Madisonville High School, Madisonville, Texas
9, 10, 11, 12
Ms. Rothrock was part of the NITARP 2012 class. She is also heavily involved in a program called IASC, the International Astronomical Search Collaboration.
Patrick Miller and Denise Rothrock shared information about IASC, the International Astronomical Search Collaboration, with NITARP alumni in a NITARP tutorial.
Ms. Rothrock and her students are getting some nice media coverage about an asteroid they discovered through IASC, the International Astronomical Search Collaboration.
I did not anticipate being so challenged in the NITARP research. I have learned more in [my first] two weeks just getting ready to start working with the data.
I had no idea there was so much research going on in Astronomy. Astronomers are very eager to explain their research and future goals. A very friendly bunch.
The best thing [of the Caltech trip] was working with the other participants and making progress as a team. My students were engaged and willing to be challenged.
This [whole NITARP] experience will help me understand how students feel when they are presented with new material and don’t understand. I think this will give me more patience and understanding in this area.
The most interesting thing [during this whole NITARP experience] I did was work with catalogs I had not seen before and those I had that I had not a clue what to do with all that data. I now have a much clearer picture and my understanding has grown beyond what I think I could have ever done before.
Over all, the NITARP experience was nothing I had ever experienced before as a teacher. The research was very interesting and challenging at the same time.