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| Paper: |
Students Benefit by the Collaboration Between a Heliophysicist and High School Physics Teacher |
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539, ASP 2024: Astronomy Across the Spectrum |
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265 |
| Authors: |
Schiller, Jr., J.; Guidoni, S. E. |
| Abstract: |
In preparation for the two solar eclipses visible from North America in 2023 and 2024, High School Physics Teacher John J. Schiller, Jr., and Heliophysicist Assistant Professor Silvina Guidoni, collaborated to prepare one hundred high school students for these events. In this paper, Schiller \& Guidoni reflect on their efforts and successes and discuss how these celestial spectacles can be used to motivate students in Physics and Astronomy classrooms. Such events serve as a venue to introduce students not only to basic principles of physics but also to state-of-the-art research in areas that have societal impacts, such as Heliophysics and Space Weather (Sun-Earth connection) and to the science that eclipses provide (e.g., test of Einstein's theory of relativity). Schiller and Guidoni share ideas on how others might perform a similar future partnership to promote student learning and development. |
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