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Title

Our Solar Siblings: A high school focused robotic telescope-based astronomy education project

Abstract

In this paper, a robotic telescope-centric high-school level astronomy education project, Our Solar Siblings (OSS) is outlined. The project, an LCO official education partner, was formed as an institution-independent non-profit collaboration of volunteers officially in 2014, although the first version of the curriculum materials and approach was initially first designed in 2010. We outline the five goals of the project and the three approaches (formal classroom, independent student research and providing support to similar endeavours) we implement to pursue these goals. The curriculum materials, a central part of the project, are outlined as are their connections to various curriculum. The independent research project aspect and recent activity is presented. The article concludes with a brief update on the OSS evaluation which drives the educational design and the project’s future directions as of 2017.

Date

01/01/2018

Citation

Fitzgerald, M. T., McKinnon, D. H., Danaia, L. J., Cutts, K. R., Salimpour, S., & Sacchi, M. (2018). Our Solar Siblings: A high school focused robotic telescope-based astronomy education project, RTSRE Conference Proceedings, San Diego, California, USA, J

Type of Publication

Conference Item

Author(s)

Fitzgerald, Michael T. | McKinnon, David H. | Danaia, Lena J. | Cutts, K. Ross | Salimpour, Saeed | Sacchi, Mariana

Content

Instrumentation/Techniques > Robotic Telescopes | Stars

Construct

Academic Social/Discourse

Methodology

Mixed-Methods

Research Setting

Citizen Science | Online/Virtual | Robotic Telescopes | School

Specific Interest

RTSRE Related Research

Target Group

College/University Faculty | Teachers > In-Service | Students > Middle School Students | Multi-aged groups | Teachers > Pre-Service | Students > Primary/Elementary School Students | Students > Secondary School Students

Institution(s)

Edith Cowan University, Edith Cowan Institute for Education Research | Edith Cowan University, Edith Cowan Institute for Education Research | Charles Sturt University | St. Paul’s Grammar School | The University of Melbourne | Our Solar Siblings

Peer-Reviewed Status

Yes

Volume

1

Issue Number

1

Conference Title

Robotic Telescopes, Student Research and Education (RTSRE) Conference

Conference Location

San Diego, California, USA

Conference Proceeding Type

Paper

Resource Type

Curriculum/Program Description or Report | Curriculum/Program Evaluation

Nation(s) of Study

Australia

Language

English

Conference Date

June 18-21, 2017

URL

https://rtsre.net/ojs/index.php/rtsreconfproc

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