Here are pictures taken by Dr. Dwarkadas (Vikram) on our final day of the program.
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Final Day Pictures
Posted by julia on August 5, 2013
http://julia.cuipblogs.net/2013/08/final-day-pictures/
Order of Student Presentations
Posted by julia on July 30, 2013
http://julia.cuipblogs.net/2013/07/order-of-student-presentations/
Morning Q&A with Teachers
Don York and teachers discuss questions arising from the afternoon SDSS research sessions.
Posted by julia on July 26, 2013
http://julia.cuipblogs.net/2013/07/morning-qa-with-teachers/
College Speakers
Veronica Hauad from The University of Chicago Admissions Office and Bonnie Kanter from the College Bridge program share opportunities available to Chicago-area students with high-school participants in the All-Stars program.
Posted by julia on July 26, 2013
http://julia.cuipblogs.net/2013/07/college-speakers/
Expectations for Presentations – Teachers
The presentations of lesson plans on the final days of our program will entail the following: Each teacher (Bill, Diane, Eddie, Mercy, and Nik) will take 30-45 minutes to present his/her lesson plan to the entire group. The entire group includes the students, program staff, Don York, and possibly other scientists. (More time is permitted, if […]
Posted by julia on July 23, 2013
http://julia.cuipblogs.net/2013/07/expectations-for-presentations-teachers/
Teacher Lesson Plans
At the end of the program, we expect each of the teachers (not including the mentors) to develop a lesson plan for the following lessons. I am including teachers’ chosen lesson plans in this list. Optical History – Mercy Kurian Optical Science – Eddie Gonzalzes Optical Tools – Nik Barge Optical Impact – X-ray History – Diane Hawist […]
Posted by julia on July 18, 2013
http://julia.cuipblogs.net/2013/07/teacher-lesson-plans/
Getting Started with SDSS
Jackie holds up one of the plates from the Sloan telescope. Teachers learned how to do basic searches in SDSS using the iPad minis and demonstrated this to students in the afternoon session. I’m hearing lots of OMGs.
Posted by julia on July 17, 2013
http://julia.cuipblogs.net/2013/07/getting-started-with-sdss/
Pre-Surveys Here!
For Students http://rockman.us2.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3BJWdvhsoFFQso5 For Teachers http://rockman.us2.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_81zYg0rxoe7lZLT
Posted by julia on July 16, 2013
http://julia.cuipblogs.net/2013/07/pre-surveys-here/
Welcome 2013 All-Stars! Speaker Schedule/Readings
On Tuesday, July 16, at 12:30, Don York will speak about the impact of Optical Astronomy. Please read his lesson before the talk and BRING QUESTIONS! The lesson can be found here: http://ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/multiwavelength-astronomy/optical/impact/index.html On Wednesday, July 17, our speaker will be Nick Woolf. His lesson is here: http://ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/multiwavelength-astronomy/optical/tools/index.html On Thursday, July 18, our speaker will […]
Posted by julia on July 15, 2013
http://julia.cuipblogs.net/2013/07/welcome-2013-all-stars-speaker-schedulereadings/