ED005-03
Increasing STEM Participation in Zambia through Space Science

Monday, 7 December 2020: 05:45
Virtual
Chigomezyo Mudala Ngwira1, Patrick Sibanda2, Prospery Simpemba3, Fred Joe Nambala4, Nchimunya Mwiinga4 and Reccab Manyala4, (1)Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates, LLC, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Nkurumah University, Science, Kabwe, Zambia, (3)Copperbelt University, Physics, Kitwe, Zambia, (4)University of Zambia, Physics, Lusaka, Zambia
Recorded Presentation
Abstract:
We report on the activities carried out in Zambia as part of the AGU 100 Celebrations under the theme “Increasing STEM Participation in Zambia, Africa: Earth and Space Science Outreach”. With AGU 100 Grant funding in 2019, STEM education and outreach activities were performed at three different universities in Zambia and three Stanford SOLAR Centre Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance (SID) monitors were delivered and installed. SID monitors are inexpensive space weather instruments that can detect changes to the Earth’s ionosphere driven by solar flares and other ionospheric disturbances. In this paper, we discuss an overview of the project, the outreach work done in Zambia, and finally present the first set of observations from the instruments and how this will benefit local students and scientists.
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