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            <title>GTTP General Workshop Schedule</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><b>In the Footsteps of Galileo</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt;">:</span></p>
<div style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</span><span><b>A Galileo Teacher Training Program Workshop</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:left;"><b>&nbsp;on Hands-on Astronomy</b></div>
<div style="text-align:left;"><b>in Grades 3-12</b></div>
<div style="text-align:left;">­­­­­­­­­­­_____________________________</div>
<div style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</span></div>
<div style="text-align:left;"><b>at the 2009 Annual Meeting of</b></div>
<div style="text-align:left;"><b>the Astronomical Society of the Pacific</b></div>
<div style="text-align:left;"><b>Sept. 12 - 13, 2009</b></div>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><i>Presenters:</i> <span style="font-style:normal;">Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill College &amp; ASP), Suzanne Gurton (ASP), Dennis Schatz (Pacific Science Center), Robert Sparks (NOAO), and Connie Walker (NOAO); based on an idea by James Manning (ASP)</span></p>
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<div><i>Saturday:</i></div>
<p>8 am: Introductions, Credit Requirements, Ice-breaker activity</p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">8:30 am: Brief Introduction to IYA and the GTTP Program</p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Galileo’s Life and the Realms of the Universe</p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Activity: Where Bill Gates’ Great Grand-daughter’s Would Go on Her Honeymoon</p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">9:30 am: <i>A Private Universe</i> <span style="font-style:normal;">and the Essentials of Student Learning</span></p>
<div style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">10:15 am: Break</div>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">10:30 am: The Moon Doesn’t Phase Me: Lunar Phases Activities Sequence</p>
<div style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">11:45 am: Lunch</div>
<div style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">&nbsp;</div>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">1:15 pm: In the Footsteps of Galileo: Jupiter’s Moons Activity</p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">2:00 pm: Constellations, Making a Constellation Finder, and Star Clock</p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">2:50 pm: Break (with participants doing “Astronomy in the Marketplace”)</p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">3:05 pm: Introduction to the Galileoscope<sup>TM</sup> and Telescopes</p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">4:50 pm: Questions and Answers</p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">5 pm: End of Saturday</p>
<div style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">&nbsp;</div>
<div style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><i>Sunday:</i></div>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">8:30 am: Attendance Check in, Questions for Presenters, Logistics</p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">8:40 am: Paper Tape Scale Solar System and Quick Hints about Other Scale Activities</p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">9:00 am: Family Heroes and Do Your Own Constellation Activity</p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">9:15 am: Measuring the Dark: Activities to Understand Light Pollution</p>
<div style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">10:00 am: Break</div>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">10:15 am: Measuring the Dark continues</p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">11: 20 am: Resources for Exploring Astronomy and Hands-on Activities Further</p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">11:50 am: Questions, Certificates, and Future Activities</p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">12 noon: End of Sunday morning</p>
<div style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><i>Sunday afternoon:</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;">1:15 pm - 5 pm: New Developments in Astronomy Lecture Series</p>
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