Sonoma State University Education and Public OutreachNovember 2005Lynn CominskySonoma State UniversityXMM-Newton

E/PO Exhibit BoothUsed for teacher conferences

Educator Ambassador Program20 Master educators selected in national competitionTrained bi-yearly at SSU next in 2006Help develop, test, and disseminate our materialsDid over 140 workshops nationally last year, reached over 10,000 teachers directly

You are Here!Mini-course for 8th -9th grade studentsThe Size and Scale of ThingsHow We See the UniverseTrip to the SunSolar System Travel PlansOur Milky Way Galaxy and BeyondUses Scale the Universe and GEMS

Global Telescope Network

Website: http://gtn.sonoma.eduEducator activitiesPartner and Associate informationTools for generating scripts and importing program objects into telescope control softwareGORT NOW ONLINE!!Remote demonstration at HEA AAVSO meetingScripted observations now runningMkn 501 campaign with VERITAS4C 29.45 campaign with Spitzer

GLAST Optical Robotic Telescope at the California Academy of Sciences Pepperwood Natural Preserve

Potential Educational Projects Simple image reduction and analysis of ~15 AGN to establish variability baselines Hands-On Universe AAVSO participation Elk Creek Observatory at Holton, Kansas HS Agrupacion Astronomica de Sabadell. Barcelona, Spain Tonantzintla ObservatoryTonantzintla, Mexico Universidad Nacional de La Plata Buenos Aires, Argentina Bernard Heathcote. Victoria, Australia Carnes Hill Observatory. Sydney, Australia Nyrola Observatory Muurame, Finland Western Kentucky UniversityGlobal Telescope Network

Cookie Cutter PhotometryGoal is to remove background from stellar image Must also compare the brightnesses of the two stars in the imageTools: scale, ruler and plastic knifeAlso: Jelly Bean Spectroscopy coming soon!starbackground

http://mystery.sonoma.edu Galactic Doom? Solar Supernova?Space MysteriesNew consoleStill under development

TOPS Learning SystemsFar Out Math Released in 2002 Very widely in use nowScale the Universe Released in 2004 Basis of You Are Here Pi in the Sky Now in printhttp://www.topscience.org/

Active Galaxy Educators GuideReleased in 20033 activitiesBuilding Perspectives with Active GalaxiesZooming in on Active GalaxiesLight Travel Time and the Size of Active GalaxiesPoster of AGNWidely used in many venuesShows different angles, different zooms

AGN Popup Book

SLAC Virtual Visitors Center

New console image uses FRED to do simulation runs

Tom Lucas productions - $1M NSF grant to augment GLAST E/PO funds Program script now in development NOVA ContractShould air summer of 2006 Planetarium show almost donePBS Television SpecialStill image from black hole flight simulator sequence

Supernova Educator UnitJoint with XMM-NewtonPoster of Supernovae Images of supernovae at different wavelengths Shows what a Supernova looks like during different stages of the explosion

3 activities Decaying Supernovae The Crawl of the Crab At the Heart of a Supernova

Supernova poster

CLEA LaboratoryDying Stars and the Birth of the ElementsJust returned from testing by WestEdWill be released in early 2006Uses simulated x-ray spectra to teach about the abundances of chemical elements in supernovae

X-ray Sky Planetarium ShowBeing developed for Starlab or Digitalis portable planetariaIncludes student manual and teachers guideCompares optical and x-ray sky and images of several interesting regions

X-ray Sky Planetarium Show

Partnership with Space PlaceBlack Hole Rescue! http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/blackhole

New interactive black hole spelling gameCatch the letters to spell words before they disappear!

GEMS Invisible UniverseDeveloped by SSU and GEMS for SwiftVery popular!

Swift model bookletBuild a model of Swift launch product

GRB Educators GuideAligned with national mathematics and science standardsFour classroom tested activitiesSorting out the Cosmic ZooAngling for GRBsGRB Distribution on the Sky: The Plots ThickenBeam Me Up!

Angling for GRBs poster Classroom poster that accompanies GRB guide

http://swift.sonoma.edu/resources/multimedia/newsletter/Second issue now online:To subscribe: http://swift.sonoma.edu/resources/multimedia/newsletter/signup.htmlSwift Newsletter

Six 5-minute video segments on a DVD, each with activity some from WITN?Focus is process of ScienceEarth, the Universe and CultureTheoriesAccidental DiscoveriesThe Relationship Between Science and TechnologyLooking Back in TimeCreativity in ScienceBeing field-tested this summer by PSU Astronomy Workshop teachers and EAs New from Penn State E/PO: Eyes through Time

New version coming soon will include expanded burst tableOver 250,000 unique hits to date

GRB SkyMap: http://grb.sonoma.edu

External EvaluationAll formal educational products are evaluated by WestEdSome informal educational products alsoScientific review by team membersDissemination studies now underwayTracking results of teacher training into classroom effectiveness

For more informationGLAST: http://glast.sonoma.eduSwift: http://swift.sonoma.eduXMM-Newton: http://xmm.sonoma.eduGRB Sky: http://grb.sonoma.eduSpace Mysteries: http://mystery.sonoma.eduGTN: http://gtn.sonoma.eduOur group: http://epo.sonoma.edu Ordering materials: http://epo.sonoma.edu/orderformpublic.html