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Workshops and Trainings for Teachers (College)
- American
Association of Physics Teachers:
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Has an NSF-funded project called TYC21, which brings together
regional groups of community college physics and astronomy instructors
[see appendix, or consult the
web site: http://www.aapt.org/programs/tyc21/tyc.html
- American
Astronomical Society, Education Office:
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sponsors workshops and sessions for college teachers at its semi-annual
meetings. [see appendix]
- Astronomical
Society of the Pacific:
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Sponsors Cosmos in the Classroom symposia on college astronomy
teaching every 2-3 years. [see appendix]
- NASA
Space Grant Consortia:
-
The consortia in many states have outreach programs to help K-12
teachers. Look for the program for your state at their web site
http://calspace.ucsd.edu/spacegrant/
- National
Radio Astronomy Observatory:
-
Offers a 3 day workshop for undergraduate college professors focusing
on Radio Astronomy. Contact: Sue Ann Heatherly, NRAO, P.O. Box
2, Green Bank, WV 24944 (304-456-2209)
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Curriculum and Information Materials
Remember
this is only a listing of projects, not of all publications.
- Astronomical
Society of the Pacific (ASP):
-
Project ASTRO's The Universe at Your Fingertips: An Astronomy
Activity and Resource Notebook, 800+ pages of activities and
resources for teachers at all levels, especially grades 4-12.
A sampling is available at the web site http://www.astrosociety.org/education/astro/astropubs/universe.html.
Available through the ASP's online store, the AstroShop. [see
appendix]
- Astronomical
Society of the Pacific (ASP):
-
Provides frequently updated resource guides for educators at all
levels, in both print and Web formats. Topics include "Debunking
Pseudoscience," "Women in Astronomy," "The
Moon," "Science Fiction with Good Astronomy". [see
appendix]
- Center
for Astrophysics (CfA):
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Project ARIES is a discovery-based, physical science program built
around big themes from astronomy for grades 3-6. Three modules
(Time; Light and Color; Astronomy I) are available for purchase
from Cobblestone Publishing, Inc., 7 School Street, Peterborough,
NH 03458 (800-821-0115) . Five more modules will be available
beginning in February, 1998. For more information contact: Bruce
Ward (617-495-9798); http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/sed/ARIES
- Center
for Astrophysics (CfA):
-
Project STAR & Project SPICA were NSF-supported programs that
developed activity-based curriculum & workbooks for teaching astronomy
in secondary schools. Materials can be purchased from Kendall
Hunt Publishers, P.O. Box 1840, Dubuque, IA 52004 (1-800-228-0810).
(The projects also left a legacy of some 200 trained "astronomy
resource agent" teachers around the U.S.)
- Challenger
Center:
-
has developed and is developing a wide range of class activities
and mini-cuuricula, such as Cosmic EdVentures, Marsville, and
Mars City Alpha. [see appendix]
- Jet
Propulsion Lab:
-
For those who do not live near a NASA center (see below), it is
often possible to get NASA lithographs and booklets by writing
to: Teaching Resource Center, CS-530, JPL, 4800 Oak Grove Dr.,
Pasadena, CA 91109. Write on school stationery and indicate what
mission or missions you are interested in.
- Lawrence
Hall of Science (LHS):
-
Great Explorations in Math & Science (GEMS), Planetarium Activities
for Student Success (PASS) are two series of superb hands-on activity
guides for teaching astronomy in grades 3-9. Available from the
Eureka store, Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California,
Berkeley, CA 94720-5200 (510-642-1016); http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/publications.html
- NASA:
- A
colorful series of booklets, posters, prints & other materials
on space astronomy is available through NASA teacher resource
centers around the country. Contact a local NASA center or: Education
Division, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546 for current
list of centers. The list of available materials changes constantly.
(See also NASA CORE in section 4 and Jet Propulsion Lab above.)
- National
Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO):
-
The new Educational Outreach Office has begun to design a variety
of materials and activities for teachers and students, such as
"Frequently Asked Questions about Being an Astronomer." See their
web site at http://www.noao.edu/outreach
or write to them at P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, AZ 85726; (520-318-8230)
e-mail: outreach@noao.edu.
- National
Radio Astronomy Observatory:
-
To get some high school-level radio astronomy activities developed
by teachers, write: Sue Ann Heatherly, NRAO, P.O. Box 2, Green
Bank, WV 24944 (304-456-2209)
- National
Science Teachers Association (NSTA):
-
Develops and distributes a range of books and activity collections
for teaching astronomy in grades K-12. Ask for their catalog.
[see appendix]
- New
Mexico State University:
-
Dr. Bernard McNamara is devising a series of astronomy exercises
and activities that develop model building and critical thinking.
Contact him at: Dept. of Astronomy, Box 30001, Dept. 4500, New
Mexico State U., Las Cruces, NM 88003
- Pacific
Science Center:
-
AstroAdventures Curriculum, a series of astronomy activities for
grades 3-12, assembled by respected astronomy educator Dennis
Schatz, and supported by a NASA Space Grant. Contact: The Explore
More Store, PSC, 200 Second Ave. North, Seattle, WA 98109 (206-443-2870)
- SETI
Institute:
-
Life in the Universe Curriculum Project is developing supplementary
science curricula and accompanying materials focusing on SETI
themes for elementary and middle school students. Contact : SETI,
2035 Landings Dr., Mountain View, CA 94043 (650-961-6633); http://www.seti.org
- Space
Science Institute:
-
Provides curriculum materials related to NASA missions or traveling
science exhibitions. Materials are available to download on SSI's
home page [see appendix].
- Stanford
Solar Center:
-
A series of web-based curriculum activities (including images
of the Sun from many cultures) at http://solar-center.stanford.edu.
- University
of Texas McDonald Observatory:
-
Has posters, activities, CDs of the Star Date radio program, and
planetary fact sheets. Contact at RLM 15.308, U. of Texas, Austin,
TX 78712 (512-471-5285); http://stardate.utexas.edu
- Young
Astronauts Program:
-
Produces simple activities and materials on space science for
youngsters; has many local chapters. Contact at 1308 19th St.,
NW, Washington, DC 20036 (202-682-1984); http://www.yac.org
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