10/19/2018 - Project Astro

Monica Valluri will be talking about Project Astro.

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific started Project Astro about 25 years ago as a way for amateur and professional astronomers to work with teachers in a meaningful and sustained way. Despite it’s long history there have been few academic studies of its effectiveness. I will describe a study in the Baltimore public schools that assessed the impact of the program on students and teachers. I will also briefly describe our department’s plans to start a Project Astro site in SE Michigan.

https://www.astrosociety.org/education/k12-educators/project-astro/

Papers presented:

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010AEdRv...9a0117M

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012AEdRv..11a0101M

Also of possible interest:

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018PRPER..14a0147M