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[https://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu NITARP, the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program], gets teachers involved in authentic astronomical research. We partner small groups of largely high school educators with a mentor professional astronomer for an original research project. NITARP (combined with its predecessor, the Spitzer Teacher Program) has been running since 2005.
 
[https://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu NITARP, the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program], gets teachers involved in authentic astronomical research. We partner small groups of largely high school educators with a mentor professional astronomer for an original research project. NITARP (combined with its predecessor, the Spitzer Teacher Program) has been running since 2005.
  
= What and Who is this Wiki for? =
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= What and Who this Wiki is for =
  
This wiki has now been commandeered to be a place for us to collect bits and pieces of lessons that might be useful to NITARP alumni or other educators (grade 7 through college). It used to be a dynamic environment for NITARP participants to work, and as such, there may very well be pages here that are .. less than polished. We have tried to isolate those pages where possible.  
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This wiki has now been commandeered to be a place for us to '''collect bits and pieces of lessons that might be useful to NITARP alumni or other educators''' (grade 7 through college). It used to be a dynamic environment for NITARP participants to work, and as such, there may very well be pages here that are .. less than polished. We have tried to isolate those pages where possible. And, for sure, there are old pages from the prior incarnation of this site that may turn up during searches but that may not be relevant any longer.  
  
 
We encourage you to think critically about the information that is here, and ask for help or clarification if you need it.
 
We encourage you to think critically about the information that is here, and ask for help or clarification if you need it.
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[[What this site is not]]
  
 
[[Guide to NITARP participants for use of the wiki]].
 
[[Guide to NITARP participants for use of the wiki]].
  
  
= How to use this Wiki? =
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= How to use this Wiki =
  
 
I suspect everyone agrees that Legos are awesome. You can build nearly anything with them. You can get a set, build it according to the instructions, and then take it apart and build something wildly different than the designer intended with those very same Legos.
 
I suspect everyone agrees that Legos are awesome. You can build nearly anything with them. You can get a set, build it according to the instructions, and then take it apart and build something wildly different than the designer intended with those very same Legos.
  
That's what this site is designed to be -- a pile of Lego bricks. We have provided in some cases ideas for how they can be put together to do something, and we plan more. And, some of the individual constituents are more .. piles of melted plastic and not yet actually a Lego brick. But you may be able to carry them further and turn them into more useful pieces!
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That's what this site is designed to be -- a pile of Lego bricks. We have some components that are more like single Lego bricks, and some that are more like Lego pieces extremely customized to a single purpose. And, some of the individual constituents are more .. piles of melted plastic and not yet actually a Lego brick. We have provided in some cases ideas for how they can be put together to do something, and we plan more. You may see how something could come together that we did not envision!
 
 
[[image:legopile.jpg]]
 
  
=[[What is infrared light?]]=
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[[file:legopile.jpg|center|500px]]  
A very general introduction to infrared astronomy, with links to go to for more information.  Note that this wiki is not designed to replace a basic astronomy textbook for general introduction to astronomy information.  We're assuming that you've already gotten that information elsewhere.
 
  
=[[How does the Spitzer Telescope work?]]=
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There are four main categories of resources on this site:
A very general introduction to the Spitzer Space Telescope, with links to go to for more information. 
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* [[Background/general reference]] (e.g., units, central wavelengths, magnitudes)
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* [[Skill development]] (e.g., using IRSA tools)
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* [[Science background]] (e.g., about young stars)
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* [[Coherent ideas of what to do with these pieces]] (might be called "lesson plans")
  
=[[What other kinds of archival data are part of NITARP?]]=
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Within each of these broad topics are smaller, well, "Lego brick" topics. Within each of these topics, the most polished stuff is at the top of the page, and the least polished stuff is at the bottom.  
A general introduction to all of the archives housed at IPAC that are part of NITARP.
 
  
=[[Research Tools]]=
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Note that this wiki is not designed to replace a basic astronomy textbook for general introduction to astronomy information.  We're assuming that you've already gotten that information elsewhere. [https://openstax.org/details/books/astronomy Here] is a good, free, online one if you need a textbook.
How to get started, software, tutorials, overviews, and more.
 
  
=[[Current Research Projects]]=
 
'''Students, teachers, and scientists''' throughout the US are working together on a wide variety of Spitzer research projects.  Currently they include a variety of projects ranging from the hunt for young stars in IC 2118, to exploring the supermassive black hole in Arp102B.
 
  
=[[Future Research Project Ideas]]=
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=Big open questions=
Here is a place to explore future research project ideas.
 
  
=[[Misc. Lesson Plans, Activities, and Useful Websites]]=
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Yes, we are in the middle of a massive reorganization. Please bear with us.
Please feel free to contribute.  We do ask that you include your wiki signature (click on the username/date stamp button in the edit window) when submitting lesson plans and activities.  This will help users of the site in the event they have questions. Also, when posting a website, please provide a brief description of the site along with the web link.
 
  
=[[Wiki Development Plans]]=
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Categories : once we pick nomenclature, can tag them as belonging to the various "lego blocks" or whatever. can tag all of the recently edited ones differently than the mass of old ones?? https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Categories
  
Stuff we're still working on re-organizing or writing ab initio.
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What to do with all the old, dead pages? originally it was not clear to me that we can/should delete all of them. BUT they still came up when you search on the wiki, so i deleted most of them. if there are new ones you find that need deletion, let me know.

Latest revision as of 02:36, 12 August 2020

Wiki for the NASA IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP)

What is the NASA IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP)?

NITARP, the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program, gets teachers involved in authentic astronomical research. We partner small groups of largely high school educators with a mentor professional astronomer for an original research project. NITARP (combined with its predecessor, the Spitzer Teacher Program) has been running since 2005.

What and Who this Wiki is for

This wiki has now been commandeered to be a place for us to collect bits and pieces of lessons that might be useful to NITARP alumni or other educators (grade 7 through college). It used to be a dynamic environment for NITARP participants to work, and as such, there may very well be pages here that are .. less than polished. We have tried to isolate those pages where possible. And, for sure, there are old pages from the prior incarnation of this site that may turn up during searches but that may not be relevant any longer.

We encourage you to think critically about the information that is here, and ask for help or clarification if you need it.

What this site is not

Guide to NITARP participants for use of the wiki.


How to use this Wiki

I suspect everyone agrees that Legos are awesome. You can build nearly anything with them. You can get a set, build it according to the instructions, and then take it apart and build something wildly different than the designer intended with those very same Legos.

That's what this site is designed to be -- a pile of Lego bricks. We have some components that are more like single Lego bricks, and some that are more like Lego pieces extremely customized to a single purpose. And, some of the individual constituents are more .. piles of melted plastic and not yet actually a Lego brick. We have provided in some cases ideas for how they can be put together to do something, and we plan more. You may see how something could come together that we did not envision!

Legopile.jpg

There are four main categories of resources on this site:

Within each of these broad topics are smaller, well, "Lego brick" topics. Within each of these topics, the most polished stuff is at the top of the page, and the least polished stuff is at the bottom.

Note that this wiki is not designed to replace a basic astronomy textbook for general introduction to astronomy information. We're assuming that you've already gotten that information elsewhere. Here is a good, free, online one if you need a textbook.


Big open questions

Yes, we are in the middle of a massive reorganization. Please bear with us.

Categories : once we pick nomenclature, can tag them as belonging to the various "lego blocks" or whatever. can tag all of the recently edited ones differently than the mass of old ones?? https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Categories

What to do with all the old, dead pages? originally it was not clear to me that we can/should delete all of them. BUT they still came up when you search on the wiki, so i deleted most of them. if there are new ones you find that need deletion, let me know.