Chelen Johnson
The goal of SHIPs (Searching Herschel Images for Protostars) is to find and identify stars in the earliest phases of formation in NGC 281, a.k.a. "the pac-man nebula". These stars will help us understand the history of the star formation process in that region.
My robotics students are very wowed by the fact that I met a flight director for the Mars Curiosity Rover.
It's really fun to do this project, not just by myself, but with a student.
My skills and knowledge as a science teacher have grown exponentially in the last year.
