Further Adventures with GWAM (Gee Whizz Astronomy Modelling)

This is a poster presented at the 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, organised by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE, http//astro4edu.org). Title: Further Adventures with GWAM (Gee Whizz Astronomy Modelling) Presenter:Lewis, Fraser (Faulkes Telescope Project, GWAM) I’ll provide an update on a successful year for Gee-Whiz Astronomy Modelling (GWAM), an online astronomy ‘club’ giving our students, teachers and educators opportunities in astronomical research. GWAM was founded during the pandemic by Carl Pennypacker (UC Berkeley, GHOU) and Elizabeth Villanueva (University of Chile) developing open-ended astronomy projects for students. Our team live in Chile, Pakistan, the United States, Colombia and Wales and meet online for an hour each week at a time suitable to all (typically Fridays ~ 18 – 20 UT). Students collect and analyse astronomical images and datasets (such as Gaia DR3), use astronomical software and Python and also use observing time from Las Cumbres Observatory. Students study topics such as transiting exoplanets, eclipsing binaries, open clusters and blazars.Find out more at our website, https://sites.google.com/view/gwamcl Collaborators: Villanueva, Elizabeth (University of Chile) Pennypacker, Carl (University of California, Berkeley, Global Hands On Universe) Escobar, Carolina (GWAM) Martinez, Isabel (GWAM) Lee, William (GWAM) Manstein, Luna (GWAM) About the 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop:The 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop took place:12 - 15 November 2024. The Shaw-IAU workshops focus on astronomy education for primary and secondary school students and teacher training both in universities and in service. This year's workshop featured two special topics: an exploration of the first two years of the James Webb Space Telescope for the scientific topic, and the crucial aspect of evaluation in educational contexts as the non-scientific topic.More details can be found on: https://astro4edu.org/shaw-iau/Keep up to date with future Shaw-IAU Workshops and other opportunities at the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education by joining our mailing list https://astro4edu.org/mailing-list/Follow the IAU OAE on Bluesky and Facebook under @astro4edu