NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP)

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Education & Outreach Adam Keeton North High School Eau Claire, WI January 2012 Mr. Keeton brought a student with him to present their posters at the AAS. Please see the AAS 2012 page for photos and quotes. He writes: "The experience I had at the 2012 AAS meeting as well as the entire NITARP experience will change the way I teach astronomy. Having spent 5 days meeting and discussing authentic scietific research with so many people from many different facilities was extremely rejuvinating as an educator. This year was so much different than last year having a poster to share with others!" August 2011 Mr. Keeton visited IPAC in August 2011 and brought a student with him. Please see the Summer 2011 visits page for photos and quotes. January 2011 Mr. Keeton is a new NITARP educator this year, and has just started with his team. Please see the AAS 2011 page for a summary of the new class's activities. He is excited, if a bit intimidated, about the work ahead of him in NITARP. He also learned a lot about astronomy and astronomers at the AAS meeting. He writes: Astronomers cannot seem to gather concrete data unless they are using multiple sources for data collection (makes sense to me). They had found similar data to my own indicating that students who are given the opportunity to do "real science" generally find a greater deal of success when it comes to understanding concepts (and at a deeper level). I found this very satisfying. Jeff Adkins | John Blackwell | Jacqueline Barge | Christopher Border | Kareen Borders | Robert Bonadurer | Merrill Butler | Lauren Chapple | Joseph Childers | Howard Chun | Wendy Curtis | Richard DeCoster | Stacy DeVeau | Harlan Devore | Cris DeWolf | Velvet Dowdy | Thomas Doyle | Dean Drumheller | Debbie Edwards | Mike Ford | Debbie French | John Gibbs | Peter Guastella | Rosa Hemphill | Ardis Herrold | Vivian Hoette | Chelen Johnson | Virginia Jones | Adam Keeton | Susan Kelly | Marcella Linahan | Thomas Loughran | Carolyn Mallory | Anthony Maranto | Christoper Martin | Kevin McCarron | Matthew McCutcheon | David McDonald | Shefali Mehta | Cindy Melton | Kate Meredith | Lauren Novatne | Kathryn O'Connor | Caroline Odden | Jeffrey Paradis | Vincent Pereira | Helen Petach | Peggy Piper | Peter Pitman | Elizabeth Ramseyer | Steve Rapp | Theresa Roelofsen Moody | Denise Rothrock | Diane Sartore | John Schaefers | Sally Seebode | Babs Sepulveda | Timothy Spuck | Darryl Stanford | Linda Stefaniak | Dwight Taylor | Jennifer Tetler | Beth Thomas | Cynthia Weehler | Lynne Zielinski

Funding for NITARP comes from the NASA ADP program and NASA/Archive EPO program.

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