UMSL Fifth Grade Astronomy Outreach Program

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UMSL Fifth Grade Astronomy Outreach Program

David Peaslee Michelle Brockschmidt Program Advisor: Dr. Bruce Wilking Presented by: David Peaslee Michelle Brockschmidt Program Advisor: Dr. Bruce Wilking

Program Background The program has been offered in the spring to fifth grade classes in the St. Louis area since 1992. The program is designed to enhance the curriculum requirements of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Thanks to the Missouri Space Grant, there is no charge to the participating elementary schools for the Program.

Program Design The Program is designed for three sizes of groups: For groups of less than 40 students the whole Program takes place in the planetarium (about two hours). There is no need for an assistant.

Program Design For groups between 40 and 80 students the Program is divided into two sections. One group spends an hour in the planetarium while the other learns from activities provided by the assistant.

Program Design For the largest groups (over 80 students) a third room is provided to the teachers for an activity of their choosing. The length for this size group is three hours.

Activities Planetarium: The planetarium seats 36 students and features a Spitz A4 Star Projector which projects the motion of 1,354 individual stars, the five visible planets, the moon (with its phases), and the sun. The slide show presents information on the planets, constellations, nebulae, solar flares, a globular cluster, the Hubble, and 3-D pictures from the Mars Pathfinder Mission.

Activities Classroom Activities: The demonstrations include the making of a realistic replica of a comet Nucleus. Experiments using dry ice (CO2) and liquid nitrogen demonstrate to the students properties of gasses, liquids and solids in the solar system as well as on the earth’s surface.

Activities The third group plays solar System Bingo or performs an activity provided by the fifth grade teachers. Some past activities include science videos, and construction of paper airplanes.

├──┼──┼──┼──┼──┼──┼──┼──┼──┼──┤ Program Evaluation The program is evaluated using feedback from the teachers in the form of a mail in survey. Sample questions: The Program was understandable to the students: ├──┼──┼──┼──┼──┼──┼──┼──┼──┼──┤ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Generally not understandable Understandable to all students The style of presentation was suitable for the class: Style too formal Style appropriate Style too informal

Program Evaluation The survey consists of 13 questions valued from 0 to 10. The questions measured aspects of the Program such as content, subjects, methods, style, and interest. The survey collects demographic information on the students and the teachers.

Program Evaluation Demographics (as of May 15th 2006): All AfricanAmer. Cauc-asian His-panic Native Amer. Pacific Is. Other No. of students Total 294 71 185 9 7 25 Male 159 37 100 6 3 15 Female 135 34 85 4 10 Teachers 19 16

Program Coordination The invitations are sent during the Fall semester. Invitations are sent to past attendees first. Scheduling takes place throughout the year but the majority happens in the early winter. The material that is covered in the Program can be school specific.

Summary The Program is offered free of charge to participating schools, thanks to the NASA – MO Space Grant. Over the span of its implementation at least 5,000 fifth grade students have attended the UMSL Planetarium Program. The Program is designed to present a broad range of information, and to encourage interest for aerospace sciences and engineering at a young age.

Acknowledgements We thank the Missouri Space Grant Consortium for supporting this program through the 2005 Affiliate’s Award Competition. Dr. Bruce Wilking Richard Schuler Alice Canavan Wayne Garver