“Education and Public Outreach:an Overview“

Norma B. CrosbyBelgian Institute for Space Aeronomy1180 Brussels, Belgium

- Introduction to Education & Public Outreach

- CAL: Training & Public Outreach WPs

- Funding Possibilities

- Introduction to Education & Public Outreach

- CAL: Training & Public Outreach WPs

- Funding Possibilities

Courtesy of Cherilynn Morrow, Space Science Institut, USA, Boulder, CO

http://www.spacescience.org/

A picture is worth a 1000 words !

Multi-disciplinary

2.EDUCATION

3.OUTREACH

1.EMERGING MARKETS

Communication problems between providers and

users.- Scientists and Engineers speak “different

languages” and must learn to speak together.

- Emerging Markets also speak “different languages”, an example is the medical community compared to the engineering community.

- Introduction to Education & Public Outreach

- CAL: Training & Public Outreach WPs

- Funding Possibilities

EU FP5 Research Training Network (RTN) project

The CAL project is an example and inspiration of how an EU Research Training Network

project can be a unique opportunity to provide “training and outreach” learning activities.

Coupling of Atmospheric Layers (CAL) EU FP5 Research Training Network ProjectLead: Educational Outreach :

WP3 Outreach Programme• Educational services, press releases, interviews, etc.• Creation of CAL public web-site, educational web-site in three levels, etc.• Summer-School  « Sprites, Elves, and Intense Lightning Discharges ».

WP2 Training Programme• Oversee implementation (tutorials at meetings, observational campaigns, network

visits, cross-network training, etc.)

Moving abroad, international collaborations, interdisciplinary scientific work (theoretical and practical) and new cultural experiences, have all been part of the CAL project and are all examples of learning experiences that make people more open-minded, flexible and tolerant.

http://www.dsri.dk/cal

CAL young scientist is quoted here: “Hands-on scientific work forces people to communicate and solve problems as a group.”

[ Crosby N.B., “Enter the World of sprites, Jets and elves, Science Connection, December 2006, edition 14, (French and Dutch version). ]

WP2: CAL TRAINING PROGRAMME

[ Ten Young Scientists hired through the CAL project, as well as participating senior scientists. ]

Training was highly cross-disciplinary due to the nature of the network study, and covered a variety of scientific methods. Educational activities were based on the following elements:

National Ph.D. programmes Activities at CAL- and other meetings Observational campaigns A dedicated “summer-school”.

1. National Ph.D. programmes

Ten Young Scientists were hired through

the CAL project, where four of them

followed national Ph.D. programmes.

CAL Young Scientists and International Sprite Friends.

2. Activities at CAL- and other meetings

EuroSprite2005 + EuroSprite2006

2.1 Education in organisation of research programmesDocumentation needed to organise meetings and campaigns were written with the active involvement of the Young Scientists.

CAL Young Scientists activities included:

EuroSprite2006 output web page

EuroSprite2006 / Spritewatch Tutorial

Setup of 2 observational systems:Full stand alone system designed to be installed in Cuba or on Corsica based on the system used at Puy du Dôme.Software to acquire automatic sprite images from the new high-resolution cameras used on Pic du Midi was written.

Weather information links

Daily TLE reportdocumentation

Coordination of observations

EuroSprite2005Catalogue

From: "Agnes Mika" <agnes@physics.uoc.gr>To: "EuroSprite2005 mailing list" sprite2005@dsri.dk

Subject: [Sprite2005] SPRITE! :))))))))))Date: 29. juli 2005 04:06

Hi, Pic has just captured a sprite (cam0 - it's only seen in the wideangle cam)!

I'm so happy! :)))))))))))))))))

CAL

Educational

Web-site

http://www.eurosprite.net/

The CAL mid-term meeting Crete web-page: <http://cal-crete.physics.uoc.gr/>.

A web-page dedicated to global sprite references “publication list” is maintained:

<http://www.sgo.fi/~fredrik/publications/SpritesSearch.html>.

Young and Senior Scientists published scientific papers in both scientific and popular journals. The CAL publications

list was updated every two months: <http://www.dsri.dk/cal/cal-publications.pdf>.

2.2 Education in giving scientific presentations Results that are a direct result of the CAL project and based on the work of the Young Scientists were presented at meetings, for example:

-“Multiscale Nature of Spark Precursors and High Altitude Lightning” workshop in Leiden from 9-13 May 2005

- European Geosciences Union, General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2005 and 2006.

2.3 Education in conducting outreach activitiesThe young scientists contributed to the development of the CAL-related educational material mentioned in “The CAL Outreach Programme”, aimed at both schools and universities. In addition, they presented the scientific material of the CAL project in talks both in the country where they were working and in their country of origin.

CAL Young Scientists in Leicester, Jan. 2006

2.4 Cross network trainingYoung scientists that interacted on a specific aspect of the network science issues participated in cross-network training from one scientific group to another, and undertook visits for shorter periods of time.

2.5 TutorialsAt the CAL yearly meetings, tutorials were given by invited speakers specialized in topics of interest to the CAL RTN.

3. Education in Experimental Work

During the third year, the most important activity of the training programme was the EuroSprite2005 observational campaign. The success of this Campaign continued in 2006 – EuroSprite2006 observational campaign !

and 2007, 2008, forever…

Thanks to the CAL Young Scientists and the Internet !!!

Complementary Observations:

METEOInfrasound ELFVLFULF

The summer-school was organized by CAL network members and was co-sponsored by the CAL network. Eight Young Scientists of the CAL network attended the “summer-school” as part of their training.

The general themes of sprite research was classified in four categories:

I. Meteorology and intense lightning discharges needed to produce sprites, elves and blue jets

II. Optical observations of sprites, elves and blue jets

III. Electromagnetic radiation of intense lightning discharges & sprites

IV. Theory and modelling in the areas I.-III.

4. NATO ASI “Summer-School” “Sprites, Elves, and Intense Lightning DischargesUniversity of Corsica, Corte in Corsica, France, 24-31 July 2004

CORSE-MATINTuesday 27 July 2004

Activities of this work-package included:

- “popular/semi-popular” articles- press releases- interviews - educational web site http

- a public CAL web site.

"On Sprites and Their Exotic Kin" by Torsten Neubert, Science, Vol 300, 2 May 2003

(see http://www.dsri.dk/cal/science-sprites.pdf)

As part of their CAL work, all CAL Young Scientists produced educational material concerning their research for middle school and above in both English and their native language.

WP3: THE OUTREACH PROGRAMME

1.1 Write “introduction to sprites” articles, …

1.2 Press releases for upcoming sprite campaigns Announcements advertising the EuroSprite2005 sprite observational campaign and inviting people to join the event (e.g. observations that could be correlated with the sprite observations) were sent to the: Eggs – Electronic Newsletter and information service of the EGU AGU SPA Section Electronic Newsletter

1. Articles, press releases,interviews, and a public web-site

1.3 Interview a couple of the young CAL scientists The interviews were written into an article

Crosby N.B., “Entrez dans le monde des Sylphes, des Jets et des Elfes”, Science Connection, December 2006, edition 14, (French version).Crosby N.B., “Stap binnen in de wereld van sprites, jets en elves”, Science Connection, December 2006, edition 14, (Dutch version).

“La Politique scientifique fédérale vous emmène cinq fois par an à la découverte de Science Connection. Un tout nouveau magazine gratuit qui porte un regard clair et pertinent sur l'actualité scientifique, sous toutes ses facettes. Elargissons nos horizons, parce que la Science n'a pas fini de nous étonner...”

The Belgian Federal Science Policy Office.

http://www.dsri.dk/cal/index.html

1.4 Creation of CAL public web-site

2.1 PresentationsAll Young Scientists must get experience in giving presentations for the general public.

2. Presentations and educational material for the public

Peter, Fredrik and OlivierForedrag 142: Sprite - exotic lightning above the cloudsRandersgades Skole [ 12-15 years old ]

Carl-Fredrik Lesson on sprites for secondary school students from Sodankylä participating in space physics classes, Jan 20, 2005

Sprite talk for Austrian secondary school teachers visiting the Observatory, April 12, 2006

Sprite lesson for visitors from the secondary school at Keminmaa, April 21, 2006

“The hunt for sprites and other transient luminous events” - article for the general public-scientific journal Astronomy&Geophysics is in preparation (E. Arnone, A. Odzimek and N.F. Arnold)

Anna and Enrico will set up a presentation/exhibition material on the hunt for sprites at the UK National Space Centre.

Communicating European Research, 14-15 Nov. 2006, Brussels

Enrico,Olivier,Norma

2.2 Educational material for schools/universitiesAs part of their CAL work all Young Scientists produced educational material concerning their research for middle school levels and above in both English and in their native language:

Advances in Geosciences (ADGEO) special issue:

“Solar, Heliospheric and External Geophysical Effects on Earth’s

Environment: Scientific and Educational Initiatives”

Editors: Norma B. Crosby and Michael Rycroft

Peter Berg Presentation on sprites and his work for students, whose education spanned over many different Earth system fields [ PhD-course ERCA in Jan. 2005, Grenoble, France ]. Presentation on sprites for Danish Earth system students of different university educational level. [ At master/PhD-course in July 2005, Bornö, Sweden ].

OlivierChanrion

TorstenNeubert

NormaCrosby

- Introduction to Education & Public Outreach

- CAL: Training & Public Outreach WPs

- Funding Possibilities

My own INTAS Involvement

INTAS Network Project“Key Parameters of Space Weather”

2000-0752(4 INTAS and 14 NIS teams)

Co-ordinator of Network :

• Administration (reports, meetings, etc.)

• Creation of web-page• Summer-school.

Currently, INTAS supervisor for a PhD student from Moscow.

• Participating in outreach activities organized by the host institute allows the young scientist to communicate his/her field of expertise and at the same time meet the local community.

http://www.oma.be/INTAS/index.html

Project websites are very useful ! They provide information for

the scientific community as well as for the general public. A « member access » part

of the website facilitates the organizational issues of the project.

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html

http://www.istc.ru/

International Science and Technology Center (ISTC)

“Education and Public Outreach:an Overview“

Norma B. CrosbyBelgian Institute for Space Aeronomy1180 Brussels, Belgium

- Introduction to Education & Public Outreach

- CAL: Training & Public Outreach WPs

- Funding Possibilities