Hands-On Universe: bringing astronomical explorations to the classroom

Author

Refling, John P. ; Pennypacker, Carl R.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

23-26 Oct 1995

Firstpage

312

Abstract

For the past three years, with support from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy, Hands-On Universe (HOU) has developed and piloted an educational program that enables high school students to request their own observations from professional observatories. HOU students download CCD images to their classroom computers and use HOU´s powerful image processing software to visualize and analyze their data. Over the next several years HOU will develop activities and tools for middle school students and informal education centers as well as implement HOU in regional high school networks across the nation

Keywords

astronomy; computer aided instruction; education; image processing; CCD images; Department of Energy; Hands-On Universe; National Science Foundation; astronomical explorations; classroom; classroom computers; data analysis; downloading; educational program; high school students; image processing software; informal education centers; middle school students; professional observatories; regional high school networks; Astronomy; Charge coupled devices; Convolution; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Histograms; Image processing; Laboratories; Observatories; Telescopes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Image Processing, 1995. Proceedings., International Conference on

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7310-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIP.1995.537477

Filename

537477