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Chandra/GEAR UP Summer Program
| A group of extremely motivated high school students from Boston Public Schools participated in the Chandra/GEAR UP Summer Program in June-July 2003. The initiative, directed by Dr. Irene Porro of the MIT Center for Space Research, was the result of a collaboration between the Center, Museum of Science, Boston and GEAR UP in Boston. |  |
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The students met with several MIT scientists who introduced them to the new discoveries made with Chandra, and engaged in activities and museum explorations to investigate the properties of the electromagnetic spectrum and to learn about the life cycle of the stars. |
| The program benefited from collaborations with various local institutions: scientists from the the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and amateur astronomers from the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston contributed to a star gazing party organized with the support of the NASA SEU Education Forum; and scientists and educators from the MIT Haystack Observatory engaged the students in radio observations with the Haystack Small Radio Telescope. |  |
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For their final projects the students worked on science presentations that were featured at a final event hosted by the MoS and attended by family members, museum staff, and Chandra scientists. |
On that occasion Paula Clark, Project Director for GEAR UP in Boston, expressed the appreciation of her staff and students: "The support and encouragement by the teachers and mentors from MIT and the Boston Museum of Science was extraordinary. I know that their interest and encouragement has made an impact on the lives and futures of all the students who participated in the program." |
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More images from the 2003 Chandra/GEAR UP Summer program.
