Teacher Workshop
The workshop scheduled is for two days, Monday and Tuesday. Teachers, 4H sponsors, home school teachers and any adult who will be helping youth appreciate the skies are invited. There are a lot of hands-on activities using Night Sky Network materials, free materials such as a green laser pointer, a guide book, a Galileoscope and more, and the workshop is offered for no cost. Participants will be fed, provided sleeping quarters, and experience the dark skies of northwest Oklahoma. Email sjmaier@nwosu.edu for further information.

Dates: Monday, 7/23/2012 - Tuesday, 7/24/2012

Time: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Location: Selman Living Laboratory Observatory, N2110 Rd, Freedom, OK 73842 (Get Directions)

Event Log

Name of Primary Presenter/Organizer: Dr. Steve Maier

Presenter's Profession: University Astronomy Professor

Event Type: Teacher Workshop

Number of club members participating as presenters: 2

Toolkits Used:
   Our Magnetic Sun
   Other NSN Resources (Telecons, Astronomy Resources Download, etc)

Topics Covered:
   Extrasolar Planets
   Milky Way Galaxy
   Moon
   Multiwavelength Astronomy
   Phases & Eclipses
   Size/Distance Scales
   Solar System
   Star Life Cycles
   Sun
   Telescopes
   Universe

Total number of visitors: 14

What materials were handed out?
20 Journey to the Stars CD and booklet; 26 Two Inch Universe; 18 Imagine the Universe; 28 WISE-Mapping the SKY; 22 The Sun and Space Weather; 21 Explore Magnetism Posters; 20 SDO posters; 14 STEREO cards;47 Solar System Scale activity Suns; 21 Earth Day Bookmarks; 24 NASA stickers and 14 Solar Glasses. Teachers took extras to distribute to other teachers in their schools.

Comments and anecdotes about the event:
The enthusiastic participants really appreciated the wealth of materials available for school, Scouts, and home schooling. "The quality of the materials is great, and the scale of the Universe activity with the Model Sun and Earth really was jaw-dropping. I had no idea!" The highlight of the evening was the TeleCon; to hear the head of the Mars Curiosity project discuss the details of the mission and provide a slide show to support it was really exciting, and the timing could not have been better! Everyone is really looking forward to August 5. The viewing of sunspots before the Sun set was very interesting, even though the Sun is not very active today. The concept of filters and their effectiveness really was brought home with the solar glasses and the filtered 10" telescope. The Solar Beads, part of the Magnetic Sun activity, was supplemented by samples of beads the presenters gave to the participants. Thank you, Night Sky Network!