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Out Among the Asteroids Research Experiences for Middle School S. K. Croft and S. M. Pompea National Optical Astronomy Observatory American Geophysical Union December 11, 2006 General Motivations NOAO Interest in research in the Classroom Need Good Projects for Middle School EPO Support for LSST American Geophysical Union December 11, 2006 Why Asteroids? Intrinsic Student Interest: They Move! Dinosaur Connection! One of Major LSST Science Objectives Fits Middle School Curriculum: Solar System Availability of Data: Existing & Future Data Archives and Student Accessible Telescopes American Geophysical Union December 11, 2006 Problems & Questions Professional Surveys saturate discovery, so need different focus Can we make Data Mining accessible and enticing enough? Can “Cutting Edge” research Really be done in Middle School? American Geophysical Union December 11, 2006 Proposed Solution Asteroid Characterization: colors (not spectra) & types, rotation, size, composition Middle School Earth Science Connection: Asteroids to Meteorites to Earth Rocks and Geologic Processes (not just SS) American Geophysical Union December 11, 2006 Project Components Student Research: Remote Observing Student Research: Data Mining Classroom Activities/Content Professional Development: workshops, online course Web Site & Data Archive American Geophysical Union December 11, 2006 Status Development & Test Teams Curriculum Web Site Initial Observational Tests Classroom Alpha Testing Get Students Involved American Geophysical Union December 11, 2006 QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. NOAO Contact Email: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.noao.edu/education/noaoeo.html American Geophysical Union December 11, 2006
