Columbus State University in Georgia is part of a $1.2 million grant to improve astronomy teaching in Georgia's high schools. The goal of the Georgians Experience Astronomy Research in Schools (GEARS) project is to use innovative, rigorous, NASA-research-infused astronomy curriculum to transform the way high school astronomy is taught.
When Comet Lulin crossed the skies last week, more than 42,000 people around the globe watched the trip online. The comet's journey was documented by an observatory in southwest Georgia, inside Columbus State University's Coca-Cola Space Science Center. The center's computers logged almost 5 million hits from 50 different countries.
As national experts continue to decry the need for more science and math education, a fun math contest Web site is doing its part to keep interest alive. Respondents from more than 213 different countries are finding their way to the contest every month at www.colstate.edu/mathcontest. The site is expected to get 1 million hits this year. Search Google for "math contest" and it's the top site listed.
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