Education / Outreach

Presenting the first results from New Horizons' encounter with Pluto, July 15th 2015, one day after the closest approach.
Occasional guest blogger on the Planetary Society Blog:
- Some public talks:
  - Enceladus: An Active Ice World in the Saturn System, JPL Earth and Space Science Colloquium lecture series, February 2008. PDF version (30 Megs)
  - Taking the Measure of the Solar System, University of Michigan Scales of the Universe lecture series, September 2007
  - New Horizons at Jupiter, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, February 2007
  - Denver Museum of Nature and Science (Colorado Astronomy Day), October 2002
  - American Alpine Club Centennial Meeting, Golden, CO, September 2002
  - De Miguel Elementary School Astronomy Club, Flagstaff, April 2002
  - Lowell Observatory (Pluto Day) February 2002
  - Lisbon Observatory, Portugal, August 2001
  - Saguaro Astronomy Club, Phoenix, June 2001
  - Science Station, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, May 2001
  - Adler Planetarium, Chicago, May 2001
  - Challenger Center, Phoenix, April 2001
  - Coconino Astronomers, Flagstaff, March 2001
  - Monte Vista Elementary School, Phoenix, February 2001
  - Flagstaff Winterfest (at Lowell Observatory), February 2001
  - Inupiat Cultural Center, Barrow, Alaska, November 2000
  - Ipalook Elementary School, Barrow, Alaska, November 2000
  - Jason Project Teacher's Workshop, Las Vegas, September 2000
  - British Astronomical Association, London, June 1998
- Former Co-Editor, Star Tales, Lowell Observatory.
- Lecturer, 2a Escola da Verao Interdisciplinar sobre o Sistema Solar (EVISS) (2nd Interdisciplinary Solar System Summer School), Lisbon Astronomical Observatory, Portugal, August 2001. Photos
- Participating scientist, The Jason Project:
  - Jason Project VI: Island Earth (Feb/March 1995)
  - Jason Project XII: A Living Laboratory (Jan/Feb 2001)
    Online activity developed for Jason XII, with video clips and interactive exercises (requires Shockwave).
- Recent National/International TV work (mostly with Pioneer Productions, for U.K. Channel 4 and the Discovery Channel):
  - Universe: Saturn (History Channel), 2007
  - Naked Science: Deadliest Planets (National Geographic), 2006
  - Extrasolar Planets, 2001
  - Life on Mars, 2000
  - Universe 2000, 1999
  - On Jupiter, 1995
- Magazine Articles
  - Galileo's Closest Look at Io. Sky and Telescope, May 2001
  - Io and I. The Planetary Report, August 1997
  - Jupiter's Odd Bunch. New Scientist 154, #2076, 1997
  - Observing a Cataclysm: The Last Days of Comet Shoemaker/Levy 9. The Planetary Report 14, #3, 1994
- Regular presentations on Computers in Astronomy, and other talks, for the NAU Elderhostel Program
- June 1999 TOPS Workshop in Hawaii: live observations of Io volcanos for a student/teacher workshop.
- Books:
  - The Great Comet Crash, with Jacqueline Mitton, available from Cambridge University Press. See the The Fall 1995 Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin for a review by Paul Schenk.
    Sample illustrations:
    3-color (1.58, 1.7, 2.3 micron) image of impact sites E and D, from CTIO (composite by Nick Schneider), and...
    The G impact, had it hit Earth, and...
    The Jovian magnetosphere
  - Io and I. Chapter in Our Worlds (Alan Stern, Ed.), Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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