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AN: ED13C-01    [Abstracts]
TI: Radio JOVE: Science Education Partnering Universities with Middle and High Schools
AU: * Villarreal, M
EM: mav2e@mtsu.edu
AF: Middle Tennessee State University, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy Box 71 1301 E. Main St., Murfreesboro, TN 37132 United States
AU: Higgins, C
EM: higgins@physics.mtsu.edu
AF: Middle Tennessee State University, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy Box 71 1301 E. Main St., Murfreesboro, TN 37132 United States
AU: Cockerham, C
EM: cc149@cornell.edu
AF: West End Middle School, 208 54th Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37209 United States
AU: Thieman, J
EM: thieman@nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, National Space Science Data Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AB: The Radio JOVE project (radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov) began over six years ago as an NASA education-centered program to inspire school students' interest in space science through hands-on radio astronomy. Students build a radio receiver and antenna kit capable of receiving Jovian, solar, and galactic emissions at a frequency of 20.1 MHz. The Radio JOVE project has made it possible to monitor real-time, research quality, spectrograph data and audio from professional radio telescopes in Florida (ufro1.astro.ufl.edu) and Hawaii (jupiter.wcc.hawaii.edu) using standard web browsers and/or freely downloadable software (Radio-Skypipe software, radiosky.com). Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) has created a Radio JOVE telescope online (physics.mtsu.edu/~mtro) in order to improve school participation and add to the geographical coverage for observations. We are currently working with West End Middle School in Nashville to have students learn the process of science through observations, testing, analyzing, and archiving data. Using the Radio JOVE project we will attempt to improve students' interest and literacy in science; we will highlight quantitative data on students and learning outcomes. We hope this can lead to a long-term partnership in education between MTSU and local middle and secondary schools.
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0845 Instructional tools
DE: 6954 Radio astronomy
DE: 6994 Instruments and techniques
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly