Education Conference, Workshop, and Convention Abstracts by K. S. Edgett

Updated: 8 August 2009

Abstracts Listed Chronologically.

• We have arrived!!! Arizona’s Red Planet Connection
  K. Edgett J. Roberts, A. Kingsbury, and P. Christensen
  (1997) Arizona Science Teachers Association Annual Convention (Mesa, Arizona, 9–10 October 1997).
  (PDF)

• Low-cost space science education outreach initiated by a university research team: Example from Mars Global Surveyor TES Project
  K. S. Edgett
  (1997) Seventh United Nations and European Space Agency Workshop on Basic Space Science: Small Astronomical Telescopes and Satellites in Education and Research (Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 16–20 June 1997), p. 22..
  (PDF)

• K–12 and public outreach for NASA flight projects: Five years (1992-1997) of the Arizona Mars K-12 Education Program
  K. S. Edgett P. R. Christensen, P. A. Dieck, A. R. Kingsbury, S. D. Kulhman, J. L. Roberts, D. A. Wakefield, J. W. Rice Jr., and J. Dodds
  (1997) Abstract 1124, Lunar and Planetary Science XXVIII, 323–324, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas.
  (PDF)

• Exploring Mars from the K-12 Classroom: New NASA missions begin this month!
  K. S. Edgett
  (1996) Washington Science Teachers Association Convention (Port Angeles, Washington, 1–2 November 1996).
  (PDF)

• Return to the Red Planet begins next month!
  K. S. Edgett
  (1996) National Science Teachers Association Area Convention (Phoenix, Arizona, 17–19 October 1996).
  (PDF)

• Mars Mini-Mag Motivates Minds!
  P. A. Dieck and K. S. Edgett
  (1996) National Science Teachers Association Area Convention (Phoenix, Arizona, 17–19 October 1996).
  (PDF)

• K-12 Education opportunities: U.S. Return to Mars in 1996–1997
  K. S. Edgett
  (1996) National Science Teachers Association National Convention (St. Louis, Missouri, 28–31 March 1996).
  (PDF)

• Education outreach events in Spokane, Washington during the week of the Mars Pathfinder workshop
  H. H. Cassidy and K. S. Edgett
  (1995) In Mars Pathfinder Landing Site Workshop II: Characteristics of the Ares Vallis Region, M. Golombek, K. Edgett and J. Rice, eds., Lunar and Planetary Institute Technical Report 95-01 (Part 2), p. 19–20, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas.
  (PDF of entire Part 2 volume)

• Red Planet: Exploring Mars from the classroom, 1996 - 2006
  K. S. Edgett
  (1995) National Science Teachers Association Area Convention (Salt Lake City, Utah, 19–21 October 1995).
  (PDF)

• To the Red Planet in ’96 and ’98: Arizona Mars Science Education
  K. S. Edgett
  (1995) Arizona Science Teachers Association Convention (Mesa, Arizona, 5–6 October 1995).
  (PDF)

• The Arizona Mars K-12 Education Program: Outreach for Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Pathfinder, and other missions
  K. S. Edgett, P. R. Christensen, D. A. Wakefield, and B. M. Rigberg
  (1995) Lunar and Planetary Science XXVI, 359–360, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas.
  (PDF)

• K-12 Teacher Workshops in planetary science: Some lessons learned
  K. S. Edgett
  (1995) Lunar and Planetary Science XXVI, 351–352, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas.
  (PDF)

• Arizona and Mars: Local approach to global perspectives
  K. S. Edgett
  (1994) Arizona Science Teachers Association Convention (Mesa, Arizona, 6–7 October 1994).
  (PDF)

• The world at Arizona’s fingertips: MOSAIC, Internet, and K–12 science activities found planetwide on the Information Superhighway
  K. S. Edgett, D. L. Anderson, and P. R. Christensen
  (1994) Arizona Science Teachers Association Convention (Mesa, Arizona, 6–7 October 1994).
  (PDF)

• Mission to Mars - Planetary exploration
  K. S. Edgett
  (1994) National Science Teachers Association Annual Convention (Anaheim, California, 30 March – 2 April 1994).

• Suggestions for interaction between scientists, K-12 students and educators: Mars education program in Arizona
  K. S. Edgett, P. R. Christensen, and S. Schmidt
  (1994) Lunar and Planetary Science XXV, 343–344, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas.
  (PDF)

• Exploring the geology of Earth, Mars, and other Solar System bodies: Exercises for understanding thermal infrared remote sensing using real data
  K. S. Edgett, P. R. Christensen, D. Harbster, and A. Occhiuzzi
  (1993)Arizona Science Teachers Association Convention (October 7– 8, 1993).
  (PDF)

• The Mars Observer Thermal Emission Spectrometer Project: A graduate student’s observations on starting a science educational outreach (K - 12) in a local context
  K. S. Edgett
  (1993) Science Theatre Student Outreach Conference, Michigan State University (July 30 – August 1, 1993).
  (PDF)