Integration of Galileoscopes into a Large MathMovesU Program

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May 2011

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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #218, #333.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011

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The Galileoscope is a small, low cost, high optical quality telescope kit developed for the International Year of Astronomy 2009. In 2010 and 2011, the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) has partnered with Raytheon, the University of Arizona Office of Early Academic Outreach and the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association to build hundreds of Galileoscopes as part of Raytheon's Math Moves U program.
Each of these events involved building Galileoscopes with hundreds of students at the same time. We had the assistance of about 70 Raytheon engineers who were participating in the Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP's). Prior to the MMU event, the ELDP's were trained how to build Galileoscopes. One ELDP was stationed at each table of students to help build the Galileoscopes during the event.
The 2010 event involved over 450 eighth grade students from schools in Tucson. The students were predominantly from an underserved population in the Sunnyside School District. The 2011 event reached 350 high school juniors from Tucson, Sierra Vista, and Nogales, Arizona who were part of the GEAR UP program. GEAR UP students come primarily from underserved populations at schools in Tucson, Sierra Vista, and Nogales.
We will discuss the process of planning and running large scale Galileoscope events including planning, logistics, setup, and training volunteers.

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