| Examples of services NESSIE provides
Space Scientists: |
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Preparation
of E/PO (Education and Public Outreach) grant
proposals. |
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Partnering with K-16 educators, curriculum developers,
planetarium educators, exhibit designers, librarians, and community leaders
whose interests and needs best match your particular scientific endeavors. |
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Opportunities to participate as a
public speaker on astronomy and space science. |
| FINESSE
eNewsletter |
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Each quarter,
NESSIE produces an eNewsletter for Space Scientists entitled FINESSE.
We invite you to peruse this newsletter online, or consider subscribing! |
| Funding Resources |
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NASA
Space Science Small E/PO Grants Abstracts |
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A collection of winning abstracts for ROSS, HST,
Chandra, and IDEAS (2002-2004) |
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Additional Funding
Resources |
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NASA-funded grant programs that pair education professionals with scientists
to enhance both formal and informal space science education. |
| Education
and Public Outreach |
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NASA's
Education and Public Outreach website |
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Site covers nearly everything scientists
need to get involved in education and public outreach (E/PO). |
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NASA's Virtual Design Center |
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NASA-sponsored Classroom of the Future’s Virtual Design Center!
Researchers at the Classroom of the Future™ developed the Virtual
Design Center to provide other educational researchers and NASA and educational
technology designers with research-based guidelines to help them design
inquiry-based learning activities. |
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The National
Academy of Science Resources for Involving Scientists in Education
(RISE) |
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National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council, RISE conducts workshops
and publishes materials to help scientists and engineers play effective roles
in improving science education, from kindergarten through high school. |
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ReSciPE
(Resources for Scientists in Partnership
with Education) |
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A project of CIRES Outreach and Science Discovery with funding from the National
Science Foundation. The project team members of ReSciPE bring together their
experience as working scientists and as science teachers, and their expertise
in inquiry teaching and learning, professional development, and science education
research. |
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Space
Science Education Resource Directory (SSERD) |
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NASA's online repository of educational materials searchable by both topic and
grade level. Besides providing online materials, the SSERD also provides easy
access to hard-copy educational materials. |
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Scientists
in Education |
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A collection of NASA resources for E/PO. |
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Space
Science Institute's Scientist Section |
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Contains a comprehensive collection of white papers for scientists interested
in K-14 Education and Public Outreach (E/PO)
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Project ASTRO and Family
ASTRO |
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Two excellent and highly popular examples of
ways that NESSIE can partner educators and scientists. |
| Time Out |
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Space Science Fun |
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Popular Myths in Science and Bad Astronomy
are among the links listed in this collection of space science themed websites. |
