Hands-On Universe Annual Meeting 2008

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Hands-On Universe Annual Meeting 2008 for Teachers and Teacher Resource Agents (TRAs) at Yerkes Observatory
- Announcement and Agenda
Sunday June 22, '08 (Our apologies: linked files are not optimized for the web.)

Welcome, Carl Pennypacker
NASA Wide Angle Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), Bryan Mendez (9:30 am)
- Overview and WISE HOU Collaboration
- HOU WISE Goals
Begin to Define WISE HOU Curriculum I (10:45 am)
Construction of my Home Observatory, Photos, Notes, Rich Lohman (1:20 pm)
SalsaJ for Macs and PCs, Carl Pennypacker (1:40 pm)
Light and Phases of the Moon, Jennifer Perazzo (2:10 pm)
Progress on Revised HOU High School Course: A Changing Cosmos, Alan Gould (3:00 pm)
- Images that should be changed, Tom Morin Suggestion
HOU WISE Project II: Outline the Curriculum (3:30 pm)
HOU WISE Project II: Draft Activities (4:15 pm)
Sharing HOU Teacher Activities (4:45 pm)
Introduction to HOU for New Users (7:45 pm)
Observing with Telescopes, Evening Sessions

HOU WISE Asteroid Research Project III - Draft Activities - Scenarios (8:45 am)
HOU WISE Asteroid Research Project IV - Plan for further Formative Development and Field Testing (10:45 am)
Notes from HOU WISE Curriculum sub committee meetings 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
International Year of Astronomy (IYA), Galileo Teacher Training Program, Reaching 100 Nations with Global HOU, Carl Pennypacker (1:20 pm) International Year of Astronomy 2009
Notes about IYA and Jupiter Modeling
Progress on "Modeling Jupiter's Moons" unit, Steve Carpenter (1:40 pm)
Astronomical Research Institute, Bob Holmes (2:15 pm)
- Killer Asteroid Project
- New 50 inch Astrograph
- Lee Ann Hennig, Outstanding Teacher of the Year for student education and scietnitfic research int he field of Near Earth Objects

WISE Telecon with Mission Scientists: Clarify Technical Issues Notes (3:15 pm)
- Summary of HOU Conference Telecon with WISE Science Team, Bryan Mendez
Open-Ended Sharing: Teaching Methods and Experiences (4:15 pm)
- Lunar Craters Project, Janet Bosch
- Color Images using Fits Liberator and Photoshop, Glenn Reagan Photoshop Elements Pictures , Photoshop Pictures,
  - See also this Webpage by Travis Rector
Introduction to HOU (more advanced session) (7:45 pm)
Observing (20080624) with Telescopes

Tueday June 24, '08
- HOU WISE Asteroid Research Project V (8:45 am)
  - Further develop/refine draft activities
  - Resources: NEAR Aricebo Scheduled Observations JPL
  - Identify points for assessment items, content and attitude.
- Other HOU Research: IASC, Supernovae, Exoplanets, Cataclysmic Variables, Blazars (10:45 am)
  - Educational Reach-Out Programs in Astronomy (EuROPA), Dr. J. Patrick Miller
- HOU IP 2.0 Image Processing software update and workshop, Alan Gould (1:20 pm)
- Building Dome A Antarctic Observatory, Carl Pennypacker (2:00 pm)
- Wrapping up HOU WISE Asteroid Research Project Development (2:30 pm) WISE Outline 2
- HOU Freebies, Alan Gould (3:00 pm)
- Open-Ended Sharing: Teaching Methods and Experiences (3:30 pm)
  - LeeAnn Hennig, NCSSSMST Organization
  - Rich Lohman, Deep Sky Objects for MAST Project at Jackson State with Mehri Fadavi
  - Tim Spuck Spitzer Cool Wiki
  - Asteroids from the Spitzer Archives, Tim Spuck
- New Resources from NASA Kepler EPO (4:30 pm)
  - Name in Space
  - FOSS Transit Tracks
  - Online Simulation: Explanet Transit Hunt
- Break-out Sessions as needed (7:45 pm)
- Observing (20080625) with Telescopes, Evening Sessions
Wednesday June 25 '08
- Continued work on the HOU WISE Asteroid Research Project Development Draft Activities (8:45 am)
- Open-Ended Sharing: Teaching Methods and Experiences
- Define Features for next update of HOU IP 3.0 (10:45 am)
- Telescope Network Developments
Conference Ends at 11:45 am