Science Education Activities
Categories:
Quiet Skies and Radio Frequency Interference
Papers & Presentations
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Research
Experience for Teachers at NRAO-Green Bank: Identifying Extended Regions
of Neutral Hydrogen Surrounding Isolated Galaxies (2007, McCarty, Amy;
Pisano, D. J., III; Maddalena, R. J.)
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Research Experience for Teachers at NRAO-Green
Bank: Comparing the Galactic Center at 5 GHz and 10 GHz (Jan 2004 AAS
Meeting in Atlanta; Ciccarelli & Maddalena; PowerPoint 3 MBytes)
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Research
Experience for Teachers at NRAO-Green Bank: Predicting Good Observing Periods
for High Frequency Radio Astronomy (2000, Maciolek, A. A.; Maddalena,
R. J.)
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Recent
Activities and Lessons Learned from the NRAO-Green Bank Science Education
Programs (1999, Maddalena, R. J.; Heatherly, S. A.)
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Tools
to Assess the Impact of Teacher Enhancement Programs (1997, Heatherly,
S. A.; Maddalena, R. J.; Govett, A.; Hemler, D.)
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Learning
to Investigate the Universe: Immersing Science Teachers in Research (1993,
Maddalena, R. J.; Heatherly, S.)
Teacher Resources &
Exercises
Hands on Universe
Lecture Notes
- The Quest for Extraterrestrial Signals -- Lecture given at West Virginia University, April 2016. Also in PDF.
- Fundamentals of the GBT and Single-Dish Radio Telescopes
-- Lecture for training GBT observers given March 2016 at Berkeley, CA
for staff and students involved with the Breakthrough Listen project(Power Point, 12.2 MBytes). Also in PDF (4.1 MBytes)
- Single Dish Radio Telescopes --
Lecture given during the June 2014 school for REU students and the July
school for WVU students (Power Point, 5.9 MBytes). Also in PDF (2.6 MBytes)
- The Effects of the Atmosphere and Weather on Radio Astronomy Observations-- Lecture given during the July, 2011 Single Dish Summer School in Green Bank, WV (PowerPoint, 2.4 MBytes). Also in PDF (2.0 MBytes).
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Tracing The Signal -- Lecture given on
single-dish receiver and I.F. Hardware and given at the July, 2011 Single Dish
Summer School in Green Bank, WV (PowerPoint, 1.9 MBytes). Also in PDF (1.0 MBytes).
- Radio Astronomy Emission Mecahnisms -- April 2009, Lecture for Glenville State College and Fairmont State University undergraduates. Available formats:
PDF (2.6 MBytes) and
Power-Point (5.7 MBytes).
- Observing Techniques with Single-Dish Radio Telescopes -- April 2009, Guest lecture for "Radio Astronomy Instrumentation" class, University of Virginia. Available formats:
PDF (0.3 MBytes) and
Power-Point (0.7 MBytes).
- The Interstellar Medium and Interstellar
Molecules -- June, 2008 Chautauqua workshop (PowerPoint 5.6 MBytes)
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Hands-On Calibration -- Workshop on single-dish
calibration given at the July, 2007 Single Dish Summer School in Green Bank,
WV (PowerPoint, 0.2 MBytes)
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The Green Bank Telescope -- May, 2006 Chautauqua
workshop (PowerPoint 12.2 MBytes)
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The Radio Milky Way and The Green Bank Telescope
-- Nov 2005 Public Colloquiem at Glenville State College; PowerPoint 11.1
MBytes)
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Data Reduction and Analysis Techniques -- A lecture given at the "2003 NAIC-NRAO
Single Dish School". Available formats:
PDF (3.2 MBytes), and
Power-Point (2.4 MBytes).
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Data Reduction and Analysis Techniques
from "The Proceedings of the 2001 NAIC-NRAO Single Dish School" (PDF: 2.1
MBytes).
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Data Reduction and Analysis Techniques -- A lecture given at the "2001 NAIC-NRAO
Single Dish School". Available formats: PDF (2.5 MBytes),
and Power-Point (2.1 MBytes).
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Radio Astronomy Emission Mechanisms, Version 1 -- Handouts
for a lecture given at a teacher enhancement workshop
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