ED048
Show me the Data: Making Data from NSF Large Facilities and Research Programs Accessible, Usable and Interesting for Education and Public Audiences

Session ID#: 80822

Session Description:
The NSF-sponsored Large Facilities, science and technology centers and research programs all produce, collect, distribute and/or process massive quantities of scientific data for use by their scientific communities. Simultaneously there is a great need for the public to better understand how to use and interpret real data and for educators and students to learn how to use it. Raw data in obscure databases can rarely be well-understood by those outside of their individual fields. How are NSF facilities and centers currently working to make data understandable and valuable for non-technical audiences? What successes and challenges have they had? How can techniques and strategies be shared and amplified across facilities to improve efficiency for all? This session invites abstracts sharing examples and tools for data use to engage the public and educators across many disciplines.
Index Terms:

0805 Elementary and secondary education [EDUCATION]
0810 Post-secondary education [EDUCATION]
0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0845 Instructional tools [EDUCATION]

Primary Convener:  J John Taber, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology - IRIS, Education and Public Outreach, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Sharon K Cooper, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, Donna J Charlevoix, UNAVCO, Inc. Boulder, Education and Community Engagement, Boulder, CO, United States and Rebecca Haacker, NCAR, Education & Outreach, ASP, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  J John Taber, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology - IRIS, Education and Public Outreach, Washington, DC, United States
 
Making Research Data Visible to Educators: Dissemination through SERC (503107)
Sean Fox1, Cathryn Allen Manduca2, Cailin Huyck Orr1 and Ellen A R Iverson2, (1)Carleton College, Northfield, MN, United States, (2)Carleton College, SERC, Northfield, MN, United States
 
Discovering NSF Facility Data with GeoMapApp (503395)
Andrew M Goodwillie, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observ, Palisades, NY, United States and The GeoMapApp Team
 
Teen Astronomy Cafes: Making Data from an NSF Large Facility Accessible, Usable and Interesting for Education and Public Audiences (573175)
Constance E Walker, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, AZ, United States, Elliot Kisiel, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States and Andres Jaramillo, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States
 
Using IODP Data to Enhance K-12, Undergraduate and Informal Science Education (584513)
Sharon K Cooper, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, Laurel B Childress, Texas A&M University, International Ocean Discovery Program, College Station, TX, United States, Stephen F Pekar, Queens College, Flushing, NY, United States, Jonathan C Lewis, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Main Campus, Geoscience, Indiana, PA, United States and Leslie Sautter, College of Charleston, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Charleston, SC, United States
 
Opening Access to Results of the National Geoscience Faculty Survey (588560)
Anne E Egger1, Karen M Viskupic2, Ellen A R Iverson3 and Cathryn Allen Manduca3, (1)Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA, United States, (2)Boise State University, Boise, ID, United States, (3)Carleton College, SERC, Northfield, MN, United States
 
Applications and Evaluation of the IRIS Earthquake Browser, a web-based tool that enables multi-dimensional earthquake visualization (590248)
Danielle F Sumy1, Russ Welti1 and Michael Hubenthal2, (1)Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)IRIS Consortium, Washington, DC, United States
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