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July-September 2007 updates for Ms. Hemphill

Published: September 15, 2007

Ms. Hemphill's student, who is working the clusters cl1227 and cl1232, has submitted a proposal to continue her work to the science department at her school. She is also mentoring two younger students, one a middle school student. She is helping both with the use of remote observing telescopes.

Ms Hemphill has encouraged students to consider independent projects related to studying infrared. The plan to use a FLIR camera to demonstrate chemical changes in the infrared has run into a snag. The FLIR camera they were borrowing has broken and likely will not be available to their classes.

Ms Hemphill will make a presentation at the Oregon Science Teachers Association meeting on October 12, including Spitzer topics and educational materials available to teachers.

Ms Hemphill learned that Spitzer educational materials, posters, bookmarks, etc., are in high demand at one small alternative school with a largely Hispanic student population, in San Antonio,Texas, and passed this information on to SSC EPO. The school has few science resources. The reading teacher has started using Spitzer materials with her reading students to encourage them to read. The 3rd-6th grade students really enjoy the small Spitzer posters and are reading (unasked) the larger posters she put up in her room. Ms Hemphill sent directions for making CD spectroscopes from cereal boxes; she gave those directions to 6th-8th grade teachers, along with larger Spitzer posters for their classrooms. The teachers are pleased to have these posters in their rooms.

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