K-12 Educational Outreach at UH Manoa IfA

Mary Kadooka and Mike Nassir
IfA




IfA educational outreach programs for K-12 students and teachers have
been evolving.   The TOPS program for high school teachers and
students, the 2 meter Faulkes Telescope and the Deep Impact Mission
provided Hawaii students with opportunities to successfully complete
astronomy research projects.  These programs seeded our HI STAR summer
program to have students develop image processing and remote observing
skills for doing projects.  IfA mentors will describe the student
astronomy projects.  We will also discuss the outreach conducted by
GEPOC (Graduate Education and Public Outreach Committee) students,
other island workshops for HI STAR recruitment and the annual summer
astrobiology teacher program.  We thank all of you at IfA who have
supported our efforts and encourage other astronomers and graduate
students to join us in this endeavor.