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Connect with Lunar Science Delia L. Santiago at Communicating Astronomy to the Public Tuesday, March 16, 2010 Your Moon:
Connect with Lunar Science
Delia L. Santiago
at Communicating Astronomy to the PublicTuesday, March 16, 2010
Your Moon:
I work here
My mind lives here
A Vision for Lunar Science:When curiosity & context overlap
Natural Curiosity/Awe Natural Curiosity/Awe
Search for Meaning/Scientific Method
Search for Meaning/Scientific Method
Engagement
in
Science
What engages someone? AWE.
Awe is strongly related to viralty.
“What New York Times articles were forwarded the most?”
Awe
Outline
Our Moon: The NASA Lunar Science Institute
Rich student experiencesPersonal and vibrant content
exchangeCitizen ScienceAn invitation to YOU
What is NLSI?
The NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) is…
A virtual institute: Highly integrated teams connected through advanced communications tools
7 funded US teams, 5 international partners
All things lunar, geared towards the needs of our space program
The NASA Lunar Science Institute
Student Programs
Website developed by high school students to engage the public in lunar science
NLSI Summer Internship programs
Social & Multi Media: Connect
Make science commonplaceBring scientists down to EarthDevelop communityShare perspectives
Engage
Knowledge is developed from people, and people are HUMAN(mostly)
The general public and scientists are all “people”
Social Media
Multimedia
• As it Happened vodcasts
• NLSI podcast series in development
• Informal video clips
• Content distribution central and distributed
• NLSI Virtual Seminar Series
NLSI is a collaborator with the Citizen Science Alliance, from the makers of Galaxy Zoo, which has had hundreds of thousands of participants online.
The next step:
Citizen Science
Citizen ScienceNLSI is a partner in the Moon Zoo project, set
to launch very soon. NLSI involvement:• Science Team expertise and advising• Educational & Outreach Efforts• Closed Beta test NOW (ask me!)
Citizen Science Principles
1) can only be done via human crowd sourcing
2) will contribute to scientific literature3) doable by all (with computer, no
fancy equipment required)
Galaxy Zoo: Participation Motivation
Astronomy
Contribute
Vastness
Public Engagement in Lunar Science
How is it YOUR Moon?
Who gazes through the telescope? YOU.
Who talks with NASA?YOU
Who analyzes data? YOU.
International– Strong EPO We invite collaborators!
Collaboration: We want to share resources, have
broader dissemination of resources
If any of the projects here interest you, let us know!
Stay connected @NLSI on Twitter
An Invitation to collaborate
Thanks: NLSI Team of Communicators
NLSI Team Leads for Education/ Public Outreach (EPO)
Stephanie Shipp
Lora Bleacher
Kerri Beisser
Douglas Duncan
Emily CoBabe-Ammann
Cassandra Runyon
Marianne Mader
Mahesh Anand
Doris Daou, NLSI Director of Communications and [email protected]
The Entire Moon Zoo Team!
