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Distance/Internet Astronomy Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

David H. McKinnon
David H. McKinnon*
Affiliation:
Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Australia E-mail: [email protected]

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This paper briefly reports two major programs being operated by Charles Sturt University, Bathurst: the Cosmology Distinction Course for gifted and talented senior high school students and the CSU Remote Telescope Project for upper-elementary and lower secondary school students.

Type
II. Special Scientific Sessions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 13 , 2005 , pp. 1037 - 1040
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2005

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