Project ASTRO Announcement

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From: Lori Lambertson (loril@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Thu Apr 10 2003 - 12:06:44 PDT 

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Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 12:06:44 -0700
From: Lori Lambertson <loril@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Project ASTRO Announcement

Hello Pinholers,
Here is an announcement about a Project ASTRO workshop, which puts an
astronomer in your classroom to help you teach astronomy!
The deadline is May 9.
Cheers,
Lori

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> 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 ASTROís 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 12
> 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 2003-2004
> school year. The deadline is May 9 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 15 - 16, 2003, at the San Mateo County Office of
> Education in Redwood City. Teachers must commit to
> teaching some astronomy during the 2003-2004 school
> year, but prior experience teaching astronomy is NOT
> required.
>
> More information and application forms
> are available from:
>
> Kristin Nelson, Project ASTRO,
> Astronomical Society of the Pacific
> 390 Ashton Avenue
> San Francisco, CA 94112;
> Tel. 415-337-1100 ext. 101;
> E-mail: astro@astrosociety.org
>
> Information and forms can also be found
> on the Web at:
> http://www.astrosociety.org/education/astro/bayarea/teacher.html--
>

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