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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi Randy—<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Great ideas!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I think you have added some very relevant topics to flesh out what we can share with the public. One other topic I’d like to see called out is “sun safety”—how
to view a solar eclipse safely and broader topic of UV exposure and skin/eye safety. I have found people are always interested in the personal connections and science and it is very easy to make the sun personal through connections to their very own health.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">ruth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> emp2012-bounces@mailman.ucar.edu [mailto:emp2012-bounces@mailman.ucar.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Randy Russell<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 06, 2013 9:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Eclipse Megamovie Project, Australia 2012<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [EMP2012] EMP telecon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi Laura,<br>
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I added some thoughts and some specifics about our goal 1 to the document on Wiggio. They are, of course, merely suggestions.<br>
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Here's what I inserted (just in case; Wiggio was behaving strangely, and I'm not certain whether my edits were saved or not):<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="zw-portion">Our goal is to take advantage of "<b>teachable moments</b>" to educate the public about the science related to </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="zw-portion">eclipses and the Sun. "Teachable moments" are times when the public is already aware of, interested in, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="zw-portion">and curious about natural phenomena which are in the news... events such as hurricanes, the aurora, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="zw-portion">tsunamis, and the one that's relevant to this project... <b>eclipses</b>. </span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="zw-portion">We will anticipate the sorts of questions that naturally arise as people view an eclipse, and be prepared to </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="zw-portion">help them understand the science behind the answers to their questions. Our preparation should include </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="zw-portion">development of materials and educational activities prior to eclipses to share with the public, teachers, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="zw-portion">and students before, during, and after eclipse events.</span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="zw-portion">We will also identify scientific topics which are broadly considered important in science education and </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="zw-portion">which are also relevant to eclipses. We will help people learn about these topics during eclipse "teachable </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="zw-portion">moments". Some of these topics are not necessarily ones that the public, teachers, or students will think </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="zw-portion">to ask about or to connect to eclipses. However, by helping people learn about these topics and their </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="zw-portion">relevance to eclipses, we will enhance their experience of eclipses by enabling them to view the events </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="zw-portion">with a more "discerning eye'.</span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="zw-portion">Important science education topics that are relevant to eclipses include [I've inserted relevant </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="zw-portion">Disciplinary Core Ideas from the Next Generation Science Standards in brackets after some of these </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="eop">Talk to you soon,</span><br>
<span class="eop">Randy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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