Sunday, November 6, 2011

Astronomy Training November 5th 2011

Teachers participated in the Engaging Teachers and Students in the RGV in Astronomy 2011 institute coordinated through the RGVSA, UTPA, The University of Texas at Austin Center for Space Research, Texas Space Grant Consortium and NASA.
Teachers listened to presentations and participated in activities which were led by Dr. Judit Ries from CSR. Discussions and activities involved expansion of the universe, galaxies, life cycle of a star, Earth/Moon system, and rotation/revolution.
Janie Leal, RGVSA member and PSJA teacher, lead an activity on characteristics/classification of planets.

Link to PowerPoint with all slides... PPT
Link to all handouts... Handouts
After clicking on the link, click on File and select, Download Original

Website where you can order lots of astronomy posters and other items for free. Just select the items from the drop-down (select multiple items on a single order, I ordered one or two of everything :-) so go to it!) See the items here

Pics...coming soon...