Conveners
Education and Outreach
- Nicole Michelotti (University of Michigan)
- Don Lincoln (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
Education and Outreach
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Colin Barras (freelance writer)07/08/2015, 14:00Education and OutreachThanks to social media and blogging platforms, it’s never been easier for anyone to be a science news reporter. But finding an audience is tougher. In this talk I will explore how the science stories you choose to write about, and the way you choose to write about them, can improve your chances of being noticed - potentially even by a professional popular science editor who is willing to offer...Go to contribution page
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April Jakubowski, Sophia Nasr07/08/2015, 14:20Education and OutreachSocial media is a very powerful tool that can give us access to a wide audience across the globe at nearly the speed of light. The focus of this talk will be on different ways in which we can use social media to engage people of all ages and educational backgrounds in topics of science. By making complicated physical concepts easier to understand, you can expand your reach, your reader's...Go to contribution page
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Breese Quinn (University of Mississippi)07/08/2015, 14:40Education and OutreachHigh Energy Physics research in the U.S. is funded almost entirely by the federal government. Our field competes for federal dollars with colleagues as close as Nuclear Physics, and as far removed as the National Park Service or School Lunch Program. How does our budget get put together, and by whom? What do we do, specifically as a User community, to advocate for our research program to...Go to contribution page
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Ilija Vukotic (University of Chicago)07/08/2015, 15:00Education and OutreachATLAS and CMS Virtual Visits is a project initiated in 2011 for the Education and Outreach program of the two big LHC experiments at CERN. Its goal is to promote public appreciation of the LHC physics program and HEP, in general, through direct dialogue between ATLAS physicists and remote audiences. A Virtual Visit is an IP-based videoconference, coupled with a public webcast and video...Go to contribution page
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Marjorie Bardeen (Fermilab)07/08/2015, 16:00Education and OutreachThe International Particle Physics Outreach Group (IPPOG) contributes to global efforts in public outreach and science education that support particle physics. Membership includes scientists, researchers, science educators and explainers from prominent laboratories and institutions engaged in particle physics. IPPOG supports International Masterclasses in which annually about 10,000 high...Go to contribution page
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Kenneth Cecire (University of Notre Dame)07/08/2015, 16:20Education and OutreachQuarkNet has assembled a Data Portfolio, a collection of activities following best practices and based on the use of authentic data from experiments. One of the key themes of these activities is the ability of students to discover particle physics that is new to them. We will look at the Data Portfolio as a whole and zoom in on one activity, Plotting LHC Discovery.This activity enables...Go to contribution page
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Ms Renee Leone (Michigan State University), Zach Constan (National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory)07/08/2015, 16:40Education and OutreachScience Festivals are booming in the U.S. and around the world. This presentation will offer lessons learned from three USA Science and Engineering Festivals and three Michigan State University Science Festivals. Participants should expect to get tools and advice for starting and populating Festival events. Zachary Constan earned his Ph.D. in physics at Michigan State University, and now...Go to contribution page
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Elyse Aurbach (University of Michigan), Katherine Prater (University of Michigan)07/08/2015, 17:00Education and OutreachScience cafes are informal public events in which scientists and other professional researchers gather to present and/or discuss current research with members of the lay public. Science cafes are most frequently geared towards adults, but can be designed for other age ranges. During this session, RELATE Co-Founders Elyse Aurbach and Katherine Prater will describe how to start a science cafe...Go to contribution page