What is ROBIE?
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As education has turned toward inquiry learning, we must
look for new and inventive ways to teach science concepts. Modeling how real live science is done is such a way.
With the goal of helping teachers provide real life, practical
experiences for their students, LSU's Department of Physics and Astronomy has
developed ROBIE: Robotic
Internet Experiences.
Under the ROBIE project we have developed new
"ROBOTS" that can be accessed by students over the Internet and
developed a teacher guide that builds upon existing curriculum to enhance the
classroom experience. The robots available through this site are:
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ATIC
Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter
The ATIC experiment was
constructed at LSU to detect and study high-energy cosmic rays that originate
from outside our solar system and may be caused by Supernova explosions. |
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RADIO
Through this robot, you users will be
able to remotely control a ham radio and listen to satellites as well as
signals from around the world! |
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TELESCOPE This robot is still under
construction but when it is finished, users will be able to remotely
control a telescope and view the stars through the web! |
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The Teacher's Guide
available through this site provides teachers with benchmarks, lesson matrices,
a technology guide, and other useful resources.
We gratefully acknowledge the Louisiana Technology Innovation
Fund, the Louisiana Systemic Initiatives Program (LaSIP), and Louisiana State
University for their support of this project.
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