July 14 - 16, 2015: 21st Century Cosmology
A teacher professional development workshop held at McDonald Observatory
Other Websites:
● NASA Cosmic Times
● Stellar End Products / Density - Ballon Star Model Activity - Writeup based on activity from workshop.
● GCET (Galaxies and Cosmology Explorer Tool)
● Telescopes from the Ground Up
● NASA Spinoffs (All about technologies based on NASA research and products)
● Tonight’s Sky - Observing Planning site - good for hosting star parties
● Star in a Box - LCOGT HR Diagram Education resource
● Globular Cluster HR Diagram Animation - Space Telescope
● Hubble Images (how they make them)
Facilitator Email Contact Info:
Dr. Keely Finkelstein - keelyf [at] astro.as.utexas.edu
Dr. Judy Meyer - meyerj [at] utexas.edu
Dr. Jeffrey Silverman - jsilverman [at] astro.as.utexas.edu
This workshop is supported in part by an UT Endowment for education to McDonald Observatory, and a NSF grant (award # AST-1302771) to Dr. Jeffrey Silverman to support his role in the workshop. Additional support for McDonald Observatory education programs was provided by the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, Carolyn Keenan and Charlie Gaines, Hugh Gragg, Lynn Lyles Brill, Leonard Tedesco, and Bill and Alice Wright. We also thank Joe and Lucy Parsley for support of the Texas Galileo Teacher Training Program.
