Rainwater Observatory will be the site of a one week workshop June 2008.  This course is offered for 3 semester hours graduate of undergraduate credit through the University of Mississippi.  It is listed in the catalog as a physics course.

The course will be held at Rainwater Observatory near French Camp.  Local participants can come as day students.  Participants from a distance can be housed in dormitory rooms at nearby French Camp Academy.  Meals are available as well.

Instructors for the course will be Dr. John Frassinelli and Observatory Director James Hill. Dr. Frassinelli will share Hands-On Astronomy Activities during the afternoons.  James Hill will explain modern topics in astronomy during the mornings.  Each student will prepare a paper on an astronomy topic of their choosing.  In addition to classroom activities there will also be opportunities for participants to observe the Sun through the Observatory's telescopes, and to become acquainted with the evening sky through informal sky parties in the evening. Teachers will also learn how to use the Planetarium’s Spitz A-2 Planetarium Projector. You will have the opportunity to use research-grade telescopes and related equipment including the largest telescope in Mississippi.

Also available to teachers is the observatory’s Astronomy Education Resource Center, with its collection of classroom activities, books, videos, slides, posters, and models. These materials may be checked out and used in their classrooms.

For more information about Rainwater Observatory, go to info@rainwaterobservatory.org
or call (662) 547-6377.

Information is available on the Ole Miss web site at www.outreach.olemiss.edu/teachers You may also call  Dr. Don Howie at 662-915-3884.  You will need to be enrolled at Ole Miss to get credit.