Conducted 24 workshops nationwide, reaching 307 teachers Heliophysics Educator Ambassadors 30 HEA Alaska, June 2009) Conducted 24 workshops nationwide, reaching 307 teachers Reaching 47,033 students + 2,063 additional teachers 1

HEA Workshop Locations North Buncombe High School, Weaverville, NC Portsmouth, VA Public Schools Michigan Earth Science Teachers Association Alaska Math and Science Conference, Juneau, AK Metro Detroit Science Teachers Association Conference Tucson Physics Teachers Conference for the Advancement of Science Teachers sponsored by STAT— Science Teacher Association of Texas. Attendees from TX, Louisiana, Arkansas and NM Western Branch Middle School in Chesapeake, VA NC Science Teachers Professional Development Institute, Greensboro, NC Rice University, Texas On-line presentation Space Center Houston's 16th Annual Space Exploration Educators Conference GA Science Teachers Association Conference Michigan Science Teachers Association Puerto Rico KATS Kamp--State Science Teachers' Conference in Junction City, KS Cupeyville School, Puerto Rico Blair Middle School, Norfolk, VA American Association of Physics Teachers, 2010 2

HEA/GEONs Teacher Honored “He has worked with NASA, the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, and other organizations, to bring real-world scientific research into the classroom.” 3

American Association of Physics Teachers HEA Teacher Presentations American Association of Physics Teachers Presentations included: Terry Parent, Carson Middle School, “Integration of THEMIS and SSS (GEMS) into the middle school magnetism curriculum” Jim Bean, Carson High School, “Sharing and using THEMIS data with the GEONS program.” Highlights: a.) Interactions with research physicists, college professors, graduate students, undergraduate students, international students, and high school teachers. b.) Professors and teachers underscored importance of students getting hands-on experience collecting and analyzing real-time data c.) Physics professors and high school teachers liked how GEONS provided another way of understanding magnetic fields and supplemented course materials Blue dots show the locations of the 10 magnetormeters located in schools. Red dots show the locations of ground-based observatories which have all-sky cameras and magnetometers. 4

HEA Teacher Presentations Participants created a 3D Magnetosphere for use in the class room.

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