July 17 - 19, 2015: Giant Magellan Telescope Workshop
A teacher professional development workshop held at McDonald Observatory
This workshop is supported and presented jointly by the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization and McDonald Observatory. Additional support to McDonald Observatory teacher 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.
Other Websites:
● Selection of GMT videos / animations from workshop
● 2014 McDonald Observatory & GMT Teacher Workshop Press Release
● GMT Supernovae website - Forum for K-12 Students
● NASA Cosmic Times
● NASA JPL “Exoplanet Detection” Demo Kit Activity Guide & Instructions
● Dark Skies Talk Slides (from 2014)
● Lenses (and other educational supplies) online supply store - Flinn Scientific
● Online gaming and educational resources related to Exoplanets, Orbits, and real exoplanet data - designed by McDonald Observatory astronomers & educators
● Stellar End Products / Density - Ballon Star Model Activity - Writeup based on activity from workshop.
● NASA Wavelength - NASA resources for Earth & Space Science education
● Tonight’s Sky - Observing Planning site - good for hosting star parties
