Project Astro

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From: Linda Shore (lindas@isaac.exploratorium.edu)
Date: Tue May 15 2001 - 14:15:24 PDT 

Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 14:15:24 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Linda Shore <lindas@isaac.exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Project Astro

 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 local amateur and professional astronomers, who
 commit to make at least four classroom visits. Teacher and
 astronomer partners train together at a 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 non-profit
 Astronomical Society of the Pacific. The project 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, where the
 students really get to know "their astronomer". Many
 Project ASTRO partners go beyond the classroom
 to organize stargazing events, field trips, or astronomy
 clubs for their adopted schools.

     Applications are now being taken for the 2001-2002
 school year. The deadline is May 21 and space is limited
 to 20 - 25 partnerships. All participants must attend the
 hands-on training workshop, which will be held this year on
 August 3 - 4 2001, at the San Mateo County Office of
 Education in Redwood City. Teachers must commit to
 teaching some astronomy during the 2001-2002 school
 year, but prior experience teaching astronomy is NOT
 required.

     Teacher application forms are available from:

 Karin Avila, Project ASTRO
 A.S.P.
 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

 --
 Karin Avila
 Bay Area Coordinator
 Project ASTRO/Family ASTRO
 Astronomical Society of the Pacific
 (415) 337-1100 x101

Linda S. Shore, Ed.D.
Director, Exploratorium Teacher Institute
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
Phone: (415) 561-0313
Fax: (415) 561-0307

"It's not as complicated as you think."

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