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<big>'''Wiki for the Spitzer Teachers Research Project'''</big>
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<big>'''Wiki for the NASA IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP)'''</big>
  
= What is the Spitzer Space Telescope Research Program for Teachers and Students?=
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= What is the NASA IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP)?=
The [http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/ Spitzer Science Center (SSC)] and the [http://www.noao.edu/ National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)] have designed a program for teacher and student research using observing time on the Spitzer Space Telescope. This program has its goals the fundamental NASA goals of inspiring and motivating students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics as well as to engage the public in shaping and sharing the experience of exploration and discovery. Our educational plan addresses the NASA objectives of improving student proficiency in science and improving science instruction by providing a unique opportunity to a group of teachers and students to observe with Spitzer and work with Spitzer archival data. This program allows a team of teachers and their students (with the help of a mentor astronomer) to use Director's discretionary observing time on the Spitzer Space Telescope for educational observations. [http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/index.shtml Read more about us on the Cool Cosmos website.]
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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.
  
= What (and Who) is this Wiki for? =
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= What and Who this Wiki is for =
  
This wiki is a place for the participants ([[teachers]] and scientists and students too) to share (and continue to develop!) materials based on their experiences with this program.
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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.  
  
'''Anyone can view these pages, but if you'd like to edit them, please email Luisa to get an account set up.'''
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We encourage you to think critically about the information that is here, and ask for help or clarification if you need it.
  
=[[Introduction to Infrared Astronomy and the Spitzer Telescope]]=
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[[What this site is not]]
  
=[[Research Tools]]=
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[[Guide to NITARP participants for use of the wiki]].
how to get started, software, tutorials, overviews
 
  
= [[Posters and Handouts from AAS meetings]] =
 
[[Posters and Handouts from AAS meetings | This link]] contains posters we have presented at AAS meetings, and handouts we have provided with the posters.
 
'''Other groups should upload and add in their posters!'''
 
  
=[[Information for students]] (by teachers) =
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= How to use this Wiki =
These pages contain a guide for students written by teachers.  The original version of this was created by Theresa Moody.
 
  
=[[Information for students (in research teams)]] =
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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.
These pages are for students and teachers in research teams -- right now, this is all Tim Spuck's team of students from Oil City High School.
 
  
=[[Information for teachers]] (by scientists)=
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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!
[[Information for teachers| This link]] contains lots of information for teachers (or advanced students) written by scientists.  There is stuff here on a wide range of things, from downloading Spitzer data to information specific to each project.
 
  
= Leftover "Getting started on the wiki" stuff (including manuals for how to edit files) =
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[[file:legopile.jpg|center|500px]]
  
Consult the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for tons of information on using '''(including editing files with)''' the wiki software.  [[Playground]] to experiment with formatting.
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There are four main categories of resources on this site:
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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")
  
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
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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.
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
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* [http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]
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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.
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=Big open questions=
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Yes, we are in the middle of a massive reorganization. Please bear with us.
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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
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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.