Space Sciences Workshop in Planetary Sciences for Grades 7-12 Educators

Schedules for the Space Sciences

Monday Astronomy	Morning Session Introduction and Welcome (Larry Taylor) Opening Lecture: Astronomy and Space Science Overview (Kermit Duckett) Afternoon Session (Classroom Activities) Telescope and rocket construction (Paul Lewis) Evening Session (Weather permitting) Use of telescopes and binoculars in astronomy (Paul Lewis) Home Reading: First 20 pages of Exploring the Moon: Teachers Guide
Tuesday Lunar Day	Morning Session Opening Lecture: Lunar Science and Apollo, and Lunar Disk (Larry Taylor) Afternoon Session (Classroom Activities) Exploring The Moon: Teachers Guide Evening Session (Weather permitting) Telescope use for stellar/planetary/lunar surface identifications (Paul Lewis) Home Reading: First 32 pages of Exploring Meteorite Mysteries, along with Chapters 14 and 15
Wednesday Meteoritics Day	Morning Session Lectures: Sun (Kermit Duckett) Meteorites (Larry Taytor) Asteroids Afternoon Session (Classroom Activities) (Larry Taylor) Exploring Meteorite Mysteries: A Teacher's Guide with Activities/or Earth and Space Sciences (1) Impact Craters (Lesson 6) (2) Crater Hunters (Lesson 7) (3) Meteorite Sleuths (Lesson 9) (4) Building Blocks of Planets (Lesson 10) Pick 1 of 3 (5) Changes inside Planets (Lesson 11) Without Part C (6) K-T Boundary (Lesson 14) (7) Historical Meteorite Falls (Lesson 15) (8) Near Miss? (Lesson 15) Evening Session (weather permitting) Observational (Paul Lewis)
Thursday Remote Sensing and Mars Day	Morning Session Lectures: Planetary Science and Mars (Larry Taylor) Mars Exploration ( Hap McSween) Remote sensing (Jeff Moersch) Afternoon Session (Classroom Activities) (Larry Taylor) Planetary Geology (1) Geologic Landforms Seen on Stereoscopic Photos (p.31) (2) Landform Mapping: The Terrestrial Planets (p. 115) (3) Geologic Features of Mars (p. 127) (4) Planets in Stereo (p. 169) (5) Introduction to Photogeologic Mapping (p. 183) Evening Session (Weather Permitting) Observational (Paul Lewis)
Friday Space Engineering and Exploration	Morning Session Lecture/Discussion: Planetary Exploration and Spacecraft Development(Paul Lewis) Moon Buggy (Larry Taylor) Afternoon Session Rocket construction and launch (Paul Lewis)

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