Abstract
The Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) Education and Public Outreach (E/PO) program serves as a pipeline of activities to inspire and educate a broad audience about Heliophysics and the Sun-Earth system, specifically the Van Allen Radiation Belts. The program is comprised of a variety of formal, informal and public outreach activities that all align with the NASA Education Portfolio Strategic Framework outcomes. These include lesson plans and curriculum for use in the classroom, teacher workshops, internship opportunities, activities that target underserved populations, collaboration with science centers and NASA visitors’ centers and partnerships with experts in the Heliophysics and education disciplines. This paper will detail the activities that make up the RBSP E/PO program, their intended audiences, and an explanation as to how they align with the NASA education outcomes. Additionally, discussions on why these activities are necessary as part of a NASA mission are included. Finally, examples of how the RBSP E/PO team has carried out some of these activities will be discussed throughout.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Project 2061: Benchmarks for Science Literacy (AAAS, Washington, 1993)
S. Buxner, M. Sharma, B. Hsu, L. Peticolas, M.A. Matiella Novak, E. CoBabe-Ammann, Barriers, lessons, learned, and best practices in engaging scientists in education/public outreach, in Conference Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 457 (2012), pp. 81–87
Cornerstone Evaluation Associates LLC, The Heliophysics Educator Ambassadors Program Alaska 2009 and Chicago 2010, Final Evaluation Report, 2012
C. Craney, T. McKay, A. Mazzeo, Cross-discipline perceptions of the undergraduate research experience. J. High. Educ. 82(1), 92–113 (2011)
E.H. Ecklund, S.A. James, A.E. Lincoln, How academic biologists and physicists view science outreach. PLoS ONE 7(5) (2012)
International Technology and Engineering Educators Association, Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology, 2007
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL), Index of /stats/geospace. http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/stats/geospace/. Accessed 3 October 2012
R.M. Marra, K. Peterson, B. Britsch, Collaboration as a means to building capacity: results and future directions of the national girls collaborative project. J. Women Minor. Sci. Eng. 14, 119–140 (2008)
C.A. Morrow, Misconceptions scientists often have about the K-12 national science education standards. Astronomy Education Review 1(2), 85–94 (2003)
C.A. Morrow, P.B. Dusenbery, Workshops for scientists and engineers on education and public outreach. Adv. Space Res. 34(10), 2153–2158 (2004)
National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), NASA Implementation Strategy, 1996
National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), Strategic Coordination Framework: A Portfolio Approach, NP-2007-01-456-HQ, 2007
National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), NASA Education Communication Strategy, NP-2008-02-496-HQ, 2008
National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), Explanatory Guide to NASA Science Mission Directorate Education and Public Outreach Evaluation Factors, 2010
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Reston, 2000)
National Research Council (NRC), National Science Education Standards (National Academy Press, Washington, 1996)
National Research Council (NRC), Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8 (The National Academies Press, Washington, 2007)
National Science Board (NSB), Science and Engineering Indicators (National Science Foundation, Arlington, 2004)
National Science Board (NSB), National Action Plan for Addressing the Critical Needs of the U.S.—Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education System (National Science Foundation, Arlington, 2007)
National Science Board (NSB), Science and Engineering Indicators (National Science Foundation, Arlington, 2010)
P. Sadler, H. Coyle, J.L. Miller, N. Cook-Smith, M. Dussault, R.R. Gould, The astronomy and space science inventory: development and validation of assessment instruments aligned with the K-12 national science standards. Astronomy Education Review 8, 010111 (2010). doi:10.3847/AER2009024
A. Sasso, African Americans Studying STEM: Parsing the Numbers. Science, AAAS (2008). http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2008_05_16/caredit.a0800070. Accessed 2 February 2012
R.C.J. Sommerville, S.J. Hassol, Communicating the science of climate change. Phys. Today 64(10), 48 (2011)
U.S. Census Bureau, State and County Quick Facts. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/24/24510.html. Accessed 1 October 2012
U.S. Department of Education, Highlights from PISA 2006: Performance of U.S. 15-Year-Old Students in Science and Mathematics Literacy in an International Context, 2008. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008016. Accessed 2 February 2012
K.L. Young, Recruiting future engineers through effective guest speaking in elementary school classrooms, in Meeting the Growing Demand for Engineers and Their Educators 2010–2020 International Summit, IEEE, 9–11 November 2007, vol. 50 (2007), pp. 1–14. doi:10.1109/MGDETE.2007.4760352
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2012 The Author(s)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Turney, D., Matiella Novak, A., Beisser, K., Fox, N. (2012). Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) Education and Public Outreach Program. In: Fox, N., Burch, J.L. (eds) The Van Allen Probes Mission. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7433-4_19
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7433-4_19
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4899-7432-7
Online ISBN: 978-1-4899-7433-4
eBook Packages: Physics and AstronomyPhysics and Astronomy (R0)