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Outreach in Astronomy & Astrophysics
NSF FOCUS grant Faculty-Led OutreachFaculty Coordinator:
Tammy Smecker-Hane, [email protected] Student Coordinator:Tammy Bosler, [email protected]
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I. Public Visitor Nights at the UCI Observatory
Tour guides:Smecker-Hane and 8+ undergrad & graduate students
• Visitors tour the observatory, view planets, nebulae, stars and galaxies with our telescopes, see slide show, etc.• 6 per year• Average attendance 400 people
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I. Public Visitor Nights at the UCI Observatory
Tour guides:Smecker-Hane and 8+ undergrad & graduate students
• Tour the observatory, view objects, see slide show, etc.• 6 per year• Average attendance 400 people• > 5,000 people for Mars viewing in August, 2003! • Next one is Friday, March 12, 7- 9:30 pm
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Another Option:
“Traveling Visitor Nights”
held in the communit
y
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II. Tours of the Observa-tory for FOCUS Schools
Tour guides:Graduate Student Coordinator &2+ undergraduate/graduate assistants
• Evening Tours - 3 schools per tour - 150 people - Planets, stars clusters, galaxies • Daytime Tours - 75 students
- Solar system, sun spots & solar
flares
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III. Classroom Visits to FOCUS Schools
• Added because of financial & logistical reasons
• Visit multiple classes at a given school
• Bring our unit on the Sun, a slide show, handouts to students & teachers
Staff :One graduate student &2 or more undergraduates
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Content varies with the age of the Students:
• “The Earth and the Solar System” – elementary/middle school students
• “Amazing Space: Stars, Galaxies and the Universe” –
high school students
Slide Shows
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IV. Teachers’ Workshop in Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Two day-long workshop held each Summer• Features curriculum design, discussion of subject matter & problems/computer exercises to illustrate basic concepts• Material to be given to Teachers includes:
- “The Universe at Your Finger Tips” from NSF/ASP’s Project Astro - Glossy 8x10 photos and posters about galaxy research done w/ Hubble Space Telescope - “Astronomy: Journal to the Cosmic Frontier” from McGraw-Hill
• Discussion of Current Hot Topics • Professional Contacts
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Results to Date Over 6000 visitors at 4 public Visitor Nights 127 students for Daytime Observatory Tours 60 students for Evening Observatory Tours 650 students at visits to Individual Schools Currently planning the Teacher’s Workshop
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Keys to Success Publicity for Public Visitor Nights Communicating with FOCUS
representatives and teachers Blanket mailing to administrators and
teachers Effective advertisement and
communication using the Observatory web site,http://www.physics.uci.edu/~observat
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Keys to Success Faculty Member and numerous
Graduate and Undergraduate Students who contribute time and talent
A full-time graduate student coordinator(2 quarters) is essential