| Summer 2008 GEMS Workshop Agenda Girls continued their exploration of the universe with digital astronomy. |
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Monday, June 30 |
9 a.m. | Welcome Back
Introduction
Spring Review |
9:45 a.m. | Skyserver Activity #1: Star, Galaxy, Quasar Identification |
10:30 a.m. | Prep for Speaker |
10:45 a.m. | Break |
11:00 a.m. | Videoconferencing with Dr. Kirsten Coppin
Astronomer at Durham University in England |
11:30 a.m. | Sharing of Research Challenge Results |
12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
12:45 p.m. | CCD Hands-On Simulation Activity |
1:45 p.m. | DS9 Activity #1: Tri-Color Imaging of Galaxy NGC 1087 |
2:30 p.m. | Break |
2:45 p.m. | Worldwide Telescope Introduction
Group Assignments |
3:45 p.m. | Moodle |
4:00 p.m. | Close |
Tuesday, July 1 |
9 a.m. | Welcome |
9:30 a.m. | Field Trip to Campus Observatory |
10:30 a.m. | Snack |
10:45 a.m. | DS9 Activity #2: Asteroid Hunt |
11:45 a.m. | Moodle |
12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
12:45 p.m. | Prep for Speaker |
1:00 p.m. | Skyserver Activity #2: Galaxy Morphology and the Hubble Tuning Fork |
2:00 p.m. | Dr. Susan Lamb
Assoc. Professor of Physics and Astronomy at UIUC |
2:30 p.m. | Break |
3:00 p.m. | Group Projects |
3:45 p.m. | Moodle |
4:00 p.m. | Close |
Wednesday, July 2 |
9 a.m. | Welcome
Introduction: Galaxies and Large Scale Structures |
9:30 a.m. | Observing Trips
Dr. Brian White and Britt Lundgren |
10:30 a.m. | Break |
10:45 a.m. | Skyserver Activity #3: Homogenity and Isotropy of the Universe |
11:45 a.m. | Moodle |
12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
12:45 p.m. | DS9 Activity #3: Tri-Color Imaging of Supernovae Remnant N49 |
1:30 p.m. | Group Project |
2:15 p.m. | Prep for Speaker |
2:30 p.m. | Break |
3:00 p.m. | Videoconferencing with Dr. Evelyn Gates
Assistant Director at Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, The University of Chicago |
3:45 p.m. | Moodle |
4:00 p.m. | Close |
Thursday, July 3 |
9 a.m. | Welcome
Introduction: The Solar System |
10:15 a.m. | Prep for Speaker |
10:30 a.m. | Break |
10:45 a.m. | Skyserver Activity #4: The Solar System |
11:30 a.m. | Natalie Strand
Graduate Researcher, Physics at UIUC |
11:45 a.m. | Moodle |
12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
12:45 p.m. | DS9 Activity #4: Tri-Color Imaging of Supernovae, Galaxies and Newborn Stars |
1:15 p.m. | Group Presentations |
2:45 p.m. | Moodle |
3:00 p.m. | Ice Cream Social |
4:00 p.m. | Close |
