January-April 2009
Mr. Schaefers and students are working with Leslies cubes, infrared
thermometers, a heat detecting Pasco device, and doing 2-D
constellation research. They are also doing a lab activity with
revolving stars- red vs blue / time of revolution, brightness using
the same heat detecting Pasco device. In addition they are working on
a SOHO sun spot activity, jewels in the night- color wavelength
activity. Also they will be discussing galaxies soon. Recent planet
discoveries also tied in with these activities.
Mr. Schaefers was
selected to participate in a meeting on October 7-11, 2009 aimed at
establishing achievement level cut scores on the 2009 National
Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in science. This is a
critical step in establishing the Nation's Report Card in science. He
has also been selected as one of the participants invited to attend
the 2009 Physics Teachers Workshop July 12-17, 2009 in Idaho Falls.
January-June 2008
I have attended the Austin, Texas introduction at AAS meeting in Jan.
Then we held meetings by phone and online communications.
Then in March I was selected to the (at Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Space Foundation's Teacher Liaison Program in April- 8 th
Then more tele- meetings and internet communication/downloads/
Directed all by Luisa Rebull.
Then in June we went to Cal Tech- Pasadena, CA, we did alot of work on our laptops
and team work was required.
and we went on a JPL visitation.
After attending the Austin, Texas AAS meeting in Jan. I learned more about what was
required of Astronomers (research) and what is required to communicate their
research.
Learned about phone and online communications, internet communication/downloads
Learned more about how busy and dedicated Astronomers like Luisa Rebull are.
Learned about the hard work to crunch data utilizing various programs driven by
Linix programs
I learned more about how to work on my laptops and team work.
The JPL visitation showed how committed and complicated our research exploration of
other planets and moons.
I have begun to introduce the Infared / telescope information and keeping them
abreast of the current research I /team is doing. I am trying to introduce all the
My previous eighth grade students have learned about the current Spitzer and other
Infared research.
My new eighth graders this fall will learn more about the program and begin to apply
some of the tools: analysis of infrared data collected on our mission Spitzer: Star
Formation in Lynds Clouds and Orion.
Future Plans:
To inform other teachers and students and continue to apply said software and
hardware examples.
Jeff Adkins
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John Blackwell
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Jacqueline Barge
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Christopher Border
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Kareen Borders
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Robert Bonadurer
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Merrill Butler
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Lauren Chapple
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Joseph Childers
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Howard Chun
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Wendy Curtis
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Richard DeCoster
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Stacy DeVeau
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Harlan Devore
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Cris DeWolf
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Velvet Dowdy
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Thomas Doyle
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Dean Drumheller
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Debbie Edwards
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Mike Ford
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Debbie French
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John Gibbs
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Peter Guastella
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Rosa Hemphill
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Ardis Herrold
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Vivian Hoette
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Chelen Johnson
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Virginia Jones
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Adam Keeton
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Susan Kelly
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Marcella Linahan
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Thomas Loughran
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Carolyn Mallory
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Anthony Maranto
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Christoper Martin
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Kevin McCarron
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Matthew McCutcheon
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David McDonald
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Shefali Mehta
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Cindy Melton
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Kate Meredith
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Lauren Novatne
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Kathryn O'Connor
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Caroline Odden
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Jeffrey Paradis
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Vincent Pereira
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Helen Petach
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Peggy Piper
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Peter Pitman
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Elizabeth Ramseyer
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Steve Rapp
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Theresa Roelofsen Moody
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Denise Rothrock
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Diane Sartore
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John Schaefers
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Sally Seebode
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Babs Sepulveda
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Timothy Spuck
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Darryl Stanford
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Linda Stefaniak
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Dwight Taylor
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Jennifer Tetler
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Beth Thomas
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Cynthia Weehler
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Lynne Zielinski
