Co-Creating MUSE Outreach Products With the Boys & Girls Club

Co-Creating MUSE Outreach Products With the Boys & Girls Club | Authorea try { document.documentElement.classList.add('js'); } catch (e) { } var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'G-8VDV14Y67G']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Skip to main content Preprints Collections Wiley Open Research IET Open Research Ecological Society of Japan All Collections About About Authorea FAQs Contact Us Quick Search anywhere Search for preprint articles, keywords, etc. Search Search ADVANCED SEARCH SCROLL This is a preprint and has not been peer reviewed. Data may be preliminary. 11 December 2025 V1 Latest version Share on Co-Creating MUSE Outreach Products With the Boys & Girls Club Authors : Rebecca Robinson 0009-0006-6551-0919 [email protected] , Rebecca A Robinson , Nina Byers , Sanlyn Buxner , Lena Potts , Simon Steel , Pamela K Harman , and Bart De Pontieu Authors Info & Affiliations https://doi.org/10.22541/au.176548950.00638235/v1 116 views 125 downloads Contents Abstract Supplementary Material Information & Authors Metrics & Citations View Options References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract The mission-embedded outreach program for NASA's Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) includes several collaborations with partners local to the Bay Area in California. One of the partners is the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula's Moldaw-Zaffaroni Clubhouse, located in East Palo Alto, CA and hereby referred to as BGCP. This year, MUSE outreach leadership worked together with BGCP leadership to curate a 10-week high school internship program, which was piloted during the autumn semester. This internship included collaborations with California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco and Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, and was led by SETI Institute in Mountain View and Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory in Palo Alto. During the first five weeks, interns visited off-site partners, learned about MUSE science concepts through hands-on activities, and practiced career-readiness skills. During the second five weeks, interns partnered with mentors from the MUSE science team to learn science visualization through Jupyter notebooks, and ultimately designed their own MUSE outreach infographic with the intention of making something appropriate for wider distribution. Each final product focused on one of four MUSE science themes: Spectroscopy, Magnetic Fields, Technology & Innovation, and Space Weather. At the end of the program, the leadership teams organized a final event meant to mimic a conference environment, during which interns presented their original products both orally and with an expo-style booth. Interns were financially compensated for their efforts in improving the MUSE outreach program with original products and new ideas. This project will be tweaked, repeated, and packaged for use at other Boys & Girls Clubhouses. The MUSE-BGCP internship program serves as a model for how co-creation can contribute to mission outreach programs while also benefitting interns by helping them identify and build the skills necessary to participate in the STEM workforce. 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Keywords heliophysics internships outreach solar workforce development Authors Affiliations Rebecca Robinson 0009-0006-6551-0919 [email protected] View all articles by this author Rebecca A Robinson SETI Institute View all articles by this author Nina Byers Chabot Space & Science Center View all articles by this author Sanlyn Buxner Planetary Science Institute View all articles by this author Lena Potts Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula View all articles by this author Simon Steel SETI Institute View all articles by this author Pamela K Harman SETI Institute View all articles by this author Bart De Pontieu Lockheed Martin Solar & Astrophysics Laboratory View all articles by this author Funding Information Lockheed Martin Corporation 4106302442 SETI Institute Metrics & Citations Metrics Article Usage 116 views 125 downloads .FvxKWukQNSOunydq8rnd { width: 100px; } Citations Download citation Rebecca Robinson, Rebecca A Robinson, Nina Byers, et al. 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