Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999aas...19410601s&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society Meeting 194, #106.01
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The Image of the Month program (IOTM) is intended to help secondary school educators enhance their curricula by offering eye-catching pictures from the forefront of astronomical research, along with explanations aimed at those students. The pictures on the monthly bulletins are usually taken by University of Michigan (UM) astronomers, using telescopes from all over the world, from Dexter, Michigan to the Chilean Andes---or orbiting telescopes, such as the Hubble Space Telescope. We try to convey not only the scientific interest of each image, but also a sense of what it is like to be a practicing scientist. The program was created by the faculty of the Department of Astronomy at UM after consultation with secondary school science educators. This year over 700 teachers subscribed to the program, which continues to be funded by the National Science Foundation so that it is free of charge to teachers and schools.
Bernstein Gary
Salgado Jose F.
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