[AANC Contacts] Weekend of Astronomy Education Workshops Sept. 12 & 13 Near San Francisco -- Scholarships Available

[Andrew Fraknoi]

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Two Days of Hands-on Astronomy and Earth-science Education
Workshops for 4th -12th Grade Teachers
near San Francisco, Sept. 12 - 13, 2009


A weekend of hands-on workshops and exciting science
talks will be offered as part of the 120th anniversary
meeting of the non-profit Astronomical Society of the
Pacific at the Westin Hotel near the San Francisco Airport
in Millbrae, California.

The program will include space science and earth science
workshops for teachers in grades 4 through 12, as well as
sessions for educators who work in informal settings (such
as museums, nature centers, amateur astronomy clubs, and
community organizations.)

No background in astronomy will be assumed or required.
Experienced educators from the Society's staff, from NASA
and NSF-sponsored projects, and from educational
institutions around the country will be presenting.  Only a
limited number of spaces will be available, and, thanks to
conference supporters, registration for each day or the workshop
will be only $39.

Sunday afternoon will feature a special nontechnical lecture
series about the search for life among the stars, with some of
the leading scientists from the SETI Institute describing the
scientific experiments now under way to identify life
beyond Earth.

Thanks to the support of the Spitzer Space Telescope Science
Center, a limited number of travel-support scholarships (of
up to $300 per person) will be made available for educators.

Continuing education credit for attending the workshop and writing a
paper may be available at an additional fee through San Francisco
State University.  (This is still pending.)

For more information, please go to the meeting web site at:
http://www.astrosociety.org/events/meeting.html
New information and program details will be posted as available.