Project ASTRO

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From: Lori Lambertson (loril@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Mon Jan 24 2000 - 09:26:54 PST 

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 09:26:54 -0800
From: Lori Lambertson <loril@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Project ASTRO

Would You Like an Astronomer in Your Classroom?

Project ASTRO pairs Bay Area teachers in grades 4-9 with amateur and
professional astronomers, who commit to at least four classroom visits.
Teacher and astronomer partners train together at a free 2-day summer
workshop where they learn to do hands-on inquiry-based astronomy activities
that involve students in the process of science. Workshop participants
receive Project ASTRO's 800-page curriculum resource guide, "The Universe
at Your Fingertips."

Project ASTRO is a program of the nonprofit Astronomical Society of the
Pacific and is funded by a variety of individual and corporate sponsors
including Oracle Corporation, Mentor Graphics, the Clorox Company
Foundation, and Lockheed Martin. This popular astronomy-teaching program,
which began in the Bay Area in 1993 and has now expanded to 11 other sites
around the country, always receives rave reviews from participants. The
program emphasizes ongoing teacher-astronomer partnerships, not just
one-time class visits. Many Project ASTRO partnerships go beyond the
classroom to organize stargazing events, field trips, or astronomy clubs.

Applications are now being taken for the 2000-2001 school year. The
deadline is April 26. Space is limited to 20-25 partnerships. All
participants are required to attend the free training workshop, which will
be held August 11-12, 2000, at the San Mateo County Office of Education in
Redwood City. One unit of academic credit is available for the workshop.
Teachers must commit to teaching astronomy during the 2000-2001 school
year, but prior experience teaching astronomy is NOT required.

Teacher application forms are available from Project ASTRO, 390 Ashton
Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112; tel. 415-337-1100 ext. 101; email
astro@aspsky.org. Forms can also be downloaded from
www.aspsky.org/astro/teacher.html.

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