The programme for the Inspiring Science Education Workshop, held at Cardiff University’s School of Physics and Astronomy on Wednesday 16th July 2014.
Venue: School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen’s Buildings, The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA (See map)
Room: WX3.07 (3rd floor, “West Extension” building)
| 0945-1015 | Registration and coffee (WX3.07) |
| 1015-1030 | Welcome and Introduction (WX3.07) |
| 1030-1100 | Inspiring with Astronomy (WX3.07) An brief introduction to Inspiring Science Education, and how you can use astronomy in the classroom to inspire students. Including a report from the Eratosthenes Experiment which ran in March 2014 and which will re-run in September 2014 |
| 1100-1230 | Astronomy Resources (WX3.07) An outline of a wide range of resources of offer: Stellarium and Virtual Sky LCOGT, Star in a Box and Messier Bingo National Schools’ Observatory Go-Lab, Faulkes Telescope Project and Down2Earth Herschel Space Observatory, Chromoscope, the Multiwavelength Universe and Designing a space telescope National Space Academy and National Space Centre Heavens’ Kitchen: Gravity and Cosmology resources Universe Awareness and Space Scoop and much more… |
| 1230-1320 | Lunch (WX3.14) Including Solar Astronomy (weather permitting) |
| 1320-1420 | Workshop: Logger Pro (WX3.07) A demonstration and interactive workshop about this data analysis and collection software |
| 1420-1520 | Workshop: Astronomy resources (WX3.07 & PC lab) Your chance to try out some of the activities and resources available |
| 1520-1535 | Tea/Coffee |
| 1535-1635 | Workshop: Astronomy resources (WX3.07 & PC lab) Your chance to try out some of the activities and resources available |
| 1635-1700 | Summary and Q&A (WX3.07) Your chance to ask any questions about astronomy that you may have |
| 1700 | Close |
