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17 July 2014 The Galileoscope project: community-based technology education in Arizona
Stephen M. Pompea, Leonard W. Fine, Robert T. Sparks, Constance E. Walker, Charles L. Dugan, Erin F. C. Dokter
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Proceedings Volume 9289, 12th Education and Training in Optics and Photonics Conference; 92892F (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2070734
Event: 12th Education and Training in Optics and Photonics Conference, 2013, Porto, Portugal
Abstract
A program model has been developed and implemented over the last three years to provide a robust optical technologybased science education program to students aged 9-11 years (5th grade), a formative time in the development of a student’s interest in science and engineering. We have created well-tested and evaluated teaching kits for the classroom to teach about the basics of image formation and telescopes. In addition we provide professional development to the teachers of these students on principles of optics and on using the teaching kits. The program model is to reach every teacher and every student in a number of mid-sized rural communities across the state of Arizona. The Galileoscope telescope kit is a key part of this program to explore optics and the nature of science. The program grew out of Module 3 of the NSF-Supported Hands-On Optics project (SPIE, OSA, and NOAO) and from the Science Foundation Arizona-supported Hands-On Optics Arizona program. NOAO has conducted this program in Flagstaff, Yuma, Globe, and Safford, Arizona and is being expanded to sites across the entire state of Arizona (295,254 square kilometers). We describe the educational goals, evaluations, and logistical issues connected to the program. In particular, we proposed that this model can be adapted for any rural or urban locations in order to encourage interest in science, astronomy and optics.-
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Stephen M. Pompea, Leonard W. Fine, Robert T. Sparks, Constance E. Walker, Charles L. Dugan, and Erin F. C. Dokter "The Galileoscope project: community-based technology education in Arizona", Proc. SPIE 9289, 12th Education and Training in Optics and Photonics Conference, 92892F (17 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2070734
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Stars
Telescopes
Astronomy
Astronomical imaging
Refractor telescopes
Astronomical telescopes
Geometrical optics
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