Chelen Johnson
They Might Be Giants are using data from the Kepler mission to classify the brightness changes of giant stars in an effort to understand how the observed brightness variations of giant stars may relate to the different stages of giant star evolution.
I actually felt like I was able to accomplish something that would have some meaning to the scientific community.
I can't begin to tell you what a wonderful experience this week was for me and my students. The skills and knowledge we all picked up were great.
There are very few of us that teach astronomy in our county, so I'd really like to improve the astronomy program in the county.