Shaw-IAU Workshops by the OAE

We showcase astronomy curricula that engage learners with authentic data through the use of powerful open-source tools, WorldWide Telescope (WWT) and glue. WWT is a rich visualization environment that functions as a virtual telescope, allowing anyone to make use of real astronomical data to explore and understand the cosmos. WWT users navigate through 3-dimensional and 2-dimensional views of planets, stars, and galaxies, giving them a better mental model of our universe. glue is a suite of modular tools for multi-dimensional linked-data exploration that allows users to visualize relationships within and among related datasets.

About Patricia Udomprasert

Patricia Udomprasert is a Research Associate in the Science Education Department at the CfA and Project Director for the WorldWide Telescope Ambassadors Program. She holds a Ph.D. in Astronomy from Caltech and formerly taught high school astronomy, physics, and math at Concord Academy. She leads the design and development of technology-based science curricula for use in formal and informal education environments. Her interests include science education research on the use of rich visualizations to support spatial thinking and modeling of complex phenomena, and effective pathways for teaching data science to non-experts. She is currently Science PI for a NASA Science Activation project called Cosmic Storytelling with NASA Data.

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