The Office of Space Science Education (OSSE) was established within the Space Science & Engineering Center (SSEC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to conduct K-12 education and public outreach programs. OSSE strongly emphasizes partnerships between scientists and teachers in local and regional schools to develop standards-based programs that achieve the mutual objective of improving the level of literacy for science, math and technology education.Planetary Scientist, Dr. Sanjay Limaye is Director for the OSSE. Ms. Rosalyn Pertzborn is our Research Specialist and Outreach Coordinator. Margaret Mooney also functions in an Outreach capacity helping to plan and manage OSSE programs and activities.
The Office of Space Science Education is dedicated to the belief that these state and national goals will be achieved by sharing the excitement of new discoveries acquired through space exploration and earth remote sensing research. Currently OSSE is supporting faculty from Space Physics and the AOS Departments on the UW-Madison campus for education and outreach activities.
Besides providing outreach support to the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) and the Antarctic Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Institute (A³RI), OSSE also collaborates with other UW-Madison departments such as Astronomy (Space Astronomy Laboratory and the Space Place), Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Physics, and Geology & Geophysics.OSSE programs encompass the multidisciplinary areas of space science including; earth systems science, atmospheric science, solar system exploration, astronomy and astrophysics. OSSE is engaged in community programs, teacher development programs in earth and space science, K-12 student programs and science museum programs in partnership with state and national organizations. OSSE programs and activities are supported by funds from NASA, NOAA, and the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
