Poster – Skynet Junior Scholars: Sharing the Universe with Youth

August 18th, 2014 | RESEARCH

This poster describes Skynet Junior Scholars (NSF award numbers 1223687, 1223235, 1223345) project. Skynet Junior Scholars engages middle and high school aged youth in the study of the Universe using the same tools as professionals by: targeting youth audience enrolled in the 4-H program; building accessibility standards into the SJS design ; using research quality, multi-wavelength telescopes. These telescopes are part of the Skynet Robotic Telescope Network.

Document

2014-08-18_posterISE.pdf

Team Members

University of Chicago, Contributor
Sue Ann Heatherly, Principal Investigator, National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL

Related URLs

Collaborative Research: Full Scale Development: Skynet Junior Scholars - Engaging Youth in Authentic Science Using Research Grade Robotic Telescopes

Tags

Audience: Educators | Teachers | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: Physics | Space science
Resource Type: Conference Proceedings | Reference Materials
Environment Type: Afterschool Programs | Museum and Science Center Programs | Public Programs | Summer and Extended Camps | Websites | Mobile Apps | Online Media