In the Footsteps of Galileo:
A Galileo Teacher Training Program Workshop
on Hands-on Astronomy
in Grades 3-12
_____________________________
at the 2009 Annual Meeting of
the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Sept. 12 - 13, 2009
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)
Saturday:
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
10:15 am: Break
10:30 am: The Moon Doesn’t Phase Me: Lunar Phases Activities Sequence
11:45 am: Lunch
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 GalileoscopeTM and Telescopes
4:50 pm: Questions and Answers
5 pm: End of Saturday
Sunday:
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
10:00 am: Break
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
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In the Footsteps of Galileo:
A Galileo Teacher Training Program Workshop
on Hands-on Astronomy
in Grades 3-12
_____________________________
at the 2009 Annual Meeting of
the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Sept. 12 - 13, 2009
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)
Saturday:
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
10:15 am: Break
10:30 am: The Moon Doesn’t Phase Me: Lunar Phases Activities Sequence
11:45 am: Lunch
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 GalileoscopeTM and Telescopes
4:50 pm: Questions and Answers
5 pm: End of Saturday
Sunday:
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
10:00 am: Break
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
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