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22-25 June 2008 at Yerkes Observatory
AGENDA SATURDAY 21 June 2008 Check in at Aurora College. ________________________________________ SUNDAY 22 June 2008 MORNING All Conference sessions held at Yerkes Observatory; New HOU conference attendees meet in ~8:15 am in Aurora cafeteria to find out how to get to Yerkes8:30 AM Registration at Yerkes Observatory; Informal meetings9:00 AM Welcome – Vivian Hoette, Carl Pennypacker, Alan Gould9:05 AM Introductions – All (1 minute intros) 9:30 AM NASA Wide Angle Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) asteroid research project development (Session I) 10:30 BREAK 10:45 Begin to define WISE HOU curriculum 11:50 LUNCH SUNDAY 22 June 2008 AFTERNOON 1:20 Rich Lohman 1:40 Carl Pennypacker 2:10 Jenifer Perazzo 2:45 BREAK 3:00 Alan Gould 3:30 HOU-WISE project (Session II) workshop 4:00 BREAK 4:15 HOU WISE Project workshop (continued) 4:45 Sharing activities, ideas, pertinent to HOU teachers 5:15 DINNER 7:45 PM Rich Lohman, Glenn Reagan, Alan Gould 9:30 PM – 4:17 AM :^) Observing with telescopes, weather permitting ________________________________________ 8:45 AM WISE asteroid research project development (Session III) 10:30 BREAK 10:45 WISE asteroid research project (Session IV) 11:50 LUNCH MONDAY 23 June 2008 AFTERNOON 1:20 Carl Pennypacker 1:40 Steve Carpenter 2:15 HOU IP 2.0 Image Processing software update and workshop 3:00 BREAK 3:15 WISE – telecon with mission scientists – Clarify technical issues 4:15 Open-ended sharing–teaching methods and experiences 5:15 DINNER 7:45 PM Rich Lohman, Glenn Reagan, Alan Gould All Attendees 9:30 PM – 4:22 AM :^) Observing with telescopes, weather permitting ________________________________________ 8:45 AM WISE asteroid research project development (Session V) 10:30 BREAK 10:45 Other HOU Research: IASC, Supernovae, Exoplanets, 11:50 LUNCH TUESDAY 24 June 2008 AFTERNOON 1:20 Bob Holmes 2:00 Carl Pennypacker 2:30 Start wrapping up HOU-WISE asteroid research project development—define work to be completed rest of summer 2:45 BREAK 3:00 HOU freebies: HOU Explorer, English and Tri-Lingual Editions; 3:45 Open-ended sharing–teaching methods and experiences 4:30 New resources from NASA Kepler EPO: 5:15 DINNER 7:45 PM All Attendees 9:30 PM – 4:02 AM :^) Observing with telescopes, weather permitting ________________________________________ 8:45 AM As needed: 10:30 BREAK 10:45 11:45 CONFERENCE ENDS |
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