  Optical UBVRI photometric measurements using the Faulkes Telescope North were
taken in early 2011 and combined with 2MASS JHK$_s$ and WISE infrared
photometry as well as UCAC4 proper motion data in order to estimate the main
parameters of the galactic open cluster NGC 2215 of which large uncertainty
exists in the current literature. Fitting a King model we estimate a core
radius of 1.12$'\pm$0.04$'$ (0.24$\pm$0.01pc) and a limiting radius of
$4.3'\pm$0.5$'$ (0.94$\pm$0.11pc) for the cluster. The results of isochrone
fits indicates an age of $log(t)=8.85\pm0.10$ with a distance of
$d=790\pm90$pc, a metallicity of $[Fe/H]=-0.40\pm0.10$ dex and a reddening of
$E(B-V)=0.26\pm0.04$. A proportion of the work in this study was undertaken by
Australian and Canadian upper secondary school students involved in the Space
to Grow astronomy education project, and is the first scientific publication to
have utilized our star cluster photometry curriculum materials.
