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NASA EDUCATION PROGRAM

• 2003ExcellenceSet.ppt

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NASA EDUCATION EVALUATION FY 2003 DIRECT
PARTICIPANTS BY CATEGORY
Direct Anonymous General Public
Electronic Participants Education
Audiences Participants
2.5M 3.5M
11M 444M (Workshops,
Demos, (Ed Conferences/Conv,
(Museums, Tours, (Radio/TV, Web,
Training, Lectures,etc) Presentations,
Booth) Public lectures, etc.)
CD-ROM, etc.) Distance Learning Distance
Learning Other General (Open
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Public .64M 60M
57M
News Publication
Readers




42M
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FY '03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• TYPES LOCATIONS OF
• FACILITIES USED BY PROGRAM
• Number of Programs Reporting 584
• Program Managers can select more than one type of
  facility

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FY '03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• NASA PROGRAM CONTRIBUTORS
• Number of Programs Reporting

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FY 00-03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• SUPPORT FOR STANDARDS
• Numbers of Programs Providing Support for the
  following Standards
• National Mathematics Standards
  
• National Science Standards
  
• National Geography Standards
  
• National Technology Standards
  
• State Frameworks
  
• Local Frameworks
  
• Participants can select more than one
  Standard
• 
  

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• SUPPORT FOR STANDARDS
• Numbers of Programs Providing Support for the
  following Standards
• National Mathematics Standards
  142
• National Science Standards
  228
• National Geography Standards
  54
• National Technology Standards
  119
• State Frameworks
  94
• Local Frameworks
  44
• Participants can select more than one
  Standard
• 
  Total Programs Reporting 371

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING
• YOUR Center 7.5M
• NASA HQ Codes (Not Ed) 11.1M
• NASA Centers .49M
• State Govt Agencies
  4.6M
• Contractors/Grantees
  9.7M
• Local Organizations
  1.4M
• Ed Organizations/institutions
  13M
• Other
  36.9M
• Other Federal Agencies
  22.4M
• 
  
• Total 107M
• 
  
• Total Programs Reporting 137
• 
  
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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• Educational Products Evaluation
• Total Teachers Reporting 388-498

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FY FY00 -03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• Educational Products Evaluation
• Recommend
• to Others
• Apply
• Valuable
• Experience

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FY 02-03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• PERCENT OF PARTICIPANT RATINGS
• OF PROGRAM STAFF
• Very Poor
• Poor
• Average
• Good
• Excellent
• Average Rating 4.7 Please rate the Program
  Staff
• 5Excellent
• Total 2003 Participants Reporting11,297

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• PERCENT OF PARTICIPANT RATINGS
• OF PROGRAM STAFF
• Very Poor
• Poor
• Average
• Good
• Excellent
• Average Rating 4.7 Please rate the Program
  Staff
• 5Excellent
• Total 2003 Participants Reporting11,297

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• PERCENT OF PARTICIPANTS WHO WOULD RECOMMEND THE
  PROGRAM
• Very Poor
• Poor
• Average
• Good
• Excellent
• Average Rating FY02 - 4.62 /03 4.66 What
  recommendation would you make to someone who
  asks you about applying to this Program?
• 5Excellent
• Total
  Participants Reporting FY 02 12,582 FY 03
  14,557

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• PERCENT OF PARTICIPANTS WHO WOULD RECOMMEND THE
  PROGRAM
• Very Poor
• Poor
• Average
• Good
• Excellent
• Average Rating 03 - 4.66 What recommendation
  would you make to someone who asks you about
  applying to this Program?
• 5Excellent
• Total Participants Reporting FY 03 14,557

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• PERCENT OF PARTICIPANTS
• WHO EXPECT TO APPLY WHAT THEY LEARNED
• Strongly Disagree
• Disagree
• Neutral
• Agree
• Strongly Agree
• Average Rating 4.55/4.51 I expect to apply
  what I learned in this Program.
• 5Excellent Total
  Participants Reporting FY 02 10,414 FY 03
  12,495

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• PERCENT OF PARTICIPANTS
• WHO EXPECT TO APPLY WHAT THEY LEARNED
• Strongly Disagree
• Disagree
• Neutral
• Agree
• Strongly Agree
• Average Rating 4.51 I expect to apply what
  I learned in this Program.
• 5Excellent Total
  Participants Reporting FY 03 12,495

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• PERCENT OF PARTICIPANTS WHO CONSIDER
• THE PROGRAM INSPIRING
• Strongly Disagree
• Disagree
• Neutral
• Agree
• Strongly Agree
• Average Rating 4.79/4.56 Do you consider
  this Program inspiring? New Question introduced
  late in the year.
• 5Excellent
  Total Participants Reporting FY 02 295 FY
  03 2093

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• PERCENT OF PARTICIPANTS WHO CONSIDER
• THE PROGRAM INSPIRING
• Strongly Disagree
• Disagree
• Neutral
• Agree
• Strongly Agree
• Average Rating 4.56 Do you consider this
  Program inspiring? New Question introduced late
  in the year.
• 5Excellent
  Total Participants Reporting FY 03 2093

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• PERCENT OF PARTICIPANTS RATING
• THE PROGRAM A VALUABLE EXPERIENCE
• Strongly Disagree
• Disagree
• Neutral
• Agree
• Strongly Agree
• Average Rating 4.65/4.64 This Program
  was a valuable experience.
• 5Excellent
  Total Participants Reporting FY 02 22,363 FY
  03 22,687

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• PERCENT OF PARTICIPANTS RATING
• THE PROGRAM A VALUABLE EXPERIENCE
• Strongly Disagree
• Disagree
• Neutral
• Agree
• Strongly Agree
• Average Rating 4.64 This Program was a
  valuable experience.
• 5Excellent
  Total Participants Reporting FY 03 22,687

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• FY 03 PARTICIPANT RATINGS OF EXCELLENCE
• Inspiring
• Rate Staff
• Recommend
• to Others
• Expect to Apply
• Valuable Experience
• Score 5 Excellent to 1 Very Poor
• Total
  Participants Reporting 22,687-2,093

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• STUDENT LEVELS OF INTEREST BEFORE AND AFTER NASA
  PROGRAMS
• Average Score
• Data are based on completed participant feedback
  forms and do not represent all participants.
  4,114-3,072 reporting

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• STUDENT LEVELS OF INTEREST IN RESEARCH AND FIELD
  OF STUDY BEFORE AND AFTER NASA PROGRAMS
• Average Score
• Data are based on completed participant feedback
  forms and do not represent all participants.
  336 reporting

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• STUDENT LEVELS OF INTEREST IN RESEARCH/STUDY AREA
  AND CAREERS BEFORE AND AFTER NASA PROGRAMS
• Average Score
• Data are based on completed participant feedback
  forms and do not represent all participants.
  542-346 reporting

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• CAREER PLANS BEFORE AND AFTER
• NASA PROGRAMS
• Average Score
• Data are based on completed participant feedback
  forms and do not represent all participants.
  2,766 reporting

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• Percent of Participants Indicating That
• They Intend to Apply What they Learned
• Strongly Disagree
• Disagree
• Neutral
• Agree
• Strongly Agree
  
• Based on Scale of Strongly Agree to Strongly
  Disagree with 5 being the highest Total
  Participants Reporting 14,557

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• FY 03 K-12 STUDENT CAREER GOALS
• BEFORE AND AFTER NASA ED PROGRAM

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• FY 03 K-12 STUDENT CAREER PLANS BEFORE AND AFTER
  PARTICIPATION IN NASA PROGRAM

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• FY 03 PARTICIPANTS BY PROGRAM DURATION

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• FY 03 PARTICIPANTS BY PROGRAM DURATION

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• FY 03 PARTICIPANTS BY PROGRAM DURATION

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• FY 03 PARTICIPANT CAREER GOALS

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FY 03 EDUCATION LINKAGES

• FY 03 NUMBER OF PARTNERSHIPS AND/OR
  COLLABORATIONS REPORTED
• COMM COLLEGE
• ERCN
• STATE GOVERNMENT
• PROFESSIONAL
• NASA HQ
• SCHOOL DISTRICTS
• SCHOOLS
• OTHER NASA
• HIGHER EDUCATION
• FEDERAL AGENCIES
• NON PROFIT
• MUSEUMS/PLANETARIUMS
• LOCAL COMMUNITYNITY
• INDUSTRY
• CONTRACTORSORS

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• USE OF NASA FACILITIES AND RESOURCES
• Number of Programs
• Using NASA Facilities
• Aircraft 91
• Ground Trainers 14
• Laboratories 431
• Wind Tunnels 55
• Test Stands 69
• Computer Labs 308
• Mockup Facilities 70
• Clean Rooms 86
• Spacecraft Display 90
• SELECTED FACILITIES

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• USE OF THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT
• Did you take any actions to encourage and/or
  facilitate a "multiplier" effect to extend the
  benefits of the Program beyond participants once
  the Program is over?
• An Urban Outreach Program in Space Science
  Collaborative Effort between NASA, Hispanic
  serving and Black Universities, School Age
  Minority Students
• We are using the multiplier effect. The Sun
  Earth day at Houston Museum of Natural Science,
  March 22, 2003, included Rice University and
  Houston Astronomical Society. Rice distributed
  CDs on weather and the Astronomical Society
  set-up telescopes for observing the Suns
  activities. We are presenting planning a Mars
  Event in January 2004. This event will include
  the following participants Passport to
  Knowledge, University of Texas at Brownsville,
  Scholars Academy at University of Houston
  Downtown and, Houston Geological Society, and
  teachers and
  students from Brownsville area of Texas.

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• USE OF THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT
• Did you take any actions to encourage and/or
  facilitate a "multiplier" effect to extend the
  benefits of the Program beyond participants once
  the Program is over?
• LERCIP
• Point of Contacts Established at High Schools
• Informing Parents at Closing
  Ceremony, GRC Explorers
• Post (students/parents), SEMAA
• (sites/parents/students), NASA
  Project
• (students/parents), GRC Teacher
  Workshops College
• fairs, inquiries received via
  intern account, AESP
• presentations conducted within
  the six state region.
• Scholars - Points of Contacts
  at Universities

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• ELECTRONIC METRICS
• WWW Requests (Hits)
• 214,300,398
• DATA TRANSFER VOLUME (GB)
• 127,054
• UNIQUE IP ADDRESSES
• 6,661,420

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• NASA MATERIALS DISTRIBUTED AND DEMONSTRATED
• NUMBER OF NASA MATERIALS DISTRIBUTED
• 1,621,778
• NUMBER OF NASA MATERIALS DEMONSTRATED
• 43,325
• NASA CD-ROMS DISTRIBUTED
• 41,992

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• TEACHER USES FOR NASA PRODUCTS
• 498 Teachers reporting

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• Participant Feedback and Results
• This program is absolutely necessary to the
  success of our students. We must give students
  the ability to think and use every tool
• available to solve problems. The ability to think
  through and solve a problem will give students
  life skills for success....
• yes, technology is a great benefit in this world
  and our students must learn to put it to work
  however, they must be able to recognize and use
  what they have at their disposal....
• to solve problems. Life is a Problem Based
  Learning experience.
• Teacher in Integrating Strategies and Technology
  in Education Practice

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• Participant Feedback and Results
• This program inspired me to change the way I
  teach and has provided me with valuable resources
  I can use in the classroom.
• This has been the most beneficial class I have
  ever taken. It has helped me in my professional
  growth and my personal growth. I am a much better
  teacher due to the knowledge I am taking with me.
  My technology content has increased dramatically!
  Now I am once again a goal setter and this can be
  attributed to this program. I have left with new
  and exciting ideas that have become goals.
• I am now considered an "expert" in my school.
  Where before I was always the one asking
  questions.

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• Participant Feedback and Results
• As an educator, I have been involved for a NUMBER
  of years with NASA and other related programs.
  ISS EarthKAM is, by far the most educationally
  valuable program I have EVER worked with. The
  fact that it is REAL SCIENCE appeals to and
  inspires the scientists of tomorrow. I often
  think of a NASA scientist I met in San Diego when
  I brought my class to CAL Space in the 90's. She
  told of working as a student with the mapping of
  Mercury and how it had inspired her to devote her
  life's work to NASA and space exploration. THIS
  is what ISS EarthKAM is doing for the next
  generation of space explorers! One of our
  students involved in ISS EarthKAM who is at
  Purdue in aeronautical engineering, another is
  at Rochester in astrophysics and yet another is
  working in the field at Stanford! THIS is, I
  believe, is a DIRECT RESULT of the REAL SCIENCE
  that only ISS EarthKAM can provide!

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• Participant Feedback and Results
• The research that I am currently performing is
  based on the project description. My aspirations
  have been to create a reusable launch vehicle
  that is not as expensive to launch as the current
  vehicles in use. I learned about the existence of
  current programs such as the X-37 and the White
  Knight that are intended to perform these tasks.
  I know that in the upcoming years I will have an
  opportunity to get involved on one of these
  projects. (USRP Student)
• Prior to my participation in USRP, I was
  concentrating in aeronautics at my university. My
  experiences at Kennedy Space Center have
  inspired me to learn more about space and change
  my concentration to astronautics.

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• Participant Feedback and Results
• Participation in this program has completely
  changed the direction of the type of research I
  am currently performing. The knowledge I have
  gained by working for NASA has provided the
  background needed to actually form a research
  project and conduct productive research. My
  experience at NASA has provided me a valuable
  resource upon which to draw my conclusions during
  the research process.
• Before working for NASA, my research skills were
  literally non- existent. Through this NASA
  opportunity, I have become proficient in
  conducting research and assisting others in their
  efforts to come to valuable research conclusions.
  Due to my participation in this program, I have
  been able to use some of the ideas formulated
  during my research to assist in the formation of
  my own research project for graduate school.
• (USRP Student)

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• Participant Feedback and Results
• We have made great strides in implementing fuzzy
  control of propulsion systems, which holds out
  hope of improving safety and long-term viability
  of various engines. Moreover, I will be
  continuing to work in this area when I return to
  school in the fall, since we are collaborating
  with NASA in this area (UA has the jet engine
  testbed that is being used to test NASA
  software). I will be tasked with integrating the
  external code that uses fuzzy logic with the
  engine control environment already executed under
  LabView I have basically spent the summer
  reserching fuzzy logic and practicing techniques
  to prepare for this task (learning LabView,
  simulating an open-loop engine controller,
  debugging real-time data acquisition, etc.). In
  the long run, we could be on the path to an
  "intelligent engine" that would know when it is
  malfunctioning and what to do about it.

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FY 03 EDUCATION EVALUATION

• Participant Feedback and Results