• 5 optical and 1 IR 0.4 m• Operated by SkyNet software

• Pi of the Sky – at Las Campanas – Polish collaboration

Global Telescope Network 3/07

6 PROMPT telescopes at CTIO

2 Pi of the Sky 4 Mpixel CCD cameras at Las Campanas

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GLAST Paper Model

• Prototype debuted at GLAST Symposium • Beta version now available for testing• Volunteers?

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GLAST Paper Model

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E/PO Summary

• We are gearing up for launch• Most major work items are now complete

– TOPS (3 modules)– PBS NOVA and planetarium shows– SLAC VVC LAT Simulator– AG Educator’s guide – Website redesign

• Many PR print jobs have been submitted for launch and GLAST Symposium kits

– Lanyards– Frisbees– GLAST magic cubes– Magnets

• In progress for launch:− Model− Folders

− Lithos− Mission posters− Fact Sheets− Stickers

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GLAST Press Plans

• New PAO at GSFC – Rob Gutro• New Science writer – Bob Naeye• Now at work on Science Writer’s Guide and

GLAST “messages”• Please send names of PR contacts at LAT

collaborating institutions and agencies – please let me know by July LAT meeting

• We are developing procedures for approval for press releases and need your input

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GLAST Press Plans

• Importance of confidentiality of science results that are press-worthy– No preprints on astro-ph or any web site– Strict embargoes imposed by Nature and Science– Orderly presentation of results is essential for best coverage

• Most releases are issued by NASA– Coordinated “companion” releases can be issued from other

institutions and agencies– We are available to help you with your companion releases

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GLAST Press Plans

• People to tell if you have a press-worthy result– Peter Michelson (LAT result) or Chip Meegan (GBM result) – Steve Ritz (Project Scientist) or Deputies if unavailable (McEnery, Gehrels)– Lynn Cominsky (GLAST Press Officer) or Rob Gutro (GSFC PAO) – We confer weekly to discuss press activities and assign writers and graphics

support, and coordinate release through HQ and/or GSFC

• What to do if you are invited to issue a press release or participate in a press conference at a meeting– Let one of the above people know, especially if you want help writing the

release or with illustrations

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GLAST Press Plans

• What to do if you are invited to appear on television or radio– Please let one of us know so we can keep track of the

coverage or if you need help with graphics

• What to do if you are invited to write an article about GLAST for a magazine– Please let one of us know so we can keep track of the

coverage or if you need help with graphics

• Please feel free to discuss any of this with me or others on the PR team

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GLAST Press and E/PO outside USA

• Please let Lynn Cominsky know about your public affairs and education programs

• We can help!