Polling the SETI@home user database: Feedback from K-12 science educators on the use of on-line astronomy and space science resources

   Why SETI@home?

• Currently receives 120,000 separate visitors daily

• Is used by 7000 school groups involving 100,000 students

• Has captured public interest and imagination

• Each set of data processed by a person using SETI@home is linked to a specific portion of the sky

• SETI@home offers a unique opportunity to disseminate space science and astronomy imagery as well as Education and Public Outreach (EPO) materials