DATE

8:30 - 9:30 AM

10:00 -12:30

1:30-4:30

7:00 - 8:00

July

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

Pre-test evaluation

 

 

 

 

Instruments

Welcome, Orientation

 

 

 

NRAO Site Tour

Obenauf, Heatherly

26

Education:

How a Radio Telescope Works

40 Foot Lesson

Research Talk

 

 

Rich Lacasse

 Heatherly

Tour of the Radio Sky

 

Beginning Where Students

 

 

Jay Lockman, NRAO

 

Are: EM Spectrum Activity

Tour Lab

research problems

First Light!

 

 

Bob Simon, Steve Hicks

 

Research Teams

27

Education:

Astronomy Mini Course

Groups Meet Get Research

 

 

Preparing students for

Core Concepts for Astronomy

questions

StarLab

 

research: The skills of

 

 

 

 

 Observation and Inference

 

Research Team Meetings

Sue Ann

 

40' Data

Tom Troland

Meet your scientist/advisor

NRAO Staff

28

Education:

Astronomy Mini Course

What Emits Radio Waves?

Research Talk

 

 

Core Concepts for Astronomy

Ron Maddalena, NRAO

How Radio Astronomy Began

 

Preparing students

 

 

 

 

for Research: Organizing Data

 

Interference

Frank Ghigo

 

Contour Maps

Tom Troland

Wes Sizemore, NRAO

NRAO Staff Scientist

29

Education:

Astronomy Mini Course

Tour Machine Shop

Research Talk

 

 

Core Concepts for Astronomy

Cryogenics

 

 

Preparing students

 

Mike Hedrick.  Bob Simmons.

Pulsars

 

for Research: Organizing Data

 

 

 

 

Contour Maps

 

Education:

Paul Demorest

 

 

Tom Troland

Countour Maps as models

UC Berkeley

30

Education:

Astronomy Mini Course

Education:

Research Talk

 

Interpreting Data

Core Concepts for Astronomy

Leadership: group dynamics

Science from a Learners

 

Countour Maps as models

 

 

Point of View

 

 

 

 

Rick Fisher

 

 

Tom Troland

 

NRAO Staff Scientist

31

 

Research Team Meetings

Now for Something

Research Team Meetings

 

 

40 Foot Observations

Completely Different:

40 Foot Observations

 

 

Library Research

Fossil Hunt

 

 

 

Surfing the Net

 

NRAO Picnic Fun!

 

 

 

 

 

DATE

8:30

9:30 -12:30

1:30-4:30

7:00 - 8:00

Aug

 

Research Team Meetings

Now for Something

Research Team Meetings

1

 

40 Foot Observations

Completely Different:

40 Foot Observations

 

 

Library Research

Hike to ?

Library Research

 

 

Surfing the Net

 

Surfing the Net

 

 

 

 

 

2

Education:

Astronomy Mini Course

The GBT

Research Talk

 

Nature of Science Research

Core Concepts for Astronomy

Phil Jewell

 

 

 

 

 

HI in Galaxies

 

 

 

Tour the GBTcontrol room

Karen O'Neil

 

 

Tom Troland

NRAO staff

NRAO Staff Scientist

3

Education:

Astronomy Mini Course

Tour the GBT

Research Talk

 

The Research Approach in

Core Concepts for Astronomy

NRAO staff

 

 

the Classroom

 

 

Gravitational Lenses

 

Building  a model for

 

Making measurements

Glen Langston

 

teaching and learning

Tom Troland

Sue Ann Heatherly

NRAO Staff Scientist

4

Education:

Astronomy Mini Course

Education:

Teacher Talk

 

Constructing

Core Concepts for Astronomy

Teacher teams develop project

Sharing classroom

 

Research Problems

 

ideas: problem statements,

research projects

 

 

 

goals, resources

 

 

 

Tom Troland

share with critical friends

Mentors/participants

5

Education:

Mentor Research Presentation

 

7:30

 

 

Mentors

group work on research

group meeting, lounge

 

Academic Year Activities

Education:

 

 

 

Heatherly, Obenauf

Teacher teams modify student

 

Group work on research

 

 

 project:  time line, resources

 

 

6

 

Research Teams

Pre-test evaluation

 

 

 

Make Presentations

Instruments

 

 

 

 

 

Graduation

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

Present student project ideas

bye! bye!

 

 

 

 

we'll miss you!