Conveners
Education and Outreach
- Nicole Michelotti (University of Michigan)
- Don Lincoln (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
Education and Outreach
- There are no conveners in this block
Colin Barras
(freelance writer)
8/7/15, 2:00 PM
Education and Outreach
Thanks 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...
April Jakubowski,
Sophia Nasr
8/7/15, 2:20 PM
Education and Outreach
Social 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...
Breese Quinn
(University of Mississippi)
8/7/15, 2:40 PM
Education and Outreach
High 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...
Ilija Vukotic
(University of Chicago)
8/7/15, 3:00 PM
Education and Outreach
ATLAS 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...
Marjorie Bardeen
(Fermilab)
8/7/15, 4:00 PM
Education and Outreach
The 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...
Kenneth Cecire
(University of Notre Dame)
8/7/15, 4:20 PM
Education and Outreach
QuarkNet 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...
Ms
Renee Leone
(Michigan State University),
Zach Constan
(National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory)
8/7/15, 4:40 PM
Education and Outreach
Science 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...
Elyse Aurbach
(University of Michigan),
Katherine Prater
(University of Michigan)
8/7/15, 5:00 PM
Education and Outreach
Science 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...
