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| Paper: |
Scientists Actively Involved in Education and Public Outreach: A Successful Experience at the MIT Center for Space Research |
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319, NASA Office of Space Science Education and Public Outreach Conference |
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365 |
| Authors: |
Porro, I.L. |
| Abstract: |
The Center for Space Research (CSR) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an interdepartmental center that supports research in space science, astronomy and engineering. The Center has been involved in several community outreach initiatives for many years and in 1999 Kathryn Flanagan, research scientist with the Chandra mission, started the CSR Education and Public Outreach Office to coordinate the outreach efforts of the Center. The local but genuine success of these programs prompted a rapid growth in the number and variety of commitments of the E/PO Office that required the development of new initiatives. Today, our main strength consists in the availability of a number of scientists whose overall expertise covers a wide range of space science themes. Our mission is to provide the interface between the CSR scientific community and the formal and informal education communities. Our goal is to offer audiences of any age the opportunity to share in the excitement of the scientific enterprise, and to augment the awareness, in particular for under-represented groups, of the science resources available to the local community. In this paper we present a sample of initiatives that show our involvement in both formal/informal education and public outreach. |
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