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AN: ED51D-08 INVITED     [PDF]
TI: Building a Global Science Education System to Undertake Genuine Astrophysics
AU: * Pennypacker, C R
EM: pennypacker@lbl.gov
AF: Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 United States
AU: Gould, A
EM: agould@uclink.brekeley.edu
AF: Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 United States
AU: Raddick, J
EM: raddick@pha.jhu.edu
AF: Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218 United States
AB: The Hands-On Universe (HOU) Project has developed powerful tools for students to undertake and model aspects of professional astronomy research. Building on a slowly evolving International Virtual Observatory and a network of small telescopes, plus other data bases of professional grade astronomy images, student can undertake many of the activities and processes of modern astronomy. This system has met with good enthusiasm from teachers and astrophysicists from around the world, and over 1000 teachers have been trained in HOU oer the past decade. We have developed scalable teacher training tools, and endeavor to scale our professional astrophysics scientific collaborators, who are essential for on-going support and inspiration.
UR: http://handsonuniverse.org/
DE: 6205 Asteroids and meteoroids
DE: 6605 Education
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting