Doing good science is nowadays considered insufficient. Science outreach is important and will play an ever greater role in the coming years as a link between the scientific community and society and supporting formal and informal science education. The communication of achieved scientific results is now seen as a natural and mandatory activity to inform the public, attract funding, and attract science students.
However, communicating science with the public is never an easy task. Science communication is a field renowned for its "difficulties". One often wonders how to best convey the excitation of discovery together with some basic knowledge of present-day science. This session aims at discussing techniques and presenting some efficient tools at communicating science, with emphasis on planetary sciences.
The following topics will be addressed:
- Planetary exploration: an inspiring adventure
- Art and science, or can a multidisciplinary approach help outreach?
- Science on TV
- Playing with science/ hand-on experiments
- Planetariums and science centers, a key tool for educational and public outreach:
- Investigating some real astronomical data
- The shock of images
- The Web as a Science Communication Tool
- Astronomy and Planetary Sciences
- Outreach for Kids: Using Informal Education to Support Education
- Multilingual outreach products
The session will include invited talks, contributed oral talks and posters. Oral and poster papers on the topics listed above are invited to this session.
Preliminary List of Solicited Speakers
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