• NASA
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NASA/IPAC Teacher
Archive Research Program

How it works

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

Chelen Johnson

FIRes/Gorjian

FIRes/Gorjian

Finding Infrared Excess in the SEIP (fIRes) will be looking for stars with infrared excesses in the Spitzer Enhanced Imaging Products catalog.

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Our Participants Talk About NITARP

  • Pfahler

    I was looking for ways that my students and I could get involved with real science and real astronomy, and NITARP is doing exactly that.

  • Benter

    Being a mentor teacher is easy because these teachers are fantastic. They're just off and running with the project.

  • Robert

    Astronomers, all of whom are scientists, can be personal, funny, and outright social beings.