Meeting on 05/21/09

Present: All team members

Agenda:

Fleshing out some more of the details of the inquiry:
-Figuring out at least rough ideas of the challenges so that they can be proof-of-concept tested 
-Discuss a little more the facilitation roles.
-Possibly incorporating a meta-moment
-Details of the presentations
-Synthesis (who? what?)

Clarify what is happening to the starter telescopes

Ideas for the Design Challenges

-3 challenges (6 or 7 groups)

-Specify a large field of view 
-Limit their materials? Figure this out after proof-of-concept
(If it doesn't work with mirrors, then don't let them have them!)
Have large FOV *and* magnification.
-resolve chart and fit it all in to the field of view.

-Faintness challenge
Not possible with having only one classroom?
Will the effects of a larger diameter be noticeable?
How much bigger could the telescope get?

-Magnification- too similar to field of view?
But, a different goal. 
Optimizing to the other way.
Also depends some on collection area?

-Lightweight (transportable?)
-And flexible- adjustable?
(needed by a pirate?)

Sarah- wants to make clear that larger field of view and magnification are different?

To test the performance of these scopes- Use an eye chart!
Make sure this is on our materials list.

Assign stations to facilitators:

Sonnett- Lightweight, adjustable
Heather- Magnification
John- Field of view, magnification

Proof-of-concept Testing:

What kind of proof of concept testing can we do? What kind of materials do we have?

Need to know lens properties to see what kind of magnification we can get. 

Mike Nassir and Mike Cooney will meet tomorrow and look at physics department resources
John- They have very small lenses (half inch)
Sarah- AO lab has lots of short focal length lenses, maybe 5cm lenses

Heather, Sarah, and Mike will be informed about next steps for testing. Meet next week?

Using a Meta Moment in the Inquiry

-prep students to talk to engineers?

Presentations to the Engineers (and final presentations):

How will students present to the engineers?
-Might get 3 or 4 engineers. It's a bit difficult as it is late in the day.
Schedule in 45 minutes... probably won't get much more than that.

Each engineer focuses on one specific area. 
Takes two groups- one group at a time, with other group listening in.
Assessment would then only be done for two groups, by the facilitator that has seen those groups.

These will be informal presentations.

How do we want to guide the final builder presentations?
-Poster session for the builders.
Have another meta moment- what is a good thing to include in this presentation?
-Talk about choices
-Clarification?
-Realization of the schematic.

Synthesis:
The content the students covered
Applications of the content
John and Mike tag-team it.

To-do:

-Starter worksheets
-Assessment rubrics

Goal: Students ask questions of scientists at Mauna Kea (add this to our template?)

Additional Business:

Can John visit Harvey's room?
Yes.
Plan a time for the debrief.
W or Th after dinner?
S morning? (1 hr)

Starter worksheet- 
Do we give students prodding questions, or have them come up with a question (or two?)
Do some heavy facilitation here.

Betsy and Sonnett will talk offline about Lenses and Mirrors Inquiry.

Heather- important question, what do facilitators do at the swap
They will stay at the station (and not with the group)

Next meeting: 12:30 Hawaii time, Wednesday

Agenda to follow.