20 press events -press conference 1 press conference at jan. aas - 12 press releases

CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORYCHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY

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20 PRESS EVENTS

-Press Conference

1 press conference at Jan. AAS

-12 Press Releases

-7 Image Releases

PRESS EVENTS AND RESULTSPRESS EVENTS AND RESULTSJuly 1, 2004 – January 21, 2005July 1, 2004 – January 21, 2005

PRESS EVENTS AND RESULTSPRESS EVENTS AND RESULTSJuly 1, 2004 – January 21, 2005July 1, 2004 – January 21, 2005


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PRESS RESULTS

-103 Print Stories including:

Washington Post, New York Times (3) and USA Today (3)

-55 Broadcast Stories including:

Today Show

-260 Web Stories

-Other:

- Implemented Eureka Alert, the AAAS on-line press distribution system, to further distribute Chandra press releases.

- Upgraded hardware/software to accommodate NASA TV upgrade to telestreaming.

PRESS EVENTS AND RESULTS PRESS EVENTS AND RESULTS (cont.)(cont.)July 1, 2004 – January 21, 2005July 1, 2004 – January 21, 2005

PRESS EVENTS AND RESULTS PRESS EVENTS AND RESULTS (cont.)(cont.)July 1, 2004 – January 21, 2005July 1, 2004 – January 21, 2005


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-Prepared Monthly Science Highlight for NASA HQ, MSFC

-7 Astronomy Picture of the Day, plus 16 reference links to Chandra Public Web site

-15 HEASARC Picture of the Week

-3 Space.com Image of the Day

-Monthly updates of 2-3 features to NASA Portal & Smithsonian Institution Research Portal, based on new monthly press and image releases.

-2 NASA Portal special "banners" (Daily Discovery, Week in Review) for CAS A, 3C58. 2 Smithsonian Portal special “banners” for Cas A/Fifth anniversary, MS 0735.6+7421.

-Monthly updates of 2-3 features to ViewSpace for "Celestial Update" feature (~120 sites)

CHANDRA SCIENCE RESULTS CHANDRA SCIENCE RESULTS USED in OUTREACHUSED in OUTREACH

CHANDRA SCIENCE RESULTS CHANDRA SCIENCE RESULTS USED in OUTREACHUSED in OUTREACH


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-2 Chandra Chronicle articles

-15 Chandra Digests (electronic newsletter)

-27 permissions for image, video and content use Examples: Princeton U. Press book of Chandra images (Kim Weaver), The History Channel, Discovery Channel, McGraw Hill textbook, international Atlas of the Universe (UK)

-69 Requests for Chandra materials including Challenger Center (VA), U Nebraska, Whipple Obs, Museum of Natural History (RI), physics program at The Citadel, Ft. Worth Museum of Science (TX)

-1 additional citation in PSIGate, an on-line, peer-reviewed reference site for the physcial sciences

CHANDRA SCIENCE RESULTS CHANDRA SCIENCE RESULTS USED in OUTREACH USED in OUTREACH (cont.)(cont.)

CHANDRA SCIENCE RESULTS CHANDRA SCIENCE RESULTS USED in OUTREACH USED in OUTREACH (cont.)(cont.)


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23 Teacher Enrichment and Professional Educator Development Workshops

• In collaboration with Wright Center for Science Education, 3 workshops for 58 teachers, June 23-July 2, 2004

• 2 workshops, co-sponsored with National Science Olympiad reaching 96 middle and high school teachers in Michigan (July 7) and Wisconsin (July 22)

• 6 sessions at National Science Teacher Association (NSTA) regional meeting, Indiannapolis reaching 254 teachers

• 3 sessions at NSTA regional meeting, Seattle, reaching 199 teachers

• 7 sessions at NSTA regional meeting, Richmond, reaching 190 teachers

• 1 day-long workshop at AAPT winter meeting (Albuquerque, Jan. 8) reaching 10 teachers

• 1 workshop at Wyoming Science Teacher's Association reaching 42 teachers

EDUCATION ACTIVITIESEDUCATION ACTIVITIESEDUCATION ACTIVITIESEDUCATION ACTIVITIES


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Co-Sponsor Rutgers Summer Astrophysics Institute for 30 high school students, 6 pre-service education students and 8 teachers.

• Other Education - Scientists

H. Tananbaum presented Dean Lecture on Chandra at Morrision Planetarium, (San Francisco) J. Vrtilek talked to 4th & 8th graders, Cambridge, MA

- Chandra Educator and Resource Agents

4 talks to science and planetarium groups

Jan. AAS presentations -Presented poster paper, and 4-day demo at "Gadgets and Gizmos" special session on software and activities using Chandra data in the classroom.

EDUCATION ACTIVITIES EDUCATION ACTIVITIES (cont.)(cont.)EDUCATION ACTIVITIES EDUCATION ACTIVITIES (cont.)(cont.)


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• Held in Cambridge, MA Oct. 20-22, 2004

• 5 member panel representing science, education, museum, Forum, and NASA mission and management perspectives

• 10 Proposals received and reviewed, 4 individual, 6 institutional involving 24 scientists

• One individual proposal and 5 institutional proposals selected for funding, allocating $198,684 out of $200K available

EDUCATION and PUBLIC OUTREACH EDUCATION and PUBLIC OUTREACH PEER REVIEW, Cycle 6PEER REVIEW, Cycle 6



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FUNDED PROPOSALS Individual 1. Building Interest in Science Among Middle School-Age Girls Using Big Explosions and Strong Gravity (collaboration with Girl Scout Council) Science PI: Dr. Ann Hornschemeier (JHU/GSFC)

Institutional 2. The Chandra Astrophysics Institute (classroom research for underserved gifted) Science PI: Dr. Frederick Baganoff (MIT)

3. Chandra After-School Astronomy Project (after school program for underserved minority population) Science PI: Prof. Deepto Chakrabarty (MIT)


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FUNDED PROPOSALS (cont.)

4. Does Dark Matter Really Exist? (multi-media resources for product developers) Science PI: Dr. Megan Donahue (MSU)

5. Tenth Annual Penn State In-Service Workshops Science PI: Prof. Eric Feigleson (PSU)

6. Stellar Evolution Planetarium Show at the Science Museum of Virginia Science PI: Gregory Sivakof (UVA)


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RESOURCES for OUTREACH & RESOURCES for OUTREACH & EDUCATION EDUCATION

RESOURCES for OUTREACH & RESOURCES for OUTREACH & EDUCATION EDUCATION

http://chandra.harvard.edu/edu/update.html


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