During this workshop, participants will:

• Learn how to set up and use the ETSU 8-inch Meade telescopes.
• Monitor variable stars using a charged-coupled device (CCD) camera.
• Determine stellar magnitudes from the CCD images, and derive light curves for variable stars (as in the picture to the right).
• Review basic scientific concepts such as the nature of light, the night sky, and stellar evolution in the light of science curriculum standards.
• Image planets, the Moon, nebulae, clusters, and galaxies.
• Learn educational software that can be used in your own classroom.
• Submit their results to the American Association of Variable Stars Observers archives, which will make the data available to astronomers around the world.