Targeted Infusion Project Grant: Innovative Learning Experiences in Astronomy for Undergraduate Students at NC A&T

这项名为“北卡罗来纳大学本科生在天文学方面的创新学习体验”的定向灌输项目建议与北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校(UNC-CH)建立合作伙伴关系。该伙伴关系的目标有两个：(1)将北卡罗来纳大学成功的天文学入门课程纳入北卡罗来纳农工大学(NC A&amp；T)现有的空间科学课程，并为北卡罗来纳农工大学的空间科学教师提供讲课和实验室课程的培训和工具；(2)招募有才华的北卡罗来纳农工大学本科生作为研究员，他们将在专业天文台使用望远镜工作，在北卡罗来纳农工大学和北卡罗来纳农工大学从事天文研究；T和UNC-CH在会议上介绍他们的工作，在观察报告、会议记录和期刊文章中发表他们的发现，并在做这些事情时受到激励，在STEM学科中继续研究生学习和/或职业生涯。北卡罗来纳州大学最近开发了一门新的天文学入门课程，利用智利和澳大利亚的机器人望远镜。通过这一合作，NC A&A；T将采用这一课程，NC A&A；T的教职员工将接受有关如何教授课程以及如何有效地在课堂上使用开发的工具的培训，这些工具的开发使得即使是一年级的非专业学生也可以使用远程望远镜并分析产生的图像。此外，NC A&amp；T将获得在智利和澳大利亚的新Prompt望远镜以及西弗吉尼亚州的20米直径射电望远镜上永久、有保障地获得观测时间的权限。

The Targeted Infusion Project entitled - Innovative Learning Experiences in Astronomy for Undergraduate Students at NC A&T - proposes a partnership with the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). The goals of the partnership are two-fold: (1) to incorporate UNC-CH's successful introductory astronomy curriculum into North Carolina A&T University's (NC A&T) existing space science curriculum, and to provide NC A&T's space science faculty with the training and the tools to deliver the lecture and laboratory courses; and (2) to recruit talented NC A&T undergraduate students as research fellows, who will work with telescopes at professional observatories, engage in astronomical research at both NC A&T and UNC-CH, present their work at conferences, publish their findings in observing reports, conference proceedings, and journal articles, and in doing these things be inspired to pursue graduate studies and/or careers in STEM disciplines. UNC-CH has recently developed a new introductory astronomy curriculum that leverages access to the robotic telescopes in Chile and Australia. Through this collaboration NC A&T will adopt this curriculum, NC A&T faculty will receive training on how to deliver the curriculum and on how to make effective classroom use of the tools that were developed such that even first-year, non-majors can use remote telescopes and analyze the resulting images. Furthermore, NC A&T will gain permanent, guaranteed access to observing time on the new PROMPT telescopes in Chile and Australia, and on the 20-meter diameter radio telescope in West Virginia.