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.

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.

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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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Purchase the Conference Proceedings volume.

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.

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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.

Sponsored 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.