Engaging Multicultural Audiences in Planetary Science

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Engaging Multicultural Audiences in Planetary
Science
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• NASA
• Dr. Joyce WintertonAssistant Administrator for
  Education

www.nasa.gov
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The Value to Planetary Science

• WHY
• WHEN
• HOW

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The Value to Planetary Science

• Additional Expertise
• New Perspective
• Reflects Community

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Rigor and Relevance/Critical Thinking
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The Value to Planetary Science

• WHEN to Engage

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NASAs Education Framework
Employ
Educate
Informal Education
Outcome 3 Build strategic partnerships and
linkages between STEM formal and informal
education providers
Engage
Inspire
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What is below the surface?
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More than you think!
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Inspiring the Next Generation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• Listen to what is important to them.
• Focus on STEM
• Career Preparation

www.nasa.gov
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NASAs Future Workforce
What is the next generation looking for in a career?
Interesting
Creative
Emotionally Rewarding
Good Quality of Life
Social Atmosphere
Self-governing/Independent
Prestige
Financially Rewarding
Opportunities for Advancement
Stable, High-Growth Sector

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• HOW
• To Engage

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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
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NASA Digital Learning Network
GODDARD
GLENN
AMES
LANGLEY
DRYDEN
MARSHALL
JET PROPULSION LAB
STENNIS
KENNEDY
JOHNSON
Distance Learning as only NASA can!

• 10 NASA Centers deliver interactive events to
  thousands of students and teachers using
  videoconferences and web casts.
• Special events take participants to places
  theyve never been to meet people engaged in NASA
  research and missions.
• Over 30 standards-based events featuring NASAs
  4 Mission Directorates accessible through an
  online registration
• nasadln.nmsu.edu/dln

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NASA Science, Engineering, Mathematics
Aerospace Academy (SEMAA)

• SEMAA is a national project designed to increase
  the participation and retention of underserved
  and underrepresented K-12 youth in the STEM.
• Located at 17 sites in 13 states and the District
  of Columbia. SEMAA site locations include
  community colleges, four-year colleges and
  universities, HBCUs, HSIs, TCUs, elementary and
  secondary schools, science centers and museums.

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NASA Explorer Schools Providing STEM in
Underserved communities

• Three-year partnership
• Grades 4 - 9
• School teams of 3 - 4 teachers and an
  administrator
• Professional development
• Immersive experiences with NASA missions,
  facilities, and personnel
• Partnerships for Sustainability

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NASA Champions

• Highlight Honor Students across the country
• Better identify students who have demonstrated
  outstanding academic performance
• A National Academies working group for
  "Identifying and Developing Talent in STEM"

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Navajo Technical College, Crownpoint, NM, Team
Conducts Research at NASA Marshall Space Flight
Center

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• In NASAs Reduced Gravity Student Flight
  Program, teams designed and flew experiments to
  investigate the effects of microgravity
• 2000 undergraduate students from 146 universities
• 81 students from 9 community colleges
• 446 high school students from 73 schools

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Motivating Undergraduates in Science and
Technology (MUST)

• Attract and retain students in STEM disciplines
  by providing a network of support.
• Combines a scholarship, internship, and
  mentorship program.
• Provides academic support system of multiple
  mentors who provide tutoring, professional
  support, and academic/career guidance.
• Renewable up to three years if eligibility
  maintained.

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NASA Education Supports Successful Transitions
towards the Aerospace Workforce
Abel Vargas Former NASA Harriett G. Jenkins
Fellow Currently Doctoral Candidate, George
Washington University B.S., Mechanical
Engineering, Univ. of Texas - El Paso, 2000 M.S.,
Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Texas El Paso,
2002 Ph.D., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
expected May 2006
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University Research Center (URC)

• Multidisciplinary research units performing
  scientific and/or engineering research in support
  of NASAs Mission Directorates
• Established at minority institutions to seek
  answers to NASAs fundamental science and
  technology questions that provide the foundation
  for NASAs goals and objectives

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Internet Resources

• For more information about NASA and its
  programs, visit
• http//www.nasa.gov
• The gateway to all NASA programs and information
• http//education.nasa.gov
• For all NASA education opportunities
• http//research.hq.nasa.gov/research.cfm
• For research and education solicitations

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