Project OBSERVE: Observation Based Student Experience in
  Research Via Exploration

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center's Project: OBSERVE, in collaboration with UNC-CH's Physics and Astronomy Department, allows North Carolina high school students to become astronomers by using remote, robotic telescopes controlled via the Internet. In the summer of 2008, 20 high school earth science and astronomy teachers will train on observational astronomy, remote telescope control, and image processing. Throughout the 2008-2009 school year teachers will implement Project: OBSERVE, giving their students an opportunity to use an array of six telescopes located in Chile. The telescope array, called PROMPT, provides students with a unique opportunity to do hands-on astronomy.

  Online Interactive Multimedia Teacher Workshops Using NASA Imagery
  to Explore Earth Science and Astronomy
  PI: Dr. Michael Ruiz - University of North Carolina at Asheville

Breathtaking aerial imagery from the NASA space program serves as the unifying theme for two online interactive K-12 teacher workshops. Participants receive stipends, college credit, and continuing-education units as they first look outward to explore the wonders of deep-sky objects. They learn about nebulae, galaxies, black holes, and the structure of the universe. Then they look inward at our majestic Earth, studying weather concepts, geological landforms, and global environmental issues. The interdisciplinary experience integrates astronomy, geography, and Earth science in a stimulating way so that participants can better inspire in their students a love of science.