HETE Education and Public Outreach Program

Pic of Student at Work

The HETE science program relates to topics of high interest for the general public and is linked to national and state science education standards in the areas that address the origin and evolution of the universe, the final outcomes of stellar evolution based on mass, and the electromagnetic spectrum.

The HETE EPO program features these engaging topics in a week long Summer Institute for middle and high school teachers. The Institute is designed around three overarching questions that address the contribution of new technologies in the understanding of the structure and evolution of the universe, the role of gravity in defining the architecture of the universe, and conservation of mass and energy in the life cycle of stars.

Pic of Teacher's Workshop

To support the activities of the Summer Institute and to make the HETE mission known to the general public the HETE EPO team developed an interactive poster, a series of oversized postcards, and the video "All HETE: All the time."

The video features the HETE mission scientists in a conversations about gamma-ray bursts, black holes, HETE, and the wonder of new scientific discoveries.

HETE Mission Website
HETE Postcards




Visit the MIT websiteVisit the MKI website