Chelen Johnson
SIRXS (SEIP IR Excess Survey) : looking for IR excesses around stars found within the Spitzer Enhanced Imaging Products (SEIP) source list.
This experience has forced me to look at something new and has inspired me to enrich and improve my classes.
I have already talked to my department about adding an astronomy research class to our class choices next year and they are very enthusiastic.
The more I talked with astronomers and support staff at the different booths [at my first AAS], the more I began to realize that being a teacher, and an amateur astronomer, is really very different from being a professional astronomer.
