F I N E S S
E
The Folio of Information for New England Space Scientists in Education
Bulletin
#6: Fall 2005
American
Astronomical Society Winter Meeting, 8-12 January 2006 will feature
special sessions on designing effective space science E/PO programs
[title TBA] (Sunday, January 8), “Astronomy 101” -- teaching
introductory astronomy (Sunday, January 8), “Cool Astronomy” topics
involving researchers and educators (Monday, January 9), and “E/PO
for NASA’s Universe” (Wednesday, January 10).
| EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: |
Some
of these may have been filled, so please check before applying.
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is seeking an Education Manager with the enthusiasm, experience and energy to implement and promote its education and career programs. The position is located in Washington, D.C. Ph.D. earth and space scientists with educational backgrounds
are invited to send a statement of interest, resume, and salary history to resumes@agu.org.
The Summer Science Program (SSP) in Ojai, California is seeking faculty to lecture in astronomy, general physics, and calculus. More information
can be found at http://www.summerscience.org/jobs, and by contacting Thomas
Steiman-Cameron at tomsc@astro.indiana.edu.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has two fellowship opportunities
for scientists and science students interested in education. Information
on these and other opportunities can be found at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?sort=date.
The “NSF Astronomy and Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships” provide
support for postdoctoral astronomical research in combination with educational
outreach (see listing 03-578). The last deadline for this fellowship opportunity
was this October 12. The “NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education” support
graduate students to pursue a program of enriching science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in the K-12 grades (see listing
05-553). Letters of intent are due in May, and the full proposal is due
in June
Current recipients of NASA space science research awards under the ROSS
and ROSES programs are invited to apply for supplemental funding in support
of their active involvement in Education and Public Outreach. Funding levels
are up to $15K/year for individuals and $50K/year for institutions, where
related research programs can be pooled.
For more details, see http://science.hq.nasa.gov/research/guidelines.html.
Abstracts of E/PO programs that were awarded in FY2003 can be found at
http://research.hq.nasa.gov/code_s/dynamic.cfm?op_fy=2003.
See also your local Broker/Facilitator (NESSIE) who can help you formulate
your E/PO program.
Current recipients of Hubble, Chandra, and Spitzer research awards are
also invited to apply for supplementary funding in support of developing
and implementing E/PO programs. For more details, see the pertinent mission’s
website for proposing scientists.
The IDEAS program welcomes space scientists to apply for funding in support
of innovative programs in Education and Public Outreach. Funding levels
are up to $20K for one-year programs up to $50K for two-year programs.
See http://ideas.stsci.edu, for more details – including abstracts
of winning proposals. The last proposal deadline was this October 21.
| RESOURCES FOR EMPOWERING SCIENTISTS IN EDUCATION: |
NESSIE supports regional workshops for New England space scientists and
educators. These workshops provide important opportunities for scientists
to become acquainted with research findings in science education, proven
pedagogical methods, and recommended educational resources in space science
education. They also provide opportunities for scientists to partner with
local educators from the K-12, after-school, museum, and NASA communities.
If you would like your institution to host such a workshop, or if you would
like to participate in a forthcoming workshop, please contact Cathy Clemens
at cclemens@mos.org.
A new web clearinghouse for scientists in education has been created by
the Space Science Institute in Boulder, CO. The URL for this one-stop-shopping
center for scientist-oriented education and public outreach is http://www.scientistsineducation.org.
In it you can find information on getting travel awards for conducting
and communicating your E/PO programs, guidelines for writing E/PO proposals,
white papers on why and how scientist involvement in E/PO is important,
links to winning proposal abstracts, news of pertinent workshops and conferences,
and profiles of scientists in E/PO.
Communicating your accomplishments in E/PO is important to developing
the field of space science education and is beneficial to your professional
resume. The Astronomy Education Review (AER) invites scholarly papers for
peer review, descriptions and updates of E/PO programs, commentaries, and
other contributions relevant to astronomy education. See http://aer.noao.edu/.
If
you have a website that you think would be of interest to the Space
Science Education and Public Outreach community, please send the
link and a brief description of the website to Karen Spence at kspence@mos.org for possible posting on the
NESSIE website. We are especially
interested in personal profiles of New England space scientists who
have been involved in Education and Public Outreach (see for example Profiles of Scientists
in Education and Public Outreach at the Space Science Institute website).
Contact:
Bill Waller – (NESSIE)
E-mail: wwaller@mos.org
URL: http://www.mos.org/nessie
Phone: (617) 589-0227
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