session 8

Title

Show Us Space: Demonstration of Hands On Education and Outreach

type

oral

Description

This session showcases hands-on, interactive education and outreach activities that teach and reinforce space-related and STEAM concepts through direct participant engagement. Contributions should demonstrate how tactile, experiential learning approaches support understanding, accessibility, and inclusion, particularly for diverse audiences. Presenters in this track are required to physically demonstrate their activity live during the session, actively engaging the audience. Submissions must therefore describe activities that are feasible for in-person demonstration at the conference venue. Proposals that cannot be demonstrated on site (e.g. Satellite hardware such as CubeSats) or that consist solely of a presentation without a hands-on component will not be accepted. When submitting abstracts for this session, please: • Clearly identify the connection to the session’s described scope and to space. • Briefly describe what you will present, including results and evaluation of your work, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the work. • Include information about what makes your work unique, original or innovative and worth sharing with the international space community. • State your work’s goal, the intended audience, the measurable objectives that were set, and if the work is in planning or has already occurred. • Provide context describing the research and/or analysis you conducted in choosing the purpose of the activity, the intended audience, and the design of the activity. • Include reference to quantitative or qualitative data gathered through evaluations, surveys or other means. • If any theories are developed, please include information about the practical applicability of the information. • Consider that your audience is international and focus on what others working in the field can learn from your work. Include lessons learned, recommendations or other takeaway messages. • Make sure that the abstract provides a coherent idea or narrative for someone unfamiliar with your work.

Date

2026-10-09

Time

10:15

Room

E1

IPC members

• Co-Chair: Ms. Lyn Wigbels, American Astronautical Society (AAS), United States;

• Co-Chair: Ms. Valerie Anne Casasanto, NASA Goddard/University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), United States;

• Rapporteur: Mr. Alev Sönmez, Fraunhofer Alliance Space, Germany;