| DAY | DATE | 8:30 - 9:30 AM | 10:00 -12:30 | 1:30-4:30 | 7:00 - 8:00 | ||||||
| July | |||||||||||
| Su | 25 | Pre-test evaluation | |||||||||
| Instruments | Welcome, Orientation | ||||||||||
| NRAO Site Tour | Obenauf, Heatherly | ||||||||||
| M | 26 | Education: | 40 Foot Lesson | Tour Lab | Research Talk | ||||||
| Heatherly | NRAO staff | Tour of the Radio Sky | |||||||||
| Beginning Where Students | Jay Lockman, | ||||||||||
| Are: EM Spectrum Activity | first light object | Light bluer than blue, redder than red | NRAO Staff Scientist | ||||||||
| Heatherly | First Light at the 40! | ||||||||||
| Tu | 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 | ||||||||
| W | 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 Detective | Frank Ghigo | |||||||||
| Contour Maps | Tom Troland | NRAO staff | NRAO Staff Scientist | ||||||||
| Th | 29 | Education: | Astronomy Mini Course | Tour Machine Shop | Research Talk | ||||||
| Core Concepts for Astronomy | Cryogenics | Jansky Auditorium | |||||||||
| Preparing students | Mike H. Bob S. | Pulsars | |||||||||
| for Research: Organizing Data | |||||||||||
| Contour Maps | Education: | Paul Demorest | |||||||||
| Tom Troland | Countour Maps as models | UC Berkeley | |||||||||
| F | 30 | Education: | Astronomy Mini Course | Education: | Student Research Projects | ||||||
| Interpreting Data | Core Concepts for Astronomy | Leadership: group dynamics | classroom | ||||||||
| Countour Maps as models | |||||||||||
| Mentor Presentation | |||||||||||
| Tom Troland | |||||||||||
| Sa | 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! | ||||||||||
| DAY | 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 | ||||||||
| Su | 1 | 40 Foot Observations | Completely Different: | 40 Foot Observations | |||||||
| Library Research | Hike to ? | Library Research | |||||||||
| Surfing the Net | Surfing the Net | ||||||||||
| M | 2 | Education: | Astronomy Mini Course | The GBT | Research Talk | ||||||
| Nature of Science Research | Core Concepts for Astronomy | Phil Jewel, NRAO Director | 6:30 | ||||||||
| HI in Galaxies | |||||||||||
| Tour the GBTcontrol room | Karen O'Neil | ||||||||||
| Tom Troland | NRAO staff | NRAO Staff Scientist | |||||||||
| T | 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 | ||||||||
| W | 4 | Education: | Astronomy Mini Course | Research Talk | |||||||
| Constructing | Core Concepts for Astronomy | Teacher teams develop project | Science from a Learners | ||||||||
| Research Problems | ideas: problem statements, | Point of View | |||||||||
| goals, resources | lounge | ||||||||||
| timelines | Rick Fisher | ||||||||||
| Tom Troland | NRAO Staff Scientist | ||||||||||
| Th | 5 | Education: | Mentor Research Presentation | Education: | 7:30 | ||||||
| Mentors | Teacher teams modify student | group meeting, lounge | |||||||||
| Academic Year Activities | Education: | project: time line, resources | |||||||||
| Heatherly, Obenauf | Teacher teams modify student | Group work on research | |||||||||
| project: time line, resources | Group work on research | ||||||||||
| F | 6 | Research Teams | Pre-test evaluation | ||||||||
| Make Presentations | Instruments | ||||||||||
| Graduation | |||||||||||
| Sa | 7 | bye! bye! | |||||||||
| Present student project ideas | we'll miss you! | ||||||||||