Our solar siblings: A high school focused robotic telescope-based astronomy education project

Michael Fitzgerald; David H. McKinnon; Lena Danaia; Ross Cutts; Saeed Salimpour; M Sacchi

doi:10.32374/rtsre.2017.020

Our solar siblings: A high school focused robotic telescope-based astronomy education project

Michael Fitzgerald, David H. McKinnon, Lena Danaia, Ross Cutts, Saeed Salimpour, M Sacchi

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In this paper, a robotic telescope-centric high-school level astronomy education project, Our Solar Siblings (OSS) is outlined. The project, an LCO official education partner, was formed as an institution-independent non-profit collaboration of volunteers officially in 2014, although the first version of the curriculum materials and approach was initially first designed in 2010. We outline the five goals of the project and the three approaches (formal classroom, independent student research and providing support to similar endeavours) we implement to try and achieve these goals. The curriculum materials, a central part of the project, are outlined as are their connections to various curriculum. The independent research project aspect and recent activity is presented. The article concludes with a brief update on the OSS evaluation which drives the educational design and the project’s future directions as of 2017.

Original language	English
Pages	221-235
Number of pages	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.32374/rtsre.2017.020
Publication status	Published - 18 Oct 2018
Event	2nd Annual Robotic Telescopes, Student Research and Education (RTSRE) 2017 - Hacienda Hotel, San Diego, United States Duration: 18 Jun 2017 → 22 Jun 2017 https://aas.org/events/2017-02/robotic-telescopes-student-research-and-education (Conference information)

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Conference	2nd Annual Robotic Telescopes, Student Research and Education (RTSRE) 2017
Abbreviated title	Past, present, future
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego
Period	18/06/17 → 22/06/17
Other	NOTE - program attached to PID 480414047 The Robotic Telescopes, Student Research and Education: Past, Present, Future conference will focus on the use of remotely-located, relatively small, typically optical robotic telescopes to support, promote, and drive research undertaken by high school and undergraduate students for scientific research as well as educational outcomes and uses. The conference will aim to tie diverse strands into a coherent story of where we have been (the past), where we are now (the present), and outline the pathways and challenges going forward (the future). In doing so, we endeavor to provide a synthesis of the relatively disconnected communities surrounding remote and robotic telescopes, scientific research, and astronomy education to provide a global picture of the field in its current state.
Internet address	https://aas.org/events/2017-02/robotic-telescopes-student-research-and-education (Conference information)

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Fitzgerald, M., McKinnon, D. H., Danaia, L., Cutts, R., Salimpour, S., & Sacchi, M. (2018). Our solar siblings: A high school focused robotic telescope-based astronomy education project. 221-235. Poster session presented at 2nd Annual Robotic Telescopes, Student Research and Education (RTSRE) 2017, San Diego, California, United States. https://doi.org/10.32374/rtsre.2017.020

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2018. 221-235 Poster session presented at 2nd Annual Robotic Telescopes, Student Research and Education (RTSRE) 2017, San Diego, California, United States.

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