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Explorations Pages http://www.handsonuniverse.org/activities/Explorations
* See the Hands-On Universe™ Home Page http://hou.lbl.gov *
Explorations Pages: Questions? Requests? Suggestions?
Please direct questions and comments regarding the HOU™ Explorations pages to Vivian Hoette, vhoette@hou.lbl.gov .
Mailing Address
Vivian Hoette
University of Chicago, Yerkes Observatory
373 West Geneva Street
Williams Bay, Wisconsin 53191
1-262-245-5555 phone
1-262-245-9805 fax
Hands-On Universe™ Explorations Pages
Collaborations and Funding
(This page will continue to be updated so as to include all contributors! Please check again.)
http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/ Lawrence Hall of Science ...where science is something everyone can do and enjoy. More than a museum, more than a research center— Lawrence Hall of Science is a public science museum and a center for teacher education, research, and curriculum development at the University of California, Berkeley.
Lawrence Hall of Science is the new home of Hands-On Universe™! http://hou.lbl.gov/
http://www.adlerplanetarium.org
Since 1930, the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum has been at the forefront of space exploration, presenting the latest astronomy discoveries and showcasing one of the world’s largest collections of historic scientific instruments. Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum is located at 1300 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 1-312-922-STAR. Adler partners with HOU especially in sponsoring HOU workshops, creating HOU activities, and collaborating with observatories.
http://astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes/
Yerkes Observatory is a collaborating observatory with HOU. Yerkes is an observatory of the University of Chicago. Yerkes is located at 373 West Geneva Street, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, 53191. 262-245-5555. Free Public Tours on Saturdays at 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and Noon. Yerkes Observatory is the source of many HOU images used in the Explorations pages.
http://www.terc.edu/
TERC is a nonprofit research and development organization committed to improving mathematics and science learning and teaching. Founded in 1965, TERC is internationally recognized for creating innovative curricula, fostering teacher professional development, pioneering creative uses of technology in education, contributing to educators' understanding of learning and teaching, and developing equitable opportunities for underserved learners. TERC partners with Hands-On Universe™, especially in areas of curriculum design and development.
http://apwww.stmarys.ca/bgo/ Burke-Gaffney Observatory
Dave Lane of the Burke-Gaffney Observatory, St. Mary's University, Nova Scotia, has provided many HOU images used in the Explorations pages.
http://www.noao.edu/noao/pio/pop/advanced/intro.html
Adam Block, working with the Advanced Observers Program at NOAO, Kitt Peak, has provided many HOU images used in the Explorations pages.
http://www.gb.nrao.edu/~sheather/index.html
National Radio Astronomy Observatory. NRAO Greenbank, West Virginia is a collaborating HOU Center. See Sue Ann Heatherly's Education Page for HOU radio images and activities.
The Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (CARA) investigates the origin of structure in the Universe by using the unique advantages of the Polar Plateau for astrophysics. CARA is a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center. CARA is headquartered at the University of Chicago. The image used in the banner above is of the CARA buildings at the South Pole.
CARA Outreach http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/outreach/ Yerkes Summer Institute 1999: http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/outreach/se/ysi/1999/
*Observatory Network* Please see the Images area of the HOU homepage for the many other important observatories who have contributed to the image sets used in the Explorations activities and other HOU curriculum projects. http://hou.lbl.gov/ and http://hou.lbl.gov/telescope/archive.html
http://isbe.state.il.us/ Illinois State Board of Education
Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum and Hands-On Universe™ happily recognize our collaboration with the Illinois State Board of Education's Near and Far Sciences for Illinois (NFSI) SKYWatch project!
http://www.nsf.gov/ The National Science Foundation
Hands-On Universe™ gratefully acknowledges major funding support from the National Science Foundation's Directorate of Education and Human Resources http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/ehr/, Division of Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Science Education http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/ehr/esie/.
01/28/2000* See the Hands-On Universe™ Home Page http://hou.lbl.gov *
* HOU™ Explorations *
