NSF Org:	DRL Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL)
Recipient:	SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE
Initial Amendment Date:	August 23, 2007
Latest Amendment Date:	May 27, 2010
Award Number:	0731703
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Alphonse Desena DRL  Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL) EDU  Directorate for STEM Education
Start Date:	October 1, 2007
End Date:	March 31, 2011 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$0.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$75,000.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2007 = $75,000.00
History of Investigator:	James Harold (Principal Investigator) harold@spacescience.org Alan Harris (Co-Principal Investigator) Alan Harris (Former Principal Investigator) James Harold (Former Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE 4765 WALNUT ST STE B BOULDER CO  US  80301-2575 (720)974-5888
Sponsor Congressional District:	02
Primary Place of Performance:	SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE 4765 WALNUT ST STE B BOULDER CO  US  80301-2575
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	02
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	KCBXMSFGQGY3
Parent UEI:	KCBXMSFGQGY3
NSF Program(s):	AISL
Primary Program Source:	app-0407
Program Reference Code(s):	9177, SMET
Program Element Code(s):	725900
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.076

ABSTRACT

This Communicating Research to Public Audiences proposal is based on current NSF-funded research, AST 0607505, "Asteroid Satellites and Spins." Finding NEO (near-Earth Objects) proposes an 18-month-long project to develop on-line and museum traveling exhibit-module deliverables that provide users with both video vignettes of amateur astronomers engaged in NEO asteroid studies and at least three interactive game-like experiences on the science content and processes, specifically the analysis of "lightcurves," i.e., changes in light reflectivity off of spinning asteroids. The staff of the Space Science Institute will create these products in partnership with four small science museums around the country (2 in CO, NY, WI). The on-line material will be user-accessed via current astronomy web sites that already are popular, for example, www.spaceweathercenter.org. The videos and software will be made freely available for download. All materials will be both in English and Spanish.

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