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Could you use an ASTRONOMER or SPACE SCIENTIST for Your Classroom in
2008-2009? Apply to be a Project ASTRO Educator Partner!
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Project ASTRO San Diego pairs educators in grades 3-9 with local amateur and professional astronomers and space scientists, who commit to make at least four classroom visits in the school year.
Educator and astronomer partners train together at a summer Saturday workshop (scheduled for AUGUST 16, 2008 at Reuben H. Fleet Science Center) where you will learn hands-on, inquiry-based activities that engage students in the process of scientific discovery and reasoning. Workshop participants receive Project ASTRO's 1000-page activity guide "The Universe at Your Fingertips" free-of-charge, as well as continuing support and local resources.
Teachers must commit to teaching some astronomy/space science (which includes lunar phases, Earth's climate, energy from the Sun) during the 2008-2009 school year, but prior experience in teaching astronomy is definitely NOT required - we shall provide you with all the expertise!
Project ASTRO's classroom activities are closely aligned with California and national science standards. In addition, many Project ASTRO scientist volunteers go beyond the classroom to organize stargazing events, field trips, or astronomy clubs for their adopted schools.
Project ASTRO is a national program of the non-profit Astronomical Society of the Pacific, which began in 1993 and now has 13 sites across the U.S. The emphasis is on continuing teacher-astronomer partnerships, where the students really get to know "their astronomer".
Applications are now being taken for the 2008-2009 school year. The deadline for the next training workshop is JULY 15, 2008. (Later applications will still be considered, space permitting). All participants must attend a Saturday training workshop; the next one scheduled is AUGUST 16, 2008 at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center.
For more information and an application form, please visit the Project ASTRO website: http://mintaka.sdsu.edu/projectastro/index.html
or contact:
Dr. Philip Blanco - Coordinator, San Diego Project ASTRO
Email: pblanco@sciences.sdsu.edu |
