Chelen Johnson
Since I teach students how to do research, it would be cool if I was doing research too and show them that I don't know what's going to happen, and I'm doing the same type of stuff that they are doing in research class. I wanted NITARP to help make me a better teacher in research and a better teacher in astronomy.
My robotics students are very wowed by the fact that I met a flight director for the Mars Curiosity Rover.
Watching the students present the research we had been working on the last year was absolutely the best part of the experience for me. They made me so proud