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NDeRC ASTRO Forum. Katherine Rueff & Michelle Dolan University of Notre Dame December 5th, 2009. NDeRC ASTRO. Summer work (grad. students, HS students, HS teachers) Astro-imaging Exoplanets transits Variable Stars . Current work (HS teachers, grad students) Bremen HS Astronomy class
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NDeRC ASTRO Forum Katherine Rueff & Michelle DolanUniversity of Notre Dame December 5th, 2009
NDeRC ASTRO Summer work (grad. students, HS students, HS teachers) • Astro-imaging • Exoplanets transits • Variable Stars • Current work • (HS teachers, grad students) • BremenHS Astronomy class • John Adams HS Earth/Space
Planets + Moons Gravity Solar System Tools Google Earth & Sky DVT Solar System Milky Way Galactic Systems Stellar Evolution Tools Google Earth & Sky CLEA labs DVT NDeRC ASTRO looking to the future Primary Middle Secondary • Earth-Moon system • Tides • Atmosphere • Moon Phases • Tools • Google Earth • DVT
Astro Program Development Tools Google Earth • Free downloads • Self Contained • Google • Compilations of professional data • Weather, tides, seismology • Solar System and Deep Sky • CLEA - take data like an astronomer Google Sky
DVTDigital Visualization Theatre • Sony SRX-S110 system • 136 seat hexagonal 50 ft high dome • 360o field of view • 16 million pixels • 9,000 watt 5.1 surround sound Dolby • 10 computers, 2 projectors • Ring of red-green-blue LEDS independent of projectors
Standards & Schedule • Astronomy under pressure • Using Astronomy to satisfy Standards • Sign up for Summer workshop Form can be found at www.astro.michianastem.org • More NDeRC ASTRO info athttp://nderc.wikispaces.com/Astro