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AAS - 2013

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.

We were out in force at the AAS 2013 meeting in Long Beach, CA! A record number of NITARP-affiliated people attended, including the 2012 class finishing up and the 2013 class getting going. The 80 or so NITARP-affiliated folks made up about 3% of the AAS attendees.

Special article on AAS attendees!  And don't miss Danielle Miller's blog!

Quotes

  • [This experience] has made me realize that while I use a lot of inquiry, I don't always involve my students in the process of developing a testable question. I hope to involve my students more in the entire process. I plan on emphasizing that science is a collaborative effort.
  • This experience absolutely changed the way I look at the world of astronomy because pre-AAS, I never realized how many different fields of astronomy there actually are.
  • [student:] This experience will probably make me try to work harder in the classroom to master the basics that are necessary to pursuing a job in this field.
  • One of the things I love about astronomy is the very fact that we are not laboratory-bound scientists. Our lab is the universe, a constantly changing petri dish in the sky, so to say, and if you aren't looking, you miss it! The way that we construct experiments is dependent on the universe's cooperation, if one could call it that!
  • [At one of the sessions] one of the scientists had a terrible time talking. Painful as it was for him, he continued through it, and the students were surprised how tolerant the audience was, saying "that would never happen at our school." We had sort of a mini-lesson, or teachable moment on values and expectations, which was great! The students were also in awe of how difficult/mathematical/intense the material presented was.

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AAS - 2013