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The Astronomy Village: Investigating the Universe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2018

S. M. Pompea  and
C. Blurton
S. M. Pompea
Affiliation:
Pompea and Associates, 1321 East Tenth Street, Tucson, Arizona, 85719-5808, USA and Adjunct Faculty, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
C. Blurton
Affiliation:
NASA Classroom of the Future, Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, West Virginia, 26003, USA

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The Astronomy Village multimedia program is designed to emphasize the process of science as much as its content (Pompea and Blurton, 1995; Pompea, 1996). It was designed for 14 year-old students, but has been used at slightly younger age levels and for older students, including university students. The investigations are flexible enough to be used at this wide variety of levels.

In this CD-ROM-based multimedia program, student teams can pursue one of ten research investigations. In each investigation they are guided by a mentor, receive e-mail, hear a lecture in the Village auditorium, and make observations using ground or space-based telescopes in a virtual observatory. The students also process data using the NIH Image image processing program. They keep a detailed logbook of their research activities and can run simulations on stellar evolution as well as manipulate 3-D astronomy visualization tools.

Type
Section Six
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 162: New Trends in Astronomy Teaching , 1998 , pp. 332 - 337
Copyright
Copyright © 1996

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