Hands On Space Science Activities

Hands-On Educator Workshop at the Mid-South Astronomy Conference
April 22-25, 2009

at the Rainwater Observatory and Planetarium, 1 Fine Place, French Camp, MS

underwritten by the Mississippi NASA Space Grant Consortium

As part of the Mid-South Star Gaze and Astronomy Conference, a teacher workshop will be held on Saturday April 25 from 9:00 am until Noon at Rainwater Observatory. The clinician will be Dr. John Frassinelli of the Lausanne School in Memphis. This workshop will focus on sharing hands-on activities for teaching astronomy and space science. Teachers or anyone working with young people are welcome to participate.

CEU Credit Info

Teachers can receive 1 CEU credit for 10 hours of participation during the conference by attending 7 additional hours of lectures, talks and observing. 1/2 CEU can be earned with 2 additional hours of participation. A fee of $20.00 is required for obtaining CEU credit from the University of Mississippi. Space will be limited to 30 participants.

If you want to participate in the whole Mid-South Star Gaze you will need to register for that separately athttp://www.rainwaterobservatory.org/stargaze/ .

For more information call 662-547-6377 or emailinfo@rainwaterobservatory.org . Come join us for an enlightening weekend (or week). To register for the Hands-On Workshop only fill out the online registration form below and click Submit Registration.

Registration

Please fill out the form below to register for the Mid-South Star Gaze Teacher's Workshop.. Fields in red are required. Please submit one form per person.

These programs are being offered at no charge and are funded by a grant from the Mississippi NASA Space Grant Consortium.

Rainwater Observatory, ! Fine Place, French Camp, MS 39745

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