{"id":242818,"date":"2026-08-17T21:04:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T02:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/next-generation-of-planetary-scientists-learn-public-engagement-skills"},"modified":"2026-08-17T21:04:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T02:04:04","slug":"next-generation-of-planetary-scientists-learn-public-engagement-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/next-generation-of-planetary-scientists-learn-public-engagement-skills","title":{"rendered":"Next Generation of Planetary Scientists Learn Public Engagement Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/next-generation-of-planetary-scientists-learn-public-engagement-skills.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Community of Practice for Education (SCoPE) \u2013 part of the NASA Science Activation (SciAct) Program portfolio \u2013 enables Earth and Space Science and Engineering Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) \u2013 especially NASA-funded SMEs \u2013 to efficiently and effectively share their science with support from SciAct education experts.<\/p>\n<p>In Summer 2026, NASA SCoPE partnered with Arizona State University\u2019s Facility for Open Research in a Compressed Environment (FORCE) Summer School to help seven undergraduate student interns build the science communication skills needed to share their research with a variety of audiences. FORCE is a world-class laboratory that uses high-pressure experimental equipment to recreate the extreme conditions found deep within Earth and other planetary bodies, enabling researchers to better understand how planets form, evolve, and behave under immense pressures.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the Summer School, SCoPE facilitated two hands-on workshops on June 25 and 26, followed by office hours the following week, to help interns translate their technical research into compelling stories for non-expert audiences. The training focused on identifying the central themes of their work, developing clear and engaging messages, planning effective visitor interactions, and thinking through the logistics of public engagement. Interns also received guidance on preparing both their research posters and individual outreach stations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Community of Practice for Education (SCoPE) \u2013 part of the NASA Science Activation (SciAct) Program portfolio \u2013 enables Earth and Space Science and Engineering Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) \u2013 especially NASA-funded SMEs \u2013 to efficiently and effectively share their science with support from SciAct education experts. In Summer 2026, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,38,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-engineering","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}