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Project ASTRO
seeks astronomers
Project ASTRO is searching for amateur or professional astronomers willing to work with teachers in grades four through nine. This is a great opportunity to help kids learn science, while sharing the wonder of astronomy with the most enthusiastic audience you will ever find. This teaching project pairs each astronomer in a one-on-one partnership with a Bay Area teacher at a school convenient to the astronomer.
Training includes a two-day workshop for pairs of teachers and astronomers. The workshop focuses on effective hands-on astronomy activities for the classroom, and participants receive a free copy of The Universe at Your Fingertips, Project ASTRO's 800-page curriculum resource book.
The project emphasizes working partnerships, not just a one-time class visit. During the school year, the astronomer will make at least four visits into his or her adopted classroom. Some even organize star parties, field trips, or campus astronomy clubs.
Applications close this month
The volunteer astronomer application deadline for the 2000 to 2001 school year is April 26, 2000. Space is limited to 25 partnerships. Participants are required to attend the free training workshop to be held August 11 and 12, 2000, at the San Mateo County Office of Education in Redwood City.
Project ASTRO, a program of the non-profit Astronomical Society of the Pacific, began in the Bay Area in 1993 and has now expanded to 11 other sites around the country. Astronomers may download application forms from http://www.aspsky.org/astro/volunteer.html.
Alternatively, potential astronomer volunteers may call and discuss their involvement with Erica Howson, the Bay Area Project ASTRO coordinator. Her telephone number is 415/337-1100, ext. 101. Erica's e-mail is astro@aspsky.org.
Tri-Valley astronomers are particularly encouraged to apply by the April 26 deadline. A number of active volunteers are TVS members already, and even more are needed.
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Universe 2000 Expo
Reserve July 15 and 16, 2000
Astronomy and space enthusiasts are invited to join the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for Universe 2000 Expo, an event that celebrates all the excitement of modern astronomy.
Keynote speakers will discuss the development and origin of life in the early solar system. Additionally, the following leading astronomers will present a variety of provocative talks.
Alex Filippenko Einstein's Greatest Blunder
Seth Shostak Search for Extraterrestrial
Intelligence
Chris Impey Galaxies and Cosmology
Debra Fischer Searching for Extrasolar Planets
Ellis Miner NASA Missions to the Solar System
David Lynch Color and Light in Nature
Universe 2000 Expo is held in conjunction with the ASP 112th Annual Meeting. The Expo is slated for July 15 and 16, 2000 at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA.
Special Expo events include: Kid Space, an area with hands-on activities for children; the exhibit hall filled with the latest astronomy products and information; a book signing; a silent auction featuring Meade telescope; and the Celestial Cinema sneak preview featuring the hottest astronomy videos.
Even more ways to have fun
Optional events and tours may be added to your Expo registration. Offered for your consideration are a tour of Griffith Observatory, a tour of Mount Wilson Observatory, and an evening at the gala Awards Banquet. The Expo registration fee is $25 per person, each observatory tour is an additional $30, and the awards banquet is priced at $39 per plate.
To register, or for more information, go to http://www.aspsky.org/meetings.html. You may also mail a downloaded form to: Universe 2000 Expo, ASP, 390 Ashton Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112; or fax it to 415/337-5205.
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