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Chandra Science Summer Program
at the MIT Center for Space Research
The Chandra Science Summer Program 2004 was a two-week educational astronomy program. This program was the result of the work of the MIT Center for Space Research Education and Public Outreach Office, and it was funded by a NASA Chandra Education and Public Outreach grant. This project was designed to promote the academic achievement in space science of high school students from the Boston Public Schools.
With this goal in mind, over the two weeks of the program, students learned about the size and scale of the objects in the universe, the origins and evolution of the universe, the life cycle of stars, and the discoveries that the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the other NASA Great Observatories make possible by observing different regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
The MIT Center for Space Research partnered with the Boston 2:00 - 6:00 After-School Initiative to offer this program to students from the Boston Public Schools. Scientists from MIT participated with students in a series of activities designed to encourage curiosity, questioning and exploration.
Students in our 2004 Summer Program...
- learned about science by doing it.
- met and worked with other talented high students from schools in Boston.
- improved math, science, and communications skills needed to succeed in high school and college.
- discussed career paths in math, science, and technology with MIT educated scientists.
- built an excellent component into their high school resumes.
- worked with MIT scientists and staff.
- received a Boston Museum of Science Membership for completing the entire program successfully.
- were eligible for one of three paid internships- which were awarded at the end of the program- at the MIT Center for Space Research.
The Program recruited students who completed their 9th, 10th or 11th grade year in the Boston Public Schools in June 2004. Only the best applications were selected to participate in the program. Selection of students was based on a lively and well-articulated interest in science, space, and learning in general, as expressed in a well-written application essay.
This program is provided at no cost to students. The program
is supported by NASA and the MIT
Center for Space Research.
For images from the 2004 Chandra Summer Science Program, click here.
We hope that you will apply to join us next summer.
You can find more information on future programs by contacting Irene Porro, Education and Public Outreach Scientist, at iporro@space.mit.edu or (617)258-7481.
