Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics (CEA)

Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics
Cyberfriends/Cyberamigos Project (CFCA)

Goal

Target Audience
Diverse and geographically isolated K-12 students in the Lodi Unified School District

Providers
UCB/Center for EUV Astrophysics

Projected Timeline
FaxFriends/FaxAmigos: Jan 1994-Dec 1994 CyberFriends/CyberAmigos: Jan 1995-Dec 1995

Funding Sources
NASA mission operations and Data Analysis (EUVE Instrument Contract)

Outcomes/Products

Inspire students to be more interested in science
Provide contact with living scientists and technical staff
Provide evidence that science is a living and changing body of knowledge that did not stop in the early 1900's
Questions and answers in English and Spanish are placed on the Internet within the CEA Education Outreach Mosaic page

Evaluation
Formal evaluation component being conducted by expert personnel at the Lodi Unified School District

Sustainability
This program will be sustained by CEA's funding at least through 1995, with the possibility of extension through the year 2000, depending on NASA funds for the EUVE satellite project within an extended mission.

Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics
Education Outreach Mosaic Server (CEOMS)

Goal

Disseminate information on all CEA's education outreach programs for K-12 and UCB undergraduates
Make available coordinated resources on earth and space science for K-12 educators through the SOL and SII Mosaic pages

Target Audience
K-12, general public, and UCB undergraduate communities

Providers
UCB/Center for EUV Astrophysics

Projected Timeline
Ongoing

Funding Sources
NASA

Outcomes/Products

Information resource on a space science NASA satellite mission
K-12 and general public resources (programs, lesson plans).

Evaluation
The page has interactive (forms) capabilities and we receive feedback from users, which effects changes/improvements.

Sustainability
The CEA Mosaic page will be sustained throughout the lifetime of the EUVE mission (Jan 1996, with possibility of extension through year 2000). Beyond that, the education outreach materials will be sustained through the Science Information Infrastructure project, and servers at the partner science museums.

Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics
Satellite Mission Operations Class For Teachers (SMOC)

Goal

Provide training for science 4th-12th grade teachers through a semester-long UCB Extension class which will highlight how a NASA satellite astronomy mission operates
Train class participants on Internet tools and how to find Internet based space-science resources
Support teachers in the creation of Mosaic based lesson plans on space sciences that will be available through the WWW

Target Audience
In-service teachers from all science disciplines teaching grade levels 4-12. We are actively recruiting teachers from the CalREN/EMTIRN schools sites.

Providers
CEA, UCB Graduate School of Education, NASA Astrophysics Division, San Francisco State University, Exploratorium

Projected Timeline
Feb 1,1995 - May 24, 95

Funding Sources
NASA Astrophysics Division

Outcomes/Products

Internet-based K-12 resources available on the World Wide Web
Lesson plans in space science and astronomy
Training for teachers on use of Internet as well as in space science and astronomy
Template for course project to be made available on WWW

Evaluation
Formal evaluation component being conducted by a graduate student from the UCB Graduate School of Education, emplyed by CEA, under the supervision of Dr. Lisa Kala (GSE/UCB)

Sustainability
The lesson plans will become part of the SOL/SII project, and will have high visibilty and longevity as part of a national infrastructure based on the interconnectivity of the Nation's major science museums.

Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics
Science On-Line (SOL) - Earth and Space Science for the Classroom

Goal

Target Audience
Science Educators teaching 4th-9th grade and their students including: Acalanes Unified School District, Lafayette School District, Oakland Unified School District,

Providers
CEA, UC Museum of Paleontology, Lawrence Hall of Science, Exploratorium, Chicago's Adler Planetarium, NASA Astrophysics Division, Hayward State University, San Jose State University.

Projected Timeline
Sep 1994 - Jun 1, 1995.

Funding Sources
NASA Astrophysics Division

Outcomes/Products

Mosaic-based K-12 resources available on the World Wide Web
Lesson plans for Earth and Space science
Templates to be placed on Mosaic describing how to implement similar projects to create coordinated resources and Mosaic-based lesson plans
Teachers from the OUSD, DJUSD, SFUSD, and LUSD (CalREN sites) will participate in this project during the CEA, Lawrence Hall of Science and Exploratorium workshops

Evaluation
Formal evaluation component being conducted by graduate student from the UCB School of Education employed by CEA

Sustainability
SOL is a demonstration project for the overarching CEA Education Outreach program called ``A Science Information Infrastructure (SII)'',which has received partial funding for 1995-1997 from NASA's High Performance Computing and Communications Division. The 3-year project spans the country's major science museums which are going to provide the long-term support for the infrastructure: National Air and Space Museum, Exploratorium, Science Museum of Virginia, Lawrence Hall of Science, New York Hall of Science, U.C. Museum of Paleontology, Chicago's Adler Planetarium, and Boston Museum of Science. The research institutions partnering in the SII program are U.C. Berkeley's Center for EUV Astrophysics (CEA) and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.