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**Teacher-Participant Agreement**

I would like to volunteer to participate in the educational research
project, which is offered by the Hands-On Universe (HOU) program based
at the Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California at
Berkeley. This agreement indicates that I am willing to learn the HOU
curriculum in order to teach it in my classroom. I am confirming my
online registration of the assigned professional development group for
this project.

I understand that the study may involve some classroom observation,
although there will be no video or audio taping of any kind. Further, I
understand that all student and teacher data gathered by HOU and the
Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) will be kept
strictly confidential.

I understand that I must satisfy the following requirements in order to
participate in this project:

1.  Be an active high school (grades 9--12) science, mathematics, or
    technology teacher in a public, private, or charter school.

2.  Be willing to teach HOU in one of my classes for at least 15 hours.

3\. Have regular access to a computer system with the following
specifications:

> \- Mac (PowerMac, G3, or iMac) or PC (Pentium I or newer processor,
> running Win95, Win98 or newer operating system).
>
> \- 64 Megabytes of RAM; more is better.
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> \- Free disk space: at least 10 Megabytes.
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> \- Internet connectivity, with reliable e-mail and WWW access using at
> least Netscape 4.0 or Internet Explorer 4.0 that are Java enabled.

4\. Have no previous experience using Hands-On Universe curriculum
materials.

5\. Have written approval from my school principal. The form for the
principal to sign will be provided. My principal must agree to allow
students in my classroom take brief pre- and post- tests to measure
achievement.

6\. I am willing to administer to my students written assessment
materials developed by HOU and TIMSS.

I understand that I will receive the following benefits by completing my
participation in this project:

1.  A complete set of written materials for teacher use to support an
    innovative and proven curriculum integrating earth science
    (astronomy), math, and technology.

2.  Opportunities to earn the equivalent of three academic semester
    units of postgraduate credit by registering through the UC
    Extension.

3.  Full license to use the HOU image-processing software on a classroom
    set of computers (CD-ROM provided).

4.  Opportunity to participate in an exciting, nation-wide
    student-teacher educational research project.

5.  Access to images from HOU telescopes on CD-ROM or from a celestial
    image database.

6.  Opportunity to participate in the testing and development of a
    telescope network designed especially for high school classrooms.

7.  A stipend to be provided upon completion of Post-Testing in the
    classroom. The stipend is a taxable income and it is participant\'s
    responsibility to comply with IRS requirements.

8.  School Membership and Personal (Teacher) Membership in the
    international network of Hands-On Universe.

9.  One year\'s worth of access to the HOU Global Telescope Network.

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Signature Date

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Name (print) Social Security Number

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Name of High School

Address to mail the stipend checks (No P.O. Box address)

> Registered Course: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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> Instructor: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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> Total amount of stipend: \$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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> (\*) Stipend will be generated by two payments. 2/3 of the total
> amount will be generated upon completion of the course. The balance of
> 1/3 will be generated upon completion of Post-Testing the classroom.