OSSE/NASA IDEAS Teaching Space Science Workshop
Office of Space Science Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1225 West Dayton Street, Madison, Wisconsin
11 - 15 August 2003
Schedule, subject to real-time modifications as needed!
Speakers: Sanjay S. Limaye, Jatila van der Veen, Wilton T. Sanders, Lawrence M. Krauss, Rosalyn A. Pertzborn
CDT 11 August, Monday 12 August, Tuesday 13 August, Wednesday 14 August, Thursday 15 August Friday
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9:00 Sanjay Limaye: Welcome and Intdocutions Jatila van der Veen - Intro to astro techniques for measuring distance and age Jatila van der Veen - High Z SNe Ia and the expanding universe Jatila van der Veen - Globular clusters and the age of the Universe Work on Implementation Plans and activity/curriculum plan
9:15 AM Rosalyn Pertzborn: Expectations for the Workshop Individual Work Time and Program Evaluation
9:30 AM Wilt Sanders: Missing Baryon Explorer, a SMEX Mission proposed to NASA
10:30 - 10:45 am Break Break Break Break Break
    Room 1253 Room 1253 Room 1253 Present preliminary activity/curriculum plan
10:45- 12:15 pm Jatila van der Veen - Cosmology in 2003: the Universe Adventure Image processing lab #1:Intdo to astronomical digital imaging techniques Image processing Lab #2: Light curve for supernovae finish lab 3: get HR diagram and find age of stars
Lunch         End of Workshop
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1 - 2:15 Jatila van der Veen - CMB presentation LAWRENCE KRAUSS: State of the Universe address Jatila - photometry theory informal lab time to finish up whatever left to do and practice
Break        
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2:30 - 4:30 CMB comupter labs: COBE for Big Kids and CMBFAST Modeling Q&A period with LMK till ~ 3 PM, then continue working on intro to digital imaging Image processing Lab#3: B and V magnitudes for a star cluster Discussion of results and lab uses with students
Dinner On your own On your own On your own On your own
7:00 PM Visit to Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin LAWRENCE KRAUSS   Yerkes Rain Date
  We will most likely car pool.  Williams Bay is about 75 minutes drive away. Public Lecture: The Physics of Star Trek, 1605 S. Park Street 7:30 - 11:00 pm FOLK DANCING Outdoors at the Libray Mall  
      9:00 PM Washburn Observatory Public Night (Weather Permitting)