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Goddard Space Flight Center Sonoma State University Education and Public Outreach

Swift Education Committee Meeting 2003

Held at SSU on July 21st and 22nd, 2003
Itinerary


Continental Breakfast will be served every morning at 8:00 am in Carneros.
Introduction- Swift Education Committee - Lynn Cominsky
Mission Status Overview, current launch
The Swift E/PO Program - Phil Plait

15 min break
Activity: Sorting out Nature's Second Biggest Bang
The Italian Update - Sarah Silva for Monica Sperandio
Lunch (provided by Swift)

What's in the News Update- Betsy Hutton and Katie O'Toole
The Swift Educator Ambassador Program- Rob Sparks and Rae McEntyre
Activity: Great Interplanetary Gamma Ray Burst Hunt

15 min break
PSU Summer Program- Lisa Brown
GTN: An Overview - Tim Graves and Gordon Spear
Discussion: The EAS, the SwEC Past, Present, and Future
Discussion: The strengths and weaknesses of the Swift E/PO program: An evaluation
Adjourn for the day


Dinner at Little H-Bar Ranch Host: Lynn Cominsky (Directions in Binder)
Weather permitting: SSU Observatory Viewing


Continental Breakfast will be served every morning at 8:00 am in Carneros.
Professional Development and the OSS E/PO task force report- Sarah Silva and Jim Lochner
SSU E/PO Program - Lynn Cominsky
Presentation of UK E/PO by Sarah Silva for Anastasia Pappa
15 min break
Activity: GRB Distribution Across the Sky
Activity: Beaming Me Up!
Lunch (provided by Swift)

Discussion: Gamma Ray Activities
Swift Educator Presentation: Newton's Laws Materials- Bruce Hemp
Presentation of t-shirt ideas and Swift Model- Aurore Simonnet
Discussion: Reviews of past Materials
15 min break
Discussion continued
Discussion: Planning for Launch E/PO
Discussion: Planning for Postlaunch E/PO
Discussion: Postlaunch planning (continued)
Adjourn Meeting


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