1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. HEA Support HEA website populated, including upcoming
Weekly HEA Updates
HEA website populated,
including upcoming
teacher professional
development opportunities