For a decade, a program administered by the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy has attracted middle and high school students from across the state. The Hawaiʻi Student/Teacher Astronomy Research, or HI STAR program, is an  immersive “astronomy summer camp” for highly motivated students who would like to learn the skills and techniques of astronomy research using real data. 

“This program introduces students from Hawaiʻi to the basic practices of science,” says Dr. JD Armstrong, HI STAR program director. “Learning to think critically, using the scientific method, is extremely important to every young person in this day and age.”