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Summer Visit - 2010 - IR Variability team

The summer visit to Caltech is 3-4 days long and is the only time during the year of work when all the participants on the team come together in person to work intensively on the data. Generally, each educator may bring up to two students to the summer visit that are paid for by NITARP, and they may raise funds to bring two more. The teams work at Caltech; the summer visit typically includes a half-day tour of JPL.

The IR Variablity team came to visit Caltech in August 2010.

Quotes

  • [student:] I really enjoyed the chance to work with everyone, the Astronomers, and the students as well as the teachers. That was one of the best experiences in my life.
  • [student:] That was one of the best experiences in my life. I am truly thankful that I was given the chance to go on this trip and to learn more about this project and all of its subjects.
  • [student:] There was some frustration today, but we all pushed past it and got the majority of the work done.
  • [student:] Thank you for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to shadow/work with real astronomers. I learned a lot of astronomy and about how research is conducted.
  • [I was surprised] that the students, given an interesting task, could stay on task for hours at a time. When I mentioned to parents following the trip that I was amazed at how well the students stayed on task, A. interjected that it wasn't so hard, since they were being challenged to use new tools to reach achievable results.

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Summer Visit - 2010 - IR Variability team