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AN: ED41E-08    [PDF]
TI: SPECTRA Teachers' Workshops: A Collaboration Between a NASA Laboratory and a Small University
AU: * Johnson, S D
EM: johnsosa@ulv.edu
AF: Physics Program University of La Verne, 1950 Third Street, La Verne, CA 91750 United States
AU: Chappell, D
EM: chappell@ulv.edu
AF: Physics Program University of La Verne, 1950 Third Street, La Verne, CA 91750 United States
AU: Sahai, R
EM: sahai@eclipse.jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AB: During the summer of 2003 we offered the first week-long SPECTRA (SPace telescope Educational Collaboration introducing Teachers to Research in Astronomy) Teachers' Workshop. This workshop was the result of a collaboration between physics faculty at the University of La Verne and scientists at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). It was funded by a Space Telescope Science Institute (STSI) Education and Public Outreach grant associated with four Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observing projects involving three JPL astronomers. The main focus of the workshop was to introduce local high school teachers to current research topics in astronomy and teach them how to incorporate the HST into their curricula. In addition to the workshop itself, a SPECTRA web site was created as a resource for secondary physical science teachers. We will describe the philosophy, format and contents of the workshop and elaborate on our experiences during its planning and execution. The feedback we received from the teachers who participated in 2003 will also be discussed. It is our intention to incorporate what we have learned during this first experience into the workshops that will be offered during the summer of 2004.
UR: http://www.ulv.edu/~natsci/physics/workshops/index.shtml
DE: 6605 Education
DE: 7594 Instruments and techniques
DE: 7599 General or miscellaneous
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting