The Parkes Radio Telescope as a tool for STEM engagement
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1 The Parkes Radio Telescope as a tool for STEM engagement Jimi Green Parkes Senior System Scientist, CASS Group Leader ASA Annual Science Meeting, Swinburne 27 June 2018 CSIRO ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCE With thanks to: Rob Hollow, George Hobbs, Kristina Johnson, Mike Kuiper, Polly Agrawal, Leah Solyom, Jane Kaczmarek, Shi Dai, Andrew Cameron, John Sarkissian, all those involved with PULSE@Parkes, Teacher Workshops and outreach activities over the years, Parkes staff
2 The Parkes Telescope Overview Teacher Workshops OPTIMUS 3-D visualisation Augmented Reality Public engagement and Outreach Links to the Square Kilometre Array 2 STEM@Parkes Jimi Green
3 3 Jimi Green
4 The Parkes Radio Telescope, The Dish 64 m radio telescope, ~380 km west of Sydney, ~20 km north from town of Parkes, owned and operated by CSIRO Three years to design and two years to build - officially opened on 31 October operating for 57 years! Continual upgrades & evolution have been key (new surfaces, new focus cabin, new receivers e.g. multibeam, backend systems) Multitude of scientific discoveries & other activities - space craft tracking ( The Dish ) 4 STEM@Parkes Jimi Green
5 Jane Kaczmarek Talk 5 STEM@Parkes Jimi Green
6 Pulsar focused, secondary-level education programme with real-time access to, and control of, Parkes Telescope >10yrs, ~1800 high school students (plus some higher levels) to date, >190 schools, sessions across Australia, plus Canada, China, England, Japan, South Africa & Wales, US Free program, ~ 1 session per month Work with professional astronomers & PhD students Options for open-ended student projects Online module & data Data & sessions streamed online 2 (+1 in prep) science papers to date 6 STEM@Parkes Jimi Green
7 Teacher Workshops 3-day workshops at Parkes for Science Teachers Incorporated into Galileo Teacher Training Program workshop international accreditation for teachers Sessions at state and national science teacher conferences STEM@Parkes Jimi Green
8 OPTIMUS On PRIME Observing with Parkes, Training and Introduction, Module for University Science, OPTIMUS, programme Undergraduate/postgraduate extension Part of CSIRO s ON PRIME development/entrepreneurship scheme Undergraduate level training package including Parkes telescope time Extending/varying science to include other aspects such as the 12m Parkes Testbed Facility John Sarkissian Poster 8 STEM@Parkes Jimi Green
9 9 Jimi Green
10 3-D virtual model Ø 3D modelled in Autodesk Maya Ø exported from Maya in Collada (DAE) format in parts Ø parts imported into the Three.js Editor Ø exported in JSON format project to design & implement 3D visualisation of Parkes and a pulsar communicate aspects of radio telescope observing, physics of pulsars and coordinate systems, movement of objects on the celestial sphere 10 STEM@Parkes Jimi Green
11 Augmented Reality Extension Utilises 3-D model Currently on Android Developing for IOS Developing AR card options Parkes postcards & beer mats Dish movement and controls 11 Jimi Green
12 Outreach/Public Engagement Media Engagement - Stargazing Live Breakthrough Listen Visitors centre + Apollo landing 50th anniversary celebrations next year 12 STEM@Parkes Jimi Green
13 Links to the Square Kilometre Array.. Parkes recognized as Technology Pathfinder for Square Kilometre Array Phased Array Feeds Wide-bandwidth feeds Conducts science oriented to Key Science Projects 13 Jimi Green
14 Summary Parkes is a great tool to cover the aspects of STEM Engage School students PULSE@Parkes Engage Teachers Teacher Workshops Engage University students OPTIMUS Engage General Public 3-D Model, AR, Visitors Centre, media Future perspective SKA connection 14 STEM@Parkes Jimi Green
15 Thank you CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science Jimi Green Parkes Senior System Scientist, CASS Group Leader t e james.green@csiro.au w CSIRO ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCE
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