Introducing High School Science Teachers to Quasar Research Using the Cyberinfrastructure

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Dec 2006

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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #106.08; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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This is an exciting time for astronomy research never before has so much astronomy data been easily available to the general public. The hard part has been packaging the research of that data into digestible pieces. Organizations are bringing amazing possibilities to teachers, students, and the public by utilizing the connectivity and capabilities of the Internet. In late 2005, the National Science Foundation funded several two-year cyberinfrastructure demonstration projects. One team that received support, including the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Hands-On Universe (HOU), the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), and The Collaboratory Project at Northwestern University, has designed a teacher professional development and student research program to allow participants to actively participate in quasar research using tools made available through the cyberinfrastructure and SDSS data. This endeavor was built on a prior project also funded through NSF: the Strategic Technology Astronomy Research Team (START) Collaboratory. The goal of the new project is to bring 21st century science research techniques into high school classrooms using large Internet-accessible astronomy databases, remote-request telescopes, web visualization, and online tools. The initial teacher professional development program began in Summer 2006 at the Yerkes Observatory, and the student research project began in Fall 2006 in several classrooms around the country. At the Special Session, team members will give a design overview of the project and classroom activities, as well as preliminary results of implementation of the project with students.

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