1. 1 Trip Through a ToolKit http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov

2. 2 Partnership

3. 3 Who is the ASP? www.astrosociety.org www.astrosociety.org Mission: Promote science literacy through astronomy education Programs for classrooms, community colleges, science museums & nature centers, families, & amateur astronomers - Founded 1889 -

4. 4 Developing a ToolKit Secure NASA Sponsors/Topics Topic Research Activity/Resource Research  Preliminary testing  Activity screening  Kit Development  Field testing Rework Final ToolKit release

5. 5 Secure NASA Sponsors

6. 6 Topic Research Sponsors’ Topic Interests

7. 7 Topic Research Sponsors’ Topic Interests NSN Members’ Topic Interests

8. 8 Topic Research Sponsors’ Topic Interests NSN Members’ Topic Interests Visitors’ Topic Interests

9. 9 Topic Research Sponsors’ Topic Interests NSN Members’ Topic Interests Visitors’ Topic Interests

10. 10 TOOLKIT TOPICS - RESEARCH RESULTS Top Topics in Surveys and Focus Groups with NASA, NSN Members, and General Public: 1. Scale models of the Solar System - size and distance 2. Where & how NASA has explored the Solar System 3. Communications lag time 4. At the telescope: observing planets

11. 11 Activity/Resource Research NASA Resources & Activities Classroom Activities Activities used by NSN members New activity development

12. 12 Activity/Resource Research NASA Resources & Activities Classroom Activities Activities used by NSN members New activity development

13. 13 Preliminary Testing (and Rework)

14. 14 Activity Screening

15. 15 Activity Screening

16. 16 Activity Screening

17. 17 Activity Screening

18. 18 Test Kit Development

19. 19 Field Testing NASA Review NSN Clubs Testing & Evaluation Visitor Evaluation

20. 20 Field Testing NSN Clubs Testing & Evaluation Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston MA Antelope Valley Astronomy Club CA Astronomical Society of Northern New England ME City Lights Astronomical Society for Students IL Eastbay Astronomical Society CA Hawaiian Astronomical Society HI Latin School & Chicago Sidewalk Astronomy Club IL Mount Diablo Astronomical Society CA North Houston Astronomy Club TX Phoenix Astronomical Society AZ San Mateo County Astronomical Society CA Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit CA Warren Rupp Observatory OH Westminster Astronomical Society MD

21. 21 Rework for Final ToolKit

22. 22 Final ToolKit Release

23. 23 Night Sky Network ToolKits Shadows & Silhouettes PlanetQuest Black Holes Our Galaxy, Our Universe Telescopes: Eyes on the Universe Exploring the Solar System

24. 24 Night Sky Network ToolKits “Adopt-a-ToolKit” Shadows & Silhouettes PlanetQuest Black Holes Our Galaxy, Our Universe Telescopes: Eyes on the Universe Exploring the Solar System

25. 25 Night Sky Network ToolKits Coming in 2008

26. 26 Night Sky Network www.astrosociety.orgwww.astrosociety.org www.nasa.govwww.nasa.gov http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov