TeacherTECH and the San Diego Air and Space Museum Present - SpaceTECH - Engaging, Standards-based Astronomy and Space Science Activities for the Classroom

Educators teaching grades 4 - 9 are invited to attend a special TeacherTECH Science Series offered in collaboration with the San Diego Air and Space Museum. This exciting workshop is focused on hands-on astronomy and space science activities to engage your students while teaching the standards. 

 Saturday, November 6, 2010

10:00am - 1:00pm

San Diego Supercomputer Center, Auditorium

University of California, San Diego

 This workshop is the first in a series of space and astronomy related workshops. Teachers who attend six of the workshops in the series will receive a $300 stipend provided by the California Space Grant Consortium, UCSD. All of the workshops in this series will take place in November and December 2010 and subsequent notices will outline the dates for upcoming workshops. 

Upcoming workshops will take place at various locations, including the San Diego Air and Space Museum and General Atomics. Workshops will be offered in collaboration with the San Diego Space Society, the San Diego Astronomy Association, and General Atomics. 

Workshop Description

Back by popular demand! This workshop was offered in the spring and was enthusiastically received.  Based on teacher feedback, we have lengthened the workshop by an hour in order to completely cover the vast array of material to be presented. 

SpaceTECH -  Engaging, Standards-based Astronomy and Space Science Activities for the Classroom

Kids of all ages are fascinated by astronomy and space travel, but teaching these topics can be daunting even for teachers with a science background. In this workshop Dr. Blanco will provide a brief overview of astronomy and space science. Using simple demonstrations, participants will specifically address many common student misconceptions about distances, gravity, and the Earth as a planet. Attendees will participate in hands-on, minds-on activities designed to engage students while teaching them skills required for science, math and literacy standards.

Participants will receive a CD-ROM with Powerpoint slides, applets, video clips and PDF student worksheets. 

All participants will receive a workshop certificate endorsed by the San Diego County Office of Education for professional development credit.

Please join us for an exciting and informative session of hands-on learning presented by Dr. Philip Blanco, Director, Project ASTRO, Professor, Grossmont College. 

Registration is free. Space is limited. Please contact Ange Mason at 858-534-5064 or amason@ucsd.edu to reserve your space.