As a component of the Honors requirements, students explore past the standard fare and engage in astronomy and cosmology. Check out the many fun and engaging options below!

The 5 E approach to instruction is embraced in an evening session run by student(s). Participants will Engage and Explore, guided by the Student Scientist. The session will build through opportunities to Elaborate, and conclude with a fun evaluation. Students may partner and work in pairs.

As a Student Scientist share some simple, fun astronomy distilled to the level of a common audience through a video production. Your time can be about techniques, astronomical objects in the current sky, or other interest. But, the explanation needs to fit nicely within a "degree of sky time" (see episode below), and able to be posted into a YouTube link.

Do you have a telescope? In addition to your observations required for class, keep a detailed log about your telescope. What are you able to see? Use the Pleiades to find the magnitude potential of your scope. Track the moons of one of the Jovian planets.

Help set up the first ever Radio Receiver at Marvin Ridge to listen to our largest planet! Or, the sun! Or catch meteors! Or... The sky is literally the limit for this project.

Create tri-color images to tell an astronomical story. By accessing the images of ground and space based telescopes, through FinderChart and other astronomical programs (as needed), process the data to tell a story related to astronomical processes and / or cosmology. Complement your image with a summary outlining the object of interest. Can you create a "wall worthy" image.

Like the Caltech artists, create a poster which highlights recent astronomical and cosmological discoveries. Complement your poster with a summary outlining the science and your representation. For Fall 2022: highlight recent images captured by the James Webb telescope, LIGO, IPAC, or the NSO.

Use simple programs, like a screencast option, and Stellarium, to create a narrated show which highlights an upcoming weekend of observation for the naked eye and low power telescope. To be posted on YouTube.