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Discover the Universe – From Galileo to Today |
Presenters
Lindsay Bartolone
Lindsay Bartolone has 8 years experience in science education and leading professional
development programs for teachers. As a Master Educator at Adler Planetarium & Astronomy
Museum in Chicago, IL, Bartolone has co-written five interdisciplinary curriculum
guides and developed and implemented sustained professional development programs
for teachers. L. Bartolone currently serves as Education and Public Outreach Lead
for NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) Mission. She oversees a group of
national partners who will develop in collaboration with Adler Planetarium a planetarium
show, a space science curriculum, a website, a professional development program
and products relating to the mission. She is also the E/PO Coordinator for NASA’s
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe. She enjoys working with other Astrophysics
Forum missions on collaborative projects such as professional development workshops
and DVDs. Bartolone Co-Chaired the 2007 Astronomical Society of the Pacific Education
and Public Outreach conference. She has received an A.B. degree in Astrophysics
with a certificate in Teacher Preparation from Princeton University and a Masters
of Science in Science Education from Montana State University.
Mary Dussault
Mary E. Dussault, is currently a senior science education specialist at the Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics (CfA), where she is a project manager for the NASA-Smithsonian
Universe Education Forum. She brings extensive experience in the design of inquiry-based
science learning experiences for both museum and K-12 education environments, and
for professional development programs for educators. Ms. Dussault's recent projects
at the CfA have included the Beyond the Solar System Professional Development Project
(NASA/SAO 2006), which produced a DVD full of research-based science content and
pedagogical resources for teachers, in partnership with the producers of A Private
Universe. She is currently working on a national traveling exhibition on Black Holes,
and initiatives to integrate current space science content with authentic, student-driven
online-telescope investigations. Before joining the Smithsonian, Ms. Dussault worked
for seventeen years at Boston's Museum of Science, where she directed projects in
both the Exhibition and Educational Programs divisions. She is a graduate of Wellesley
College in astronomy, and holds a Masters Degree in History of Science from Harvard
University. In 2006, Ms. Dussault received the Smithsonian Institution's Education
Achievement Award.
Dr. Simon Steel
Dr. Simon Steel is an astronomer and education specialist at the Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics. He holds graduate degrees in education, physics and astrophysics,
and has taught at middle and high school as well as at college level. Dr. Steel
has been involved in the development of a broad range of space science education
programs and materials for formal and informal education, including museum exhibits,
online robotic telescopes and learning resources for special needs audiences.
Dr. Frank Summers
Dr. Frank Summers is an astrophysicist working in the Office of Public Outreach
at the Space Telescope Science Institute. His expertise spans a diverse range from
research cosmology and high performance computing to scientific visualization and
general astronomy outreach. At Space Telescope, he contributes to all aspects of
outreach through news media, web sites, educational programs, museums and planetariums.
His specialty is creating accurate and aesthetic scientific visualizations by combining
research computer simulations and Hollywood rendering techniques. He contributed
to the Academy Award nominated IMAX film "Cosmic Voyage", and directed an IMAX short
film, “Hubble: Galaxies Across Space and Time”. He lectures widely, consults on
books and documentaries, and has created a 24 lecture course on our new views of
the solar system for the Teaching Company. Previously, Dr. Summers was the lead
astronomer developing the exhibits for the year 2000 rebirth of the Hayden Planetarium
in New York City.
Dr. Denise Smith
Dr. Denise Smith is an astronomer working in the Office of Public Outreach at the Space Telescope Science Institute. She currently directs NASA’s Origins Education Forum, an association of education and public outreach professionals working together to bring the science of NASA’s astrophysics missions to the public. Dr. Smith is also the principal investigator for “Visions of the Universe: Four Centuries of Discovery”, a traveling exhibit for libraries that celebrates the International Year of Astronomy 2009. She brings a decade of experience in education and public outreach, with contributions to a wide range of materials and professional development experiences for educators in formal and informal science education settings. Dr. Smith received her Ph.D. in astronomy from Cornell University, and held postdoctoral research appointments at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the Space Telescope Science Institute prior to assuming a position in education and public outreach. Her scientific research has focused on rapid episodes of star birth in galaxies, as observed across the electromagnetic spectrum.
For more information contact symposia@nsta.org
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