Hawai’i Center for Advancing

$ystemic Heliophysics Education

(HI CA$HEd)

Elena Moise Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai’i, USA

22 septembrie 2010, Bucuresti

Who Are We?

A bunch of scientiests, physics teachers, post docs and graduate students eager to share their knowledge and experience

Some people in our group are the first ones from their families to get a university degree

Different personalities

We are familiar with the education systems in Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Romania, UK, US, Yemen

Who Are We?

NoeFrance

KatieUS

MaryUS

NadaYemen Carla

Belgium

CooperUS

IliaBulgaria

ElenaRomania

GabrielRomania

Hawai’i Center for Advancing $ystemic Heliophysics

Education

HI CA$HEd operates under the umbrella of the Center for Computational Heliophysics in Hawai’i (C2H2) at the Institute for Astronomy

Our goal is to educate students, teachers, and the general public of Hawai’i about: the Sun, interplanetary space, and most of the rest of the

Universe are made up of plasma, and how this plasma interacts with, and how it is coupled to, electro-magnetic forces

the variability of the Sun in every wavelength, and the manner by which that variability manifests itself in the solar magnetic field, bulk plasma flow (the solar wind), and energetic particles

the harsh conditions in the space environment, which may pose significant risks for the journey of exploration.

Target group is middle and high school teachers and their students, especially females, Native Hawai’ians and those at-risk.

Education Outreach

Master Teachers At least two per island

A 3-5 day retreat every year Curriculum development: develop activities and pilot them in schools

Lab materials

Scientists

Master TeachersTeachers & Students

Education Outreach

Workshops for teachers and students At least one per year on each island

Workshops at national level American Association of Physics Teachers Ali’I http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/UHNAI/new-epo.htm

Project mentoring Hawai’i Student/Teacher Astronomy Research (HI STAR)

participants http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/UHNAI/new-epo.htm

Faulkes Telescope Individual students

Adopt a school One middle school and one high school Schools in low-income areas

Workshop in the Pacific Islands (Federated State of Micronesia)

Public Outreach

Public lectures held in conjunction with the workshops. We believe that everyone should be exposed to heliophysics and its significance to their lives and use public and school libraries as venues to do this.

Heliophysics exhibits and activities are shared at annual events such as IfA’s Open House on Oahu, AstroDay in Hilo (Big Island), and Maui-IfA’s Open House.

Facebook account called

"Hawaii Heliophysics".

Public Outreach

Expanding the outreach section of the current research website of C2H2, http://c2h2.ifa.hawaii.edu

Click here

What Is Unique about HI CA$HEd?

Our research group, C2H2, spans a wide range of research starting from the solar photosphere all the way to the edge of the heliosphere, the heliopause.

C2H2 combines numerical modeling with observational data analysis.

Master Teachers represent the bridge between the scientists and the teachers & students.

Hawai’i is a special place for the observational astronomy: Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST) will be built on

Haleakala, Maui island

Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) will be built on Mauna Kea, Big Island

Mahalo = Thank you!

HI CA$HEd project is funded by NASA

Faulkes Telecope

Telescop privat - cel mai mare telescop destinat educatiei

Beatrice Watson Parrent Postdoctoral Fellowship

http://members.aas.org/JobReg/JobDetailPage.cfm?JobID=26699