Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008aas...212.3703n&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #212, #37.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 40, p.235
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
This is an exciting time for astronomy research - never before has so much astronomy data been so easily available to the general public. The difficulty has been making it accessible to and usable by multiple audiences. Our team, led by the Adler Planetarium, has designed a successful teacher professional development and student research pilot program, funded by NSF, to allow participants to actively participate in quasar research using tools developed for the cyberinfrastructure (SCI-0537460), allowing students to learn about science by doing meaningful science research. This multi-partner endeavor was built on a prior project that was also funded through NSF: the Strategic Technology Astronomy Research Team (START) Collaboratory (STI 0334168). The START Collaboratory program sought to create online tools that would allow users to gather and manipulate data and information from external astronomy database websites, while housing student work in an electronic collaborative environment. The goal of this demonstration project was to bring 21st century science research techniques into high school classrooms using large Internet-accessible astronomy databases, specifically the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, remote-request telescopes, web visualization, and other online tools. The primary topic explored in the research scenario was the variability of visible light output by active galaxies, specifically quasars. Final program implementation evaluation results will be presented, as well as information about how others may use this program in the future.
Fortson Lucy
Nichols Yehling Michelle
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