June 18-20, 2015: West TX K-8 Teacher Workshop
A teacher professional development workshop held at McDonald Observatory
This workshop is supported by the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation. Additional support to McDonald Observatory teacher education programs was provided by Carolyn Keenan and Charlie Gaines, Hugh Gragg, Lynn Lyles Brill, Leonard Tedesco, and Bill and Alice Wright.
Other Websites:
● Sun Word Wall / Sun-Earth Scale Model Painting
● Tides Activity from LPI
● NASA Planetary Posse Space School Music Video
● Dark Skies Talk Slides (from 2014)
● Lenses (and other educational supplies) online supply store - Flinn Scientific
● Super Planet Crash & other online gaming and educational resources related to Exoplanets, Orbits, and real exoplanet data - designed by McDonald Observatory astronomers & educators
● NASA JPL “Exoplanet Detection” Demo Kit Activity Guide & Instructions
● Observing list file from workshop
● Tonight’s Sky - Observing Planning site - good for hosting star parties
● NASA Wavelength - NASA resources for Earth & Space Science education
