From: lindas@exploratorium.edu
Date: Mon Jan 24 2000 - 12:33:11 PST
Message-Id: <200001242033.MAA13682@isaac.exploratorium.edu> From: lindas@exploratorium.edu Subject: Fwd: Project ASTRO Accepting Applications Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 20:33:11 GMT
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> From: Andrew Fraknoi <fraknoi@admin.fhda.edu>
> Subject: Project ASTRO Accepting Applications
> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 22:03:03 -0800
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> Dear Colleague:
>
> Could we ask you to post or forward the following
> announcement for interested teachers?
>
> Thanks so much,
> Andy Fraknoi
> =======================================
>
> Would You Like an Astronomer in Your Classroom?
> Apply to be a Project ASTRO Teacher
>
> Project ASTRO pairs Bay Area teachers in grades
> 4 - 9 with amateur and professional astronomers, who
> commit to make 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 also 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 science-teaching enhancement program began
> in the Bay Area in 1993 and has now expanded to 11
> other sites around the country.) The emphasis is on
> continuing 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 and 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.
>
>
> ====================================================
> Andrew Fraknoi
> Astronomy Department, Foothill College
> 12345 El Monte Rd., Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
> Tel (Mon - Thu): 650-949-7288
> Tel (Fri): 415-337-1100 x 120
> FAX: 415-337-5205
> E-mail: fraknoi@admin.fhda.edu
> ====================================================
>
>
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