Published: October 15, 2006
Mrs. Hemphill presented a session at the Oregon Science Teacher Association conference, October 11, 2006, in Roseberg, Oregon. The session was entitled "Seeing the World in a Different Light: Exploring in the Infrared." The session included information on the infrared and hands-on activities from the SOFIA Active Astronomy Infrared Kit. Teachers also practiced taking images with an older-model FLIR thermal imaging camera (on loan from FLIR, Wilsonville, Oregon). About 30 teachers attended; they received handouts on Spitzer and SOFIA classroom activities. Each teacher also received the Spitzer Space Telescope DVD with a copy of the short video, "Infrared: More Than Your Eyes Can See."
Mrs. Hemphill used the FLIR thermal imaging camera during Mole Day activities on October 23-24 in four chemistry classes for class portraits and to image reactions in the IR. Her students used the camera to explore a few objects in the IR and to take class portraits for a 4th grade class in both the visible and the IR.
The student working with Mrs. Hemphill completed a proposal for her work with Spitzer data which was approved.