The radio sky is accessible at low cost with the RadioJOVE Project, a dual-dipole with receiver that is used by educators, students, and amateur radio astronomers to detect solar flares and radio bursts from Jupiter. The RadioJOVE has been used at Saint Anselm College primarily for a high school afterschool program, but recently, more sophisticated work on data analysis has been undertaken by undergraduates in the physics department. We will share results from current projects, such as progress towards interference reduction and measuring the signal from the Milky Way, and plans for future work that are appropriate for physics undergraduates who may be new to astronomy.

Radio Astronomy Instrumentation and Analysis in Undergraduate Physics

The Next Generation Physical Science and Everyday Thinking curriculum has been developed through years of research and development to teach physical science to pre-service elementary school teachers and other non-science major undergraduates. I will give an overview of the curriculum and the breadth of topics in physics and chemistry that it explores. This curriculum design has been extended to other areas of science with "Life Science and Everyday Thinking" and "Matter and Energy in Earth Systems," though neither has a corresponding faculty online learning community. I will describe how, in a hybrid environment (lectures and labs), and using common threads such as energy conservation, an integrated science course has been created that prepares students for their elementary education certification in a way that is inquiry-based, prioritizes active learning, and provides students with the tools to continue their own scientific learning as they become in-service teachers.

The NextGenPET Curriculum and Beyond: Integrating the Sciences

The radio sky is accessible at low cost with the RadioJOVE Project, a dual-dipole with receiver that is used by educators, students, and amateur radio astronomers to detect solar flares and radio bursts from Jupiter. In 2019, a short course on radio astronomy was designed by four undergraduates at Saint Anselm College as part of Access Academy, an afterschool program for immigrant, refugee, and underrepresented high school students in Manchester, New Hampshire, through the Meelia Center for Community Engagement. The project has been revived with a new undergraduate instructor for Access Academy and the course developed to go beyond construction of the telescope to data analysis. We will provide an update on the Saint Anselm RadioJOVE featuring new solar flare detections made by high school students and plans to incorporate RadioJOVE 2.0, a spectrograph that will facilitate more sophisticated science.

Discovering Solar Flares with High School Students

Even before the current pandemic, astronomy labs at Saint Anselm College had to plan for the many cloudy nights that would prevent a trip to the observatory. In the fall semester of 2019, the indoor lab component centered around the educational video game, “At Play in the Cosmos,” which lets students simulate performing astronomical measurements from their spaceship. This was incorporated into the labs using spectral tubes and simulations to introduce new concepts before they came up in the game. With the shift to online learning in 2020, the video game became the centerpiece of the labs once again, providing the students with guidance that is not available in an asynchronous teaching environment. In this session, I’ll share some of the techniques used to assess student learning with the video game in the lab and online.

Cloudy Night? Astronomy Labs Using Physics Demonstrations and a Videogame

(GF) Pulsars and Radio Astronomy

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AAPT meetings are a great way to reflect on your teaching, recommit to best practices and re-energize your career with new research, products, and techniques. Listen to internationally known plenary speakers, attend sessions, workshops, and special activities. This meeting is an excellent opportunity to share your expertise and learn from and network with leaders in the field.

(KF) Teaching & Supporting Future Teachers Using Next Gen PET

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B2.1 Astronomy Education Research I

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Radio Astronomy Instrumentation and Analysis in Undergraduate Physics

The NextGenPET Curriculum and Beyond: Integrating the Sciences

Discovering Solar Flares with High School Students

Cloudy Night? Astronomy Labs Using Physics Demonstrations and a Videogame

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