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Resources for Outreach and Education
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We need your results!
The EPO group is continually looking
for interesting images and science results for a variety of
EPO products and uses. Press worthy science results should be
sent to the Chandra PAO, Megan Watzke (cxcpress@cfa.harvard.edu).
If you have an image that you think would be useful as an image
release, or to add to one of the topical sections on our public
web site, or to use to illustrate an EPO product, please forward
a version to the Chandra EPO multi-media coordinator, Kim Kowal
Arcand, at cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu.
Helpful information to include is the object name, Obs Id, and
a short comment about the science in the image. We have a variety
of needs which changes over time, and a large pool of candidate
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New
Chandra Images & Handouts DVD
This data DVD contains over 300 Chandra images that were posted to the Chandra web site from August 1999 through December 2007. Each image is accompanied by a short description, fast facts and many are available with flash zoom-in features. There is also a folder of Special Features (interactive flash pieces) and Chandra Podcasts (short audio/video content). request form
Blast From The Past: Historic Supernovas Poster
Since supernovas are relatively rare events in the Milky Way, they are best studied by combining historical observations with information from today. This cosmic forensic work involves interdisciplinary research by historians and astronomers, and can provide valuable clues about supernovas in our Galaxy in the relatively recent past. request form
Chandra Podcasts
Now you can take Chandra anywhere, be it school, work or play. Just download Chandra Podcasts to your portable MP3 player and go. Also available: High Definition podcasts.
Cycle 9 Education and Public Outreach (EPO) proposal winners
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Access summaries and contact information for the winners of
EPO proposals in Cycle 9.
Education Materials
 Chandra Lithographs
New Chandra Lithographs are now available.
Request Form | PDF Downloads
 Chandra
Explores "Downtown" in the Milky Way Poster
Chandra's panoramic X-ray view covers a 900-by 400-light year swath
of the Milky Way center. Explore some of the objects found in this field
of view: the remains of shattered stars, pairs of orbiting objects,
and the enormous black hole at the center of the Galaxy. request
form
 Stellar
Evolution Poster
This poster appeared as an inset to the February 2005 issue of the high
school edition of the National Science Teacher Association's magazine,
The Science Teacher. A web site
with additional information on the topic has been posted on the Chandra
public web site.
How to order copies of new and existing published materials
- To order the Chandra Images and Handouts DVD, the Stellar Evolution poster or other published materials, access the on-line order form on the Chandra public web site.
- Educators: To order the card sets for the Stellar Evolution module, access the special materials request form.
Resources for talks and lectures
All sections described below are found in the Resources section of the Chandra public web site.
- All publically released Chandra images have been placed on the web in
PowerPoint and PDF formats, with links to the Press and Photo Album
sections for background information. Go to the PPT/PDF slides.
- Selected presentations in PowerPoint have been placed on the web.
Included are basic overview presentations, topical presentations,
and a "loop" containing 25 images. Presentations are in PPT and
ZIP. Go to the Presentations.
- A collection of animations and video clips has been placed on the
web in QuickTime, Real Player or MPEG. Go to
the animations and videos.
Reporting Public and Education Activities
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If you have given a talk or participated in an education or outreach activity
that included material about Chandra for a general audience, school group, or
other public (non-academic, non-science community) forum, please
use the EPO event reporting form and fill it in with as much detail as possible.
We will include your contribution in the annual NASA report on Education
and Public Outreach. If you have questions on reporting, send an email to cxcedu@cfa.harvard.edu
Classroom interest
- A collection of topical, multi-media "special features" for browsing
has been placed in the Resources section of the Chandra public web
site. Many of the features utilize Flash. Go to the special
features.
- The Photo Album section of the Chandra public web site contains images
and information about each publically released Chandra image as well as
links to related information in other sections of the site including
printable,
one page handouts for each image. Note that images
can be accessed chronologically, by category, or through the sky map.
There is also a link to information about the constellations in which the
sources are located.
- The Field Guide section of the Chandra public web site contains
continuously updated information about the types of sources observed
by Chandra, organized into the same categories as the Chandra public
Archive and Observing Catalog. Material in this section is updated
to reflect new information released in press or image releases as well
as general changes to established models and theories
as a result of Chandra observations.
- The Press Room section of the Chandra public web site contains the
press
releases that accompany the public release of selected Chandra images,
links to the weekly observatory status reports, and links to interviews
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biographies of scientists who work on the Chandra project.
- Q & A and Ask an Astrophysicist contain topically organized
questions and answers on science related to Chandra observations.
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