NVO education and outreach activities, like the NVO data resources themselves, are distributed
across many organizations. The NVO creates partnerships with robust education and outreach
programs to ensure that students, educators, and the public have access to high-quality
astronomy data within their existing structures.
The following list describes the NVO's partner programs and their audiences, and provides links to
those resources. Our partnerships grow, so check back for new developments in the growing use
of NVO data.
If you are an education program developer interested in accessing and using NVO data through a
partnership with the NVO EPO group,
contact us, and we'll help you get started.
Name
| Level
| Description
|
Project LITE |
Astro 101 (college) |
With Project LITE (Light Inquiry Through Experiments), students learn about
spectra through interactive online experiments. As they conduct these experiments, students
use spectra from real stars and galaxies. |
Project CLEA |
High school to Astro 101 |
With Project CLEA (Contemporary Laboratory Experiences in Astronomy), students
explore real astronomical data in a simulated observatory environment. |
The Collaboratory |
K-12 and College |
The Collaboratory is a space and a set of online tools for remote collaboration between people.
Students can interact with mentors, and create and publish documents. Teachers can create and schedule lesson
plans for their students, and can use online cybraries and media repositories to organize information. |
Adler Planetarium |
General Public |
The Adler Planetarium in Chicago is the first planetarium built in the western hemisphere. The
planetarium features several exhibits including CyberSpace, an interactive computer lab presentation that will
soon feature data provided by the NVO. |
ManyOne |
General Public |
ManyOne is an ambitious new Internet portal that will offer interactive access to
the local universe, powered by the NVO. |
SegNVO |
EPO Developers |
SegNVO (The Science Education Gateway for the NVO) is an effort by NVO scientists at
the University of California at Berkeley to study how various user communities will benefit from
the access to astronomy data that the NVO provides. So far, the program has interviewed hundreds of
visual artists and educators. |
Helix Nebula image courtesy of the Office of Public
Outreach at the Space Telescope Science Institute
