Chelen Johnson
I think that more than anything else, hearing these kids talk about their work really convinced me how valuable this experience is for students.
The "new" astronomy has become something we all knew was coming: handling huge chunks of data and learning how to mine this information from sets so large that it is simply mind boggling. The interesting thing is that many people are not aware of this, notably teachers in the trenches.
This year [at the AAS] was so much different than last year [because of] having a poster to share with others!
