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2009 Meeting |
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Science
Education and Outreach: Forging a Path to the Future
September
12-16, 2009
Westin SFO, Millbrae, California
Registration
is open for the 2009 ASP
meeting to be held in the San Francisco Bay Area at the
Westin San Francisco Airport Hotel, 1 Old Bayshore Highway
in Millbrae, California.
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The
ASP's annual meeting will be held in Northern California where
the ASP was founded 120 years ago. The meeting will be located
at the Westin SFO in Millbrae, California. In addition to
the EPO symposia, there will be additional weekend hands-on
workshops designed specifically for educators, as well as
special sessions targeted to non-astronomy science practitioners.
Weekend Workshop
Registration is now open.
More
meeting information. |
| ASP
2008 Meeting |
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At
this conference, education and outreach professionals gathered
to discuss international, regional, and local programs for
the International Year of Astronomy in 2009, which celebrates
the 400th anniversary of the astronomical telescope. The ASP
thanks its co-sponsors
for making the meeting a success. |
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View
the photo gallery.
Purchase
the Conference Proceedings volume.
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| Tours
& Travel |

Courtesy of MWT Associates
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Paris:
Art, Astronomy, and History
September 17 – 24, 2009
Join astronomy historian and writer, Dr. William Sheehan,
author of MARS: Lure of the Red Planet and In Search
of Vulcan, for seven nights in Paris, France, and an incredible
astronomy and art history vacation.
More
information.
View
all of our astronomy tours. |
| Comos
in the Classroom 2007 |
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From
August 2 - 5, over 200 instructors of introductory astronomy
met at Pomona College in Southern California, to discuss techniques,
materials, and new approaches for teaching non-science majors
about the universe. |
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by the ASP (together with the American Astronomical Society),
the meeting featured 56 hands-on small-group workshops to
help instructors practice what they preach.
A
notebook of papers, handouts,
and classroom materials from the conference is now available. |
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