Villa Celimontana, Rome 7 September 2005

The I*Y EducationAnd OutreachOpportunities

Emily CoBabe-Ammann

University of Colorado

ecobabe@lasp.colorado.edu

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