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Regional Astronomy Project: $150k Grant for High School Teachers

The Texas Regional Collaborative Astronomy Project received a $150,000 grant to provide 17 high school teachers from 6 Texas regions with a 3-week course at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The course will cover introductory astronomy, the use of internet-based telescopes, and the use of HOU software and exercises. Follow-up programs and activities include participation in IASC Asteroid Search Campaigns, INO Internet-Based Telescopes, Annual HOU TRA Meeting, and NASA WISE E/PO.

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Regional Astronomy Project: $150k Grant for High School Teachers

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  1. Texas Regional Collaborative Astronomy Project • $150,000 grant (Texas Regional Collaboratives, UT Austin) • 17 high school teachers (6 Texas Regions) • 3-week course at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory • Introductory astronomy course • Participation in IASC (Astrometrica) • Use of Internet-based telescopes • Use of HOU software and exercises • Follow-up programs and activities: • IASC Asteroid Search Campaigns (Fall 2008) • INO Internet-Based Telescopes (Fall 2008) • Annual HOU TRA Meeting (June 2009) • NASA WISE E/PO (Spring 2010)

  2. International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) The seeds for IASC began in June 2006 at the Hands-On Universe annual meeting held at the Yerkes Observatory (University of Chicago). Teachers expressed a need for an on-going program in astronomy and astrophysics that allowed them access to real-time images for analysis by their students. This expressed need and the networking of professionals, amateurs, and educators at the Yerkes meeting led directly to the creation of IASC. Yerkes Observatory (University of Chicago)

  3. ARI The International Asteroid Search Campaign (IASC) is an Internet-based educational service program provided at no charge to participating high schools and colleges. Centered at Hardin-Simmons University (Abilene, TX), IASC is a collaboration of the Lawrence Hall of Science (University of California, Berkeley) Astronomical Research Institute (Charleston, IL) Astrometrica (H. Raab, Austria) Students make original discoveries of astronomical objects that are officially certified and recognized by the International Astronomical Union.

  4. Astronomical Research Institute IASC Program Flow Diagram Hardin-Simmons University Astrometrica ARI HSU & Astrometrica Minor Planet Center (Harvard)

  5. Since the start of IASC in October 2006, 126 high schools & colleges have participated from 10 countries: A total of 107 original asteroid discoveries have been made along with 2 comet confirmations and over a thousand NEO confirmations including 6 VIOs.

  6. 1. Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane (Morocco)2.      Ball State University (IN)3.      Broad Run High School (VA)4.      Cracow Pedagogical University (Poland)5.      Downingtown High School West (PA)6.      Escola Secundaria de Alvide (Portugal)7.      Escola Secundaria Fernando Namora (Portugal)8.      Gimnazjum Miejskie im. M. Ko (Poland)9.      Hitachi High School (Japan)10.     LO im Adama Mickiewicza (Poland)11.     LO im Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie (Poland)12.     LO im Tadeusza Czackiego (Poland)13.     Madisonville Junior High School (TX)14.     Meredit College (NC)15.     Sturgis Charter Public School (MA)

  7. Contact Information: • Keely Finkelstein • keelyf@physics.tamu.edu • http://people.physics.tamu.edu/keelyf/

  8. The state offers waivers to supply reimbursement forpurchases of Astronomy textbooks. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/waivers/desc.html“Pursuant to TEC §7.056. This waiver allows the district reimbursement for the purchase of non-state adopted textbooks used in Photojournalism, Astronomy, Environmental Science, and Human Geography courses for which no textbooks were adopted by the state. Reimbursement is equal to the state maximum cost or the cost of the textbook, whichever is lower.”You can download a related pdf at:http://www.tea.state.tx.us/textbooks/waivers/subjectsnobids.pdfAn article about surveying introductory astronomy textbooks at the college level is available athttp://aer.noao.edu/cgi-bin/article.pl?id=218

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