ASU/NASA Space Grant Outreach Facilitator Rebecca Jarnagin Mentor: Meg Hufford ASU Mars Education...

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ASU/NASA Space Grant Outreach

Facilitator

Rebecca JarnaginMentor: Meg Hufford

ASU Mars Education Program

Outreach Facilitator Objectives

Served as a facilitator for Space Grant interns completing outreach hours

Supported outreach events by maintaining booths with educational resources and engaging the public

Assisted with Mars Student Imagining Project (MSIP) at ASU

Facilitator

Coordinated communication between Space Grant office and interns

Organized materials and resources to be used at outreach events or classroom visits

Outreach Events at ASU

Provided STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) based activities training for interns E.g.: Robotic Arms, Exploring Crustal Material From a

Mystery Planet, Solar System Distance Beads, Lego Kits, Soda Straw Rockets

Outreach Events School of Earth and Space Exploration Day Homecoming Block Party Mars Education Regional K-12 Workshops Sally Ride Science Festival

Outreach Materials

Lego Kits

Exploring Crustal Material From a Mystery Planet

Solar System Distance Beads

Provided by the ASU Mars Education Program

Soda Straw Rockets

Outreach Events

ASU/NASA Space Grant Trifold display

ASU Space Grant Bookmarks

ASU Space Grant Flyers

Various science materials provided by the ASU Mars Education Program

Mars Student Imaging Project

Assisted with student teams onsite to target an image of Mars

Worked with activities associated with

the program

Helped students to complete presentation at the end of the project

Significance of My Research

Engaging the underserved populations in science

Showcasing the research of the interns

Implementation of resources in the high school science classroom MSIP activities STEM based lesson

plans