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I've been involved in many professional development activities and this is by far the best one I've ever done

Chelen Johnson

Independent Research 2019

Independent Research 2019

These teams worked on their own and presented posters at the 2020 Winter AAS.

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Our Participants Talk About NITARP

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    It was delight to watch the students explain the poster – usually followed by shock as the person listening noticed they were middle and high school students! Here is to the next generation – they are amazing.

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    Also revealed [at the 2012 AAS] was the fact that students rarely mention “creativity” and “imagination” when describing science. This tells me, as a planetarium educator, we must do a better job communicating on how discoveries are made in science.

  • Todd

    [At the AAS,] All the talks I attended were truly interesting. It is pleasure to have others teach me!