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2004-2005 school year
Discovery Science Center staff will take the Starlab to the schools and present Astronomy programs to the students. Interested teachers will be invited to apply for Starlab training.
June 6-10, 2005
CSU professors and Discovery Science Center staff will train the teachers to use the Starlab and teach them about space science during a week-long institute at Discovery Science Center held June 6th - 10th in 2005.
Teacher Training Institute Schedule ( June 6-10, 2005 )
 
Astronomy Content
Technical Skills
Presentation Skills,
Teaching Activities,
Teaching Materials
June 6 •Kinesthetic Astronomy
•Star Tour (partial sky)
•Evening Star Party 		•Demo Starlab set up process
•Demo Starlab tear down process 		•Kinesthetic Astronomy
•Star Tour (partial sky)
June 7 •Star Tour (partial sky)
•Star Maps
•3-D Big Dipper
•Powers of 10

Little Thompson Observatory
•Evening observatory field trip 		•Starlab Program or Orientation
•Participants set up dome
•Locate Birthday Sky
•Alternate Starlab Cylinders
•Participants take down dome 		•Star Maps
•Locate Birthday Sky
•3-D Big Dipper
•Powers of 10
June 8 •Proportional Sky Activity
•Moon Phases Lesson 		•Participants set up dome
•Participants practice constellation ID
•Participants take down dome 		•Proportional Sky Activity
•Moon Phases Lesson
•Participants practice constellation ID
June 9

Denver Museum of Nature & Science
•Space Odyssey Exhibit Tour
•Gates Planetarium Show
•Space in the Classroom Workshop
•Solar System Expert Lecture

  Denver Museum of
Nature & Science
•Space in the Classroom Workshop
June 10 •Binocular & Small Telescope Presentation
•Telescope workshop 		•Participants set up dome.
•Planet program or practice.
•Participants practice constellation ID, moon phase & planet placement.
•Take down domes. 		•Participants practice constellation ID, moon phase & planet placement.
•Participants present constellation & story.
2005-2006 school year
Discovery Science Center will send the Starlab to the teachers' schools so they can present their space science programs at their own schools.
2006 summer
Teachers will gather again to share success stories, further enhance their knowledge of space and astronomy, and de-brief the ROSEO program.