NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP)

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Education & Outreach Merrill Butler Orange County Astronomers Orange, CA January 2012 Mr. Butler brought 2 students with him to present their posters at the AAS. Please see the AAS 2012 page for photos and quotes. August 2011 Mr. Butler 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. Butler is a new NITARP educator this year, and has just started with his team. He is the first amateur astronomer to be included in NITARP. As a non-traditional educator interacting with the public through efforts with the Orange County Astronomers, he reaches a different group of people than might be reached through high school teachers in the classroom. We can't wait to see what happens! Please see the AAS 2011 page for a summary of the new class's activities. He had a fabulous time at the AAS! He writes: Words can't describe my delight and gratitude to NITARP for the "over the top" experience at AAS 217th convention in Seattle. The breadth of conveyed knowledge, the phenomenal networking, the latest science discoveries, the business and career opportunities and the educational options were astounding. I must say that I was fully engaged every moment that I was at the convention. As you said at our seminar on Sunday, "You will be over stimulated and under caffeinated." I realize exactly what [you] were talking about. [...]..never have I attended an "industry" convention where the overall collaborative nature of the attendees is so strong. Everyone that I came in contact with was approachable and eager to answer questions or contribute some knowledge. [...]Needless to say this was an experience that I thoroughly enjoyed both for its educational value but also it invigorated me to become part of the greater message, which is the story of space and ground based "observatories" and the incredible infrastructure built by NASA and its commercial and institutional partners. Never in the history of this great science has so much data and use of incredible instruments been available to not just the scientific community but the general public as well. All one has to do is just ask! 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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