DOWNS – A science teacher from Tri-Valley High School and his students will have the opportunity to work with NASA and the Center for Infrared Processing and Analysis at California Institute of Technology do some research in astronomy over the next year.
Jeff Benter has been selected to be part of the 2022-20223 class of the NASA / IPAC Teacher Archives Research Program. Benter and three other teachers from across the country will work with Varoujan Gorjian, a scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
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The program asks teachers to conduct research using data from various NASA and IAC databases, according to an IAC press release.
Ultimately, teachers and their students present posters of their research, with the presentations scheduled for a meeting in Seattle in January 2023.
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Recent NITARP projects have included studies of the discs of matter around black holes in the centers of galaxies and the search for young stars in a nebula, two projects completed by the class that began in 2020, just before the start of the pandemic.
The participating teachers also share their learning and training with other teachers in their district, IPAC said in the statement.
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Brrr! Snow records of all time
February 23, 1914
13 inches of snow fell on February 23, 1914. This is the highest snowfall during February in central Illinois, and the most snowfall on a calendar day or in a 24-hour period. To see the newspaper clipping.
Big snow, big news
The snowfall of January 13, 1927 was great news for the Decatur Herald.
January 13, 1927
11 inches of snow fell on January 13, 1927. See the newspaper clipping from The Pantagraphe.
October 23, 1929
2.7 inches of snow fell on October 23, 1929. The photo caption of The Pantagraphe Winter threw its first blanket of snow this year over the city on Wednesday, and the Pantagraph cameraman, perched on the top floor of the Peoples Bank building, took a view of the white-topped business houses. above is a view of the southeast section of the downtown district. It was the first snowfall here in 13 years. “
A rare second photo
The caption of the photo of The Pantagraphe And the snow also visited Wesleyan University of Illinois. Miss Marilla McCoy, a student at IWU, and Miss Bessie Louise Smith from the Faculty of Music commented on it when the photographer noticed them next to the snow covered entrance to the university on Main Street. “
Traces of snow in May
Mai holds several records for snow tracks: May 3 and 4, 1917; May 2, 1929; May 1, 1940; May 11, 1952. See a press clipping from Decatur Herald.
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