Unlimited learning for high school students

When you combine a teacher that is passionate about real world research and a researcher that cares about education, you can achieve amazing results from high school students. Through a col... See More

When you combine a teacher that is passionate about real world research and a researcher that cares about education, you can achieve amazing results from high school students. Through a collaboration with Mapping the Universe, students analyzed data from a radio telescope and then used that data to calculate the Hubble constant. Working with Hands-On Universe, students conducted research in astronomy that lead to the discovery of several celestial bodies. Students and their teacher worked in conjunction with a researcher to compare radio generated images of the moon with optical images of the moon. They also conducted independent research by mapping different types of astronomical objects and constructing a radio map of a particular area of the sky. Finally, students reported their findings to astronomers working in the same field. This article inspires me to think outside of the box and determine what I can have my students do to incorporate real world data into their learning e