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THIS PROPOSAL WILL FUND EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROJECTS IN SUPPORT OF THE LAUNCH AND EARLY DATA ANALYSIS PHASE OF THE MAGNETOSPHERIC MULTISCALE MISSION (MMS). SPECIFICALLY IT WILL FUND FOR TWO PROFESSIONALS TO CAPTURE FULLDOME VIDEO OF THE MMS LAUNCH SUITABLE FOR LARGE DIGITAL PLANETARIUM THEATERS. THIS FOOTAGE COMBINED WITH OTHER ANIMATIONS AND SIMULATION FROM THE GSFC VISUALIZATION STUDIO AND VARIOUS OF THE MMS TEAM MEMBERS WILL BE USED TO CREATE A FULLDOME VIDEO ON MAGNETISM AND THE SCIENCE OF MMS. HOME RUN PICTURES WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MERGING THE VARIOUS PIECES AND TO CREATE AN ADDITIONAL 6 MINUTES OF CGI TO TEACH ABOUT MAGNETIC FIELDS AND MMS. THE FUNDS WILL ALSO BE USED TO FUND TWO OR MORE TEACHERS IN THE MASTER OF SCIENCE TEACHING PROGRAM TO CREATE AN EDUCATIONAL MODULE TO BE USED WITH THIS VIDEO ALIGNED WITH NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS AND TO SHOW THE MODULE AND A WORKSHOP AT A REGIONAL OR NATIONAL TEACHER MEETING. IT WILL ALSO SUPPORT DR. REIFF'S PARTICIPATION AS LEAD FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS ON MMS AT ONE NATIONAL TEACHER MEETING AND TO ATTEND TWO MMS SCIENCE TEAM MEETINGS. IT WILL ALLOW A PROGRAMMER TO KEEP UPDATED THE POPULAR "SPACE WEATHER" SOFTWARE TO KEEP UPDATED THE MMS EDUCATION WEB PAGES AND TO KEEP SCHEDULES AND LOG METRICS.

$265,000FY2015National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA

William Marsh Rice University, Houston TX

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