Chile-US Astronomy Education Outreach Summit

智利-美国天文学教育推广峰会

• 批准号: 1536212
• 负责人: Timothy Spuck
• 金额: $ 1.02万
• 依托单位: Associated Universities, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-05-15 至 2016-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1536212&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Chile; US; Astronomy; Education; Outreach

The U.S. has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in astronomy infrastructure in Chile, and continues to invest tens of millions of dollars more each year to operate federal telescopes. One avenue that can foster strong relationships between the U.S.-funded observatories and local Chilean communities is an extensive public outreach effort. This award will support the Principal Investigator to organize and lead a Chile-U.S. Astronomy Education Outreach Summit as the next step to strengthening that partnership. The conference attendees will share best practices in astronomy education and outreach, with almost all of the major U.S.-funded observatories based in Chile taking part. In addition, personnel from Chilean educational and funding institutions will attend. The workshop will produce a 'roadmap' that describes the state of the art in astronomy education and public outreach, while at the same time identifying future needs. This roadmap will be used by the major U.S. astronomical facilities to guide their strategic planning. The resulting education and outreach activities will also be transferable to both the US and Chilean educational communities.This award is co-funded by the NSF Office of International Science and Engineering.

美国已经在智利的天文基础设施上投资了数亿美元，并继续每年再投资数千万美元来运营联邦望远镜。能够在美国资助的天文台和智利当地社区之间建立牢固关系的一个途径是广泛的公共宣传努力。该奖项将支持首席研究人员组织和领导智利-美国天文教育外展峰会，作为加强这一伙伴关系的下一步。会议与会者将分享天文学教育和推广方面的最佳实践，几乎所有美国资助的智利主要天文台都参加了会议。此外，智利教育和资助机构的人员将出席。研讨会将制定一份“路线图”，描述天文学教育和公众宣传方面的最新水平，同时确定未来的需求。这一路线图将被美国主要的天文设施用来指导他们的战略规划。由此产生的教育和外展活动也将转移到美国和智利的教育界。该奖项由美国国家科学基金会国际科学和工程办公室共同资助。