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Next CPAG Workshop for 2007-2008
Saturday, September 15, 2007 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Location: LASP Auditorium at CU-Boulder
CPAG's Fall 2007 Teacher Workshop will be on Saturday, September 15, from 10:00 am-5:00 pm in the auditorium at the LASP (Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Science) building on the University of Colorado - Boulder's east campus. Directions are available here: http://lasp.colorado.edu/other/directions.htm Lunch and snacks will be provided. Scientists and engineers participate for free! Teachers may choose to earn 1/2-semester hour of graduate level relicensure credit from the University of Colorado's Division of Continuing Education; if so, there will be a $50 processing fee. This workshop is grant-supported so aside from graduate credit, all activities and curricular materials are supplied at no cost to you.
To register, please fill out one of these downloadable forms:
For more information about the workshop, please contact Suzanne Traub-Metlay by email at "suzanne.metlay -at- colorado.edu" or call 303-492-4073.
For more information about the CPAG program, please download the following PowerPoint file:
CPAG astronomer Andrea Schweitzer shares the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's solar system card sorting activity with students in the classroom of teacher-partner Dee Wanger.
National Project ASTRO
Colorado Project ASTRO-GEO is a member of the national
Project ASTRO
program developed by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. It operates
in 13 sites across the country, pairing astronomers with teachers for
hands-on, inquiry-based classroom activities. Through 500 partnerships, it
reaches over 20,000 students annually. For more information, see the
national Project ASTRO website.
Project ASTRO materials are geared toward 4th through 9th grades, and are standards-based. Project ASTRO activities are also available in Spanish.
Family ASTRO projects can be done by parents and kids together at home.
At a CPAG workshop, scientists and teachers stretch to simulate the Earth tilted and rotating on its axis.
CPAG Email List
To get the most current information about Colorado Project ASTRO-GEO,
please join our mailing list. Just follow the instructions at the
following link:
The list is for teachers interested in the program or for scientists, amateur astronomers, aerospace engineers, etc. who would like to volunteer with a classroom teacher or to assist us in other ways.
To Contact CPAG Organizers
Erin Wood
LASP
University of Colorado at Boulder
Erin.Wood -at- lasp.colorado.edu
Suzanne Traub-Metlay, Ph.D.
Education Programs Manager
Fiske Planetarium
University of Colorado at Boulder
suzanne.metlay -at- colorado.edu
Andrea Schweitzer, Ph.D.
Director of Teacher Education
Little Thompson Observatory
schweitzer -at- frii.com
Susan Buhr
CIRES
University of Colorado at Boulder
Susan.buhr -at- colorado.edu
CPAG Partner Organizations
Partner organizations supporting Project ASTRO Colorado include:
CPAG members listen to a presentation at the Little Thompson Observatory.