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Round 3 - Z Cha News
Click on any teacher's name to see activities associated with NITARP.
Highlights of team activities
January 2009
The team presented the following posters at the January 2009 AAS meeting in Long Beach:
Z Chamaeleontis: The Return of Dark Matter
(ADS Abstract)
Classroom Applications of the Cataclysmic Variable Z Cha
(ADS Abstract)
The Z Cha team also developed the following classroom activities:
Interacting Binary Star System Activity - Make a physical 3-D
model of an interacting binary star system using light bulbs, meter,
and a solar cell that will enable students to actively measure and
record the luminosities of the system in different orientations, thus
simulating real interacting binary star systems.
Binary Star Model - Make a physical model of a binary star system
that demonstrates the components of which it is made, including the
accretion disk.
October 2008
The Z Cha team of twelve teachers and students had a very successful
visit to the SSC during Sept 28-Oct 1 to work on analyzing their
Spitzer data with lead scientists Don Hoard (SSC) and Steve Howell
(NOAO). The team is currently beginning work on poster presentations
for the January AAS.
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