Like the attention of the class or the waxing and waning of the moon, the Drexel student interest in this introductory astronomy class has also fluctuated in recent years. A vast majority of the ...

A computer program is used to identify stars in famous paintings by inputting the location and date the painting was made. (Staff photo by ROSE BACA - DMN) Astronomy teacher Joseph Acker stands ...

But Fleetwood High School offers an astronomy elective in hopes of educating students in a very complex but fascinating subject. The elective runs for one semester, with 20 to 25 students in a ...

Texas high school students have to take four years of science, but she’s doubling up on the credits with AP physics C and astronomy. She signed up for the second class mostly for fun. Knowing ...

Astronomy is the fourth science class Ryan Polder has taken. His love of science is apparent after citing “science is the search for truth.” “The better we understand the world around us, ...

They look forward to viewing films and possibly even accepting awards for science videos that they created through Wayne Schlingman, PhD’s Astronomy 1020 Stars and Galaxies course for non-science ...

Has anything like this ever happened to you? It was the spring quarter of my senior year in college. Although I had more than enough credits to graduate, I needed three more in the mathematics curr… ...

She called Young’s astronomy class her senior year “the favorite part of my day.” She took part in an internship program at the Museum of Natural History while in high school.

Other groups go about it a bit less intently, allowing conversation to devolve or sneaking bites of their lunch (the 80-minute class starts at 12:30 p.m. twice a week). Like the attention of the class ...