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HI Student/Teacher Astronomy Research National Program (June 4-9, 2010)
Conducting Authentic Research with Astronomer Mentors
(Deadline for application: March 26 , 2010.)
Are you passionate about astronomy? Would you like to work with an astronomer to do research? If so, this one week residential summer astronomy boot camp is designed for you. Grade 7-11 students and their teachers can apply. HI STAR develops astronomy research skills and provides background for conducting original research projects. Besides physics and astronomy lectures, participants will work in a computer lab to do image processing, use software to measure position and brightness of objects and do remote observing with 2 meter Faulkes Telescope on Haleakala, Maui and 16 inch DeKalb Observatory Telescope in Auburn, Indiana.You would work with astronomer mentors on comets and asteroids, galaxies, stars, heliophysics, or extrasolar planet group projects, depending upon your interest. You must have a commitment to continue working on an astronomy project with your mentors. Registration fee of $100 can be waived for students who qualify. Room and board costs plus airfare are subsidized for Hawaii students only. Continental US students and teachers are invited to apply for this program and attend at their own expense.
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ALI'I National Summer Teacher Workshop (June 27 - July 2, 2010)
Investigating Astrobiology Research Topics through Scientific Inquiry
(Deadline for application: March 26 , 2010.)
Astrobiology is an integrative science with the theme of searching for the signatures of life in the universe. Investigations about nanobacteria, abiotic versus biotic signatures, comets and meteorites delivering water and hydrocarbons to Earth, and the quest for terrestrial extra solar planets and life will highlight this program. This workshop designed for secondary science teachers will emphasize professional development by including brain research on learning, lectures and activities led by scientists and state-of-the-art lab tours. Teachers will review NASA mission curriculum materials and do other activities aligned with 2061 Benchmarks. The workshop will target returnee teachers to advance their knowledge base and may include some curriculum development. Registration fee is $50. Because of a tuition waiver, 2 University of Hawaii graduate education credits will be offered for the administrative fee of $158. A limited number of teachers from continental US will receive a subsidy of $750 to defray expenses. Accepted Hawaii teachers will be fully subsidized.
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Kimberly Binsted Participated in FMARS 2007
Kimberly Binsted participated in FMARS 2007, which was a four-month exploration simulation in a Mars analogue environment, the Haughton impact structure on Devon Island in the Canadian High Arctic. The goal was to experience (and hopefully overcome) some of the challenges of manned Mars exploration. The scientists conducted 22 science projects, including biology and geology field science and human factors experiments, the results of which will appear soon in the relevant journals. For more detail, please visit FMARS and Simulating Survival in Space, or Kim's blog.
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Iceland Subglacial Biology exploration II (June 6 -13, 2006)
To obtain water samples from the Western Skaftakatlar subglacial lake,
which lies beneath the 400 meter-thick Vatnajokull ice sheet in
Iceland. The lake is maintained by heat from volcanic activity. To
access the lake we will use a drill that uses sterilized hot water to
melt a hole through the ice. We will test the water samples for the
presence of a microbial community that is endemic, i.e. distinct from
the organisms found in the surrounding ice and snow......
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GG 710 Scientific Writing Seminar: Death Valley - Field Trip
During the Spring 2006 semester, the UHNAI funded a graduate student field trip to the late Precambrian rocks and fossils around Death Valley. The participants were part of a scientific writing seminar offered by Profs. Eric Gaidos and Steven Stanley of the UH Department of Geology and Geophysics. The objective of the seminar was to give students experience in the analysis and writing of scientific literature by participating in the writing of a review paper on an interdisciplinary topic. The 2006 topic was "The Emergence of Animal Life".
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Scientists at Sea - Exploring the deep seafloor (September 2005)
As we expand our EPO teacher database, we continue to support teachers with astrobiology topics and opportunities. In September 2005, during a two-week research cruise, we plan to provide our teachers and their students with email contact with our team’s oceanographer and marine biologist. These two scientists have previous experience working with teachers and are setting up a cruise website. Our ALI’I teachers will have their students access our UH NAI website prior to the cruise to learn about this upcoming research. During the cruise, the students will be able to question our team researchers about real-time investigations to feel the anticipation of gaining new knowledge, learn about the uncertainties due to weather conditions, and be exposed to data collection. |
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Origins of Water Workshop - Feb 27-Mar 1, 2008
The origin of water and organics on Earth and the terrestrial planets is one of the most fundamental unanswered questions about the early solar system. The location of the regions within the nascent solar system, which may have fed water-rich material to the Earth during accretion, is under intense debate. These issues are at the forefront of the interdisciplinary field of astrobiology, and we would like to bring together a group of key researchers in all of the primary areas of research related to understanding the origin of water on Earth.
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The workshop will be held on Nov 5 -7, 2007, Kauaii, Hawaii.
This interdisciplinary meeting is aimed at understanding the chronology of the processes in the early Solar System as revealed by meteorites. This includes the astrophysical setting of Solar System formation, the origin of short-lived radioisotopes, and the chronology of nebular and asteroidal processes: formation of chondrules, refractory inclusions and matrices of primitive chondrites, timing of accretion and thermal processing (aqueous alteration, thermal metamorphism, and igneous differentiation) of asteroids and comets.
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First Workshop on Titan - Observations, Experiments, Computations, and Modeling
Saturn's moon Titan is the only solar system body besides Earth with a thick atmosphere and is widely considered as a natural laboratory on the planetary scale to understand the prebiotic chemistry on proto-Earth. The Cassini-Huygens mission to Titan has opened a new chapter in Solar System exploration and extraterrestrial atmospheric chemistry. On January 14, 2005, the Huygens probe successfully descended through the atmosphere of Titan and safely landed on its surface. An extraordinary new world has been unveiled.
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Comets and Craters Workshop on Feb 25, 2006.
Register & Location
This event-based workshop focuses on what scientists have learned about
comets from the Deep Impact and Stardust Missions. You will be part of the
excitement of the research and questions astronomers and geologists want to
answer. From the Deep Impact images of impactor and Comet Tempel 1
collision to the particles due to crater formation, you will feel the sense
of wonder that drives research and at the same time understand the many
uncertainties. What does this aerogel look like? It was used to collect the
particles from Comet Wild 2. You will see a sample of it.
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Search for Life in the Universe (Friday July 28, 2006)
Does extraterrestrial life exist? Today, scientists both look for simple life in our solar system and listen for intelligent life around other stars. Dr. Chris McKay and Dr. Seth Shostak will describe current efforts in the search for extraterrestrial life, as well as discuss the probability (and consequences) of success.
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: University of Hawaii Art Building Auditorium (Rm 132)
Speakers: Dr. Seth Shostak - SETI institute for Astronomy & Dr. Chris McKay - NASA Ames Research Center
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FaulkeS Educational Telescope
Another major focus for our NAI EPO efforts has been the use of Faulkes
Telescope North (FTN) located on Haleakala on Maui for astronomy research projects. Our high school students are currently working
on imaging cometary jets and investigating other comet features after attending our Maui Deep Impact Encounter Workshop on July 2-6, 2005.
They are collaborating with students from Iceland and the United Kingdom. Polycom systems are being used to promote the live interaction
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| From January 13, 2005, to March 31, 2005, the traveling exhibit, Astrobiology:
Discovering New Worlds of Life, on loan from NAI team at the Carnegie Institution, served to introduce Hawaii’s population on Oahu,
Maui, Kauai, and the Big Island of Hawaii, the four major islands, to the mysteries of astrobiology research. This exhibit was
displayed for two weeks on each island at public and community college libraries and even at a shopping mall. Over 100 people
attended lectures by NAI team scientists that accompanyed this exhibit on three of the islands. Four workshops were also held
in conjunction with this exhibit to expose teachers to the integrative nature of astrobiology. Read more about it... |
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