GTTP General Workshop Schedule

Contents

In the Footsteps of Galileo:

Presenters: Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill College & ASP), Suzanne Gurton (ASP), Dennis Schatz (Pacific Science Center), Robert Sparks (NOAO), and Connie Walker (NOAO); based on an idea by James Manning (ASP)

8 am: Introductions, Credit Requirements, Ice-breaker activity

8:30 am: Brief Introduction to IYA and the GTTP Program

            Galileo’s Life and the Realms of the Universe

            Activity: Where Bill Gates’ Great Grand-daughter’s Would Go on Her Honeymoon

9:30 am: A Private Universe and the Essentials of Student Learning

10:30 am: The Moon Doesn’t Phase Me: Lunar Phases Activities Sequence

1:15 pm: In the Footsteps of Galileo: Jupiter’s Moons Activity

2:00 pm: Constellations, Making a Constellation Finder, and Star Clock

2:50 pm: Break (with participants doing “Astronomy in the Marketplace”)

3:05 pm: Introduction to the Galileoscope^TM and Telescopes

4:50 pm: Questions and Answers

5 pm: End of Saturday

8:30 am: Attendance Check in, Questions for Presenters, Logistics

8:40 am: Paper Tape Scale Solar System and Quick Hints about Other Scale Activities

9:00 am: Family Heroes and Do Your Own Constellation Activity

9:15 am: Measuring the Dark: Activities to Understand Light Pollution

10:15 am: Measuring the Dark continues

11: 20 am: Resources for Exploring Astronomy and Hands-on Activities Further

11:50 am: Questions, Certificates, and Future Activities

12 noon: End of Sunday morning

Sunday afternoon:

1:15 pm - 5 pm: New Developments in Astronomy Lecture Series