Connect with Lunar Science Delia L. Santiago at Communicating Astronomy to the Public Tuesday, 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 experiences Personal and vibrant content exchange Citizen Science An 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 commonplace Bring scientists down to Earth Develop community Share 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
NLSI 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 literature 3)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 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 Outreach The Entire Moon Zoo Team!
Be bold… The sky’s not the limit!