From: Linda Shore (lindas@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Tue Apr 16 2002 - 13:21:05 PDT
Message-Id: <a05010401b8e2381589cb@[192.174.3.229]> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:21:05 -0700 From: Linda Shore <lindas@exploratorium.edu> Subject: Astronomy Opportunity
PROJECT TO GIVE TEACHERS "THEIR OWN ASTRONOMER"
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 2002-2003
school year. The deadline is May 10 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 16-17 2002, at the San Mateo County Office of
Education in Redwood City. Teachers must commit to
teaching some astronomy during the 2002-2003 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 x101
Email: astro@astrosociety.org.
Forms can also be downloaded from:
http://www.astrosociety.org/education/astro/bayarea/tform.html
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BE A VISITING ASTRONOMER IN YOUR LOCAL SCHOOL
Get Free Training and Materials
with Project ASTRO
Project ASTRO is searching for amateur or professional
astronomers who would like to work with teachers and
students in 4th - 9th grade classrooms. This is a
great opportunity to help kids learn science, while
sharing the wonder of astronomy with the most
enthusiastic audience you can find (and sharpening your
own teaching or communication skills in the process.)
Through Project ASTRO, you will be paired in a
one-on-one partnership with a Bay Area teacher
at a school near you. Together, astronomer and
teacher partners attend a free two-day summer training
workshop where they learn effective hands-on astronomy
activities and receive a copy of Project ASTRO's
800-page curriculum resource book, "The Universe at
Your Fingertips."
The project emphasizes ongoing partnerships, not just
one-time class visits. During the school year, astronomers
make at least four visits to their adopted classroom at
mutually convenient times. The program has been operating
for 8 years in the Bay Area, and previous participants
often report that it has been one of the most satisfying
volunteer endeavors they have undertaken.
Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students
majoring in astronomy are encouraged to apply.
Astronomer applications are now being accepted
for the 2002 - 2003 school year. The deadline is May 10.
Space is limited to 20 - 25 partnerships. All participants
must attend a hands-on training workshop, which will be held
August 16 - 17, 2002, at the San Mateo County Office of
Education in Redwood City.
Astronomer 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;
E-mail: astro@astrosociety.org
Forms can also be downloaded from:
http://www.astrosociety.org/education/astro/bayarea/vform.html
(Project ASTRO, a program of the nonprofit Astronomical
Society of the Pacific, began with support from the National
Science Foundation and the NASA Office of Space Science. It
has now expanded to 11 other sites around the country and
has trained over 1,000 astronomer-teacher partnerships.)
--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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