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AAS - 2011

The Winter American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting is the largest meeting of professional astronomers in the world. NITARP educators attend an AAS first to meet their team, then they go home and work remotely for much of the year, and then attend an AAS to present their results.  At any given AAS, then, we could have two NITARP classes attending - those finishing up, and those getting started. Reload to see a different set of quotes.

The 2010 and 2011 NITARP teams attended the 2011 January AAS meeting in Seattle, WA. The 2010 class was presenting results and the 2011 class was starting up. Special feature article on AAS attendeesThere were nearly 60 NITARP-affiliated folks, about 2% of the attendees at the AAS meeting!! We presented 9 posters. Also see Luisa's blog entry about this.

 


Quotes

  • This was a trip I will never forget. I am very fortunate to have been a part of something so interesting and rewarding.
  • I found it comforting that most educators at that level seem to genuinely enjoy and love to talk about their area of interest.
  • I think it also was an invaluable experience for [my students] to see that it is "ok" to ask questions.
  • I thought this program was a great experience. We had many opportunties available to us. The work was challenging but fun.
  • My observation was that [our students'] ideas for their future expanded with the whole experience. That science became more than a class but an endeavor in which they could participate.

AAS - 2011