Join HI STAR this summer. HI STAR is a one week astronomy program at the University of Hawai‘i Manoa campus in Honolulu. This program is designed for incoming grade 9–11 students who would like to work on science research projects and their teachers. (application deadline: March 31, 2008). Apply online today.

• Program: (June 8 –14, 2008) day and night activities:
  - Learn about asteroids, comets, variable stars,
     extrasolar planets, and galaxies.
  - Do telescope observing and get CCD camera
     images of objects in space.
  - Understand physics and chemistry principles
     integral to astronomy.
  - Learn image-processing skills using astrometry
      and photometry software.
  - Meet and work with astronomers.


• Student Application Requirements
  Each student must have a teacher who agrees to act as a project advisor and who will write a letter of recommendation for you. (Your teacher can advise multiple students.)

  Student applicants need to have one of the following:
  Completed a UHIfA-sponsored astronomy workshop before June 2008; and/or demonstrated knowledge of the night sky and basic astronomy; and/or your Hawaii teacher-advisor will also attend this workshop.

  Cost: A $50 registration fee.
  (can be waived for those with financial hardship)
  - Housing at UH Manoa campus dormitory and meals are fully funded for all students and teachers.
  - Hawaii students and teachers airfare to Honolulu is also funded.
  - Continental US students will need to pay for their own airfare to Honolulu.

  Any questions? Please email Mary Kadooka (kadooka@ifa.hawaii.edu)
  

Staff
Mary Kadooka, UH IfA/Astronomy Education
Mike Nassir, UH Manoa/Physics and Astronomy
Catherine Garland, Castleton State College, Vermont
/Physics and Astronomy
Rachel Ross, Las Cumbres Observatory/Education Specialist
Lorrain Rudd,
Karen Teramura, UH IfA/Graphic and Web support

HI STAR:
Hawaii Student Teacher Astronomy Research

Sponsors:
University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu
UH Astrobiology Institute http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/UHNAI/index.html

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