ASP's 2011 Annual Meeting

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National Conference Schedule

Full program and schedule (pdf, 5.3 MB)

Draft Schedule of 1-Hour/2-Hour Workshops, Special Interest Group Discussions, and 10-Minute Oral Presentations, August 1-3 (pdf)
(updated July 20, 2011)

Posters list (pdf)
(updated July 19, 2011)

10-minute orals list (pdf)
(updated July 19, 2011)

Preliminary Daily Schedule (*Times subject to change)

Time	Event
Saturday, July 30, 2011
9am - 5pm	Day 1 of In the Footsteps of Galileo: A Galileo Teacher Training Program (GTTP) Workshop
Sunday, July 31, 2011
9am - 5pm	Day 2 of In the Footsteps of Galileo: A Galileo Teacher Training Program (GTTP) Workshop
5:00pm - 6:00pm	Annual ASP Members' Meeting (location changed to Composite Room)
6:30pm - 8:30pm	Welcome Reception (included in conference registration) at Maryland Science Center, featuring a screening of the IMAX film Hubble 3D, with remarks on the making of the film from Dr. Frank Summers of STScI.
Monday, August 1, 2011
8:30am - 6:00pm	Day 1 of the Connecting People to Science: EPO National Conference Full schedule
9:00am	Keynote Speaker: Chris Mooney on "Unscientific America: What's the Problem? What's the Solution?"
9:00am - 12pm	Active Astronomy: Classroom Activities for Learning about the Electro-magnetic Spectrum (Short Course 1, for Teachers in Grades 6 - 12)
10:00 - 10:30am	Poster viewing/break
10:30 - 11:45am	One-minute oral poster previews
11:45am - 1:30pm	Lunch
1:30pm	Plenary Speaker: Waleed Abdalati (NASA) on "Looking Homeward Toward Earth: The Power of Perspective"
1:30 - 4:30pm	Chasing Shadows: Bring NASA’s Search for Earth-like Planets Around Other Stars to Your Classroom (Short Course 2, for Teachers in Grades 6 - 12)
2:30 - 3:15pm	Poster viewing/break
3:15 - 4:15pm	Concurrent session 1
4:15 - 4:30pm	Transition break
4:30 - 5:30pm	Concurrent session 2
7:30 - 9:00pm	Science Night, presented by the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). Open to all meeting participants, and featuring four mini-lectures from STScI scientists.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
8:30am - 5:30pm	Day 2 of the Connecting People to Science: EPO National Conference Full schedule
8:30am	Plenary Panel, moderated by Karen Peterson (NGCP), on "Engaging Girls in STEM: A Discussion of Foundational and Current Research on What Works"
9:00am - 12pm	Eye on the Sky: Exploring the Sun with Activities for the Elementary Classroom (Short Course 3, for Teachers in Grades K - 5)CANCELLED
9:30 - 10:00am	Poster viewing/break
10:00 - 11:00am	Concurrent session 3
11:00 - 11:15am	Transition break
11:15am - 12:15pm	Concurrent session 4
12:15 - 12:30pm	Transition break/Lunch
12:30 - 1:30pm	NASA Town Hall/Lunch
12:30 - 1:30pm	Lunch
1:30 - 1:45pm	Transition break/Lunch
1:30 - 4:30pm	Light and Color in the Night Sky, in the City, and in the Classroom (Short Course 4, for Teachers in Grades K - 8)
1:45pm	Plenary Speaker: Randi Korn (RK&A), on "Why Counting Attendees Won't Cut It for Evaluation in the 21st Century: Planning and Evaluating Informal Science Programs"
2:45 - 3:15pm	Poster viewing/break
3:15 - 4:15pm	Concurrent session 5
4:15 - 4:30pm	Transition break
4:30 - 5:30pm	Concurrent session 6
6:30 - 9:00pm	ASP Awards Banquet
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
8:30am - 6:00pm	Day 3 of the Connecting People to Science: EPO National Conference Full schedule
8:30am	Plenary Speaker: David Blewett (JHU), on "New Views of Diverse Worlds"
9:00am - 12pm	Evidence-based Science: Climate in the Classroom (Short Course 5, for Teachers in Grades 6 - 12)
9:30 - 10:00am	Poster viewing/break
10:00 - 11:00am	Concurrent session 7
11:00 - 11:15am	Transition break
11:15am - 12:15pm	Concurrent session 8
12:15 - 1:45pm	Lunch
1:30 - 4:30pm	Global AND Local: Activity-based Explorations Connecting Global Climate Change to Change in Students’ Own Communities (Short Course 6, for Teachers in Grades 6 - 12)
1:45 - 2:45pm	Plenary Speaker: Neil DeGrasse Tyson (AMNH), on "Tales from the Twitterverse"
2:45 - 3:15pm	Poster viewing/break
3:15 - 4:15pm	Concurrent session 9
4:15 - 4:30pm	Transition break
4:30 - 5:30pm	Concurrent session 10
5:30 - 6:30pm	Closing Happy Hour

Any questions? Please direct them to: 2011meeting {at} astrosociety.org

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