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Dec 2006
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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #75.08; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V
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We will discuss how high school students are determining Earth's magnetic field strength during magnetically quiet and stormy times and predicting the appearance of dancing Auroras using THEMIS ground based magnetometer data.
The Education and Public Outreach program of the THEMIS Mission has deployed 10 ground-based observatories with science-grade magnetometers in schools in the Northern U.S. This network of schools, called Geomagnetic Event Observation Network by Students (GEONS), monitors local magnetic disturbances. The magnetometers are receiving local data; data are archived and available at the THEMIS Education and Outreach (E/PO) Website. The E/PO program conducts teacher professional development workshops for the teachers of these schools. During the third year of the project, teachers from Alaska and Wisconsin started a classroom research project trying to determine the strength of the local magnetic field and the ‘local magnetic storminess index’ using the magnetometers that are installed in their classrooms. We will describe how this project has inspired the teachers not only to learn how to conduct research with real data and usage of research tools, but they have also conducted workshops in their own states, influenced the science curricula in their districts, and also started student research in their classrooms. We will discuss the challenges, give the results of their research, and encourage other teachers who wish to use real data in their classrooms to participate in this exciting project.
Craig Nahide G.
Peticolas Laura M.
Trautman V.
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