Other Workshops, Conferences and Events

NSTA Conferences 2010

NSTA conferences offer the latest in science content, teaching strategy, and research, all presented by science educators who want to enhance and expand their professional growth. They also offer featured speakers, educational field trips, short courses, exciting social events, and the largest exhibition of science materials around.

NSTA generally hosts four conferences each year - a national conference in the spring and three regional conferences in the fall.

2010 National Conference
Philadelphia, PA: March 18–21

2010 Area Conferences
Kansas City, MO: October 28–30
Baltimore, MD: November 11–13
Nashville, TN: December 2–4

Complete listing of future conferences

SETIcon: The Search for Life in the Universe in Science Fact and Science Fiction

August 13 - 15, 2010
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Santa Clara, California

Only $20 per day or $35 for a weekend pass.

Go to http://www.seticon.com for more information and tickets.

Space is limited! Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis!

SETIcon features:

• Noted scientists explaining new developments in everyday language

• Stars of science fiction TV series and movies, plus the advisors who helped with the science

• Panels to air controversial issues and share perspectives

• Special sessions where you can ask questions of your favorite guests in a smaller setting

• A family room with hands-on activities (for kids 12 and older), including the kind of special inflatable star theater the Obama family recently enjoyed during the White House star party

Some of the confirmed guests so far:

• Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart, on saving the Earth from asteroid impacts

• Frank Drake, the astronomer who undertook the first project to listen for alien radio messages

• Jill Tarter, the scientist on whom Jodi Foster’s character in Contact is based

• Philip Plait, the “Bad Astronomer”

• Seth Shostak, SETI Scientist and the host of the “Are We Alone” radio program

• Debra Fischer, one of the foremost planet hunters in the world

• Astronomer Andrew Fraknoi on the "Top 10 Tourist Sights in the Solar System"

• Tim Russ, Star Trek actor and amateur astronomer

• Kevin Grazier, scientist on the Cassini Mission and science advisor for Battlestar Galactica

• David Morrison of NASA on “Doomsday 2012”

• Astronomer Alex Filippenko, who helped discover the dark energy that is speeding up the universe

International Max Planck Research School for Astronomy & Cosmic Physics at the University of Heidelberg (IMPRS-HD)

Heidelberg, Germany
Summer/Autumn 2011

Our school is located in Heidelberg, Germany, a beautiful old university town.
The scientific environment in Heidelberg provides outstanding research facilities and a training program covering a wide range of research topics with access to ground-based and space telescopes as well as high-performance computers.

The following institutions of the Max Planck Society and Heidelberg University take part in IMPRS-HD:

-> Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
-> Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
-> Astronomisches Rechen-Institut
-> Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics
-> Landessternwarte Koenigstuhl
-> Heidelberg Institute of Theoretical Studies

IMPRS-HD is an independent part of the Heidelberg Graduate School of Fundamental Physics.

A wide range of astrophysical topics is covered in Heidelberg, among them
** planet & star formation, metal-poor stars
** extrasolar planets & substellar objects
** astrometry
** formation, evolution & dynamics of galaxies
** active galactic nuclei & massive black holes
** gravitational lensing
** cosmology & structure formation
** high energy astrophysics, cosmic rays & the search for non-baryonic dark matter
** state-of-the-art instrumentation for astronomy & astro- particle physics

IMPRS-HD is open for students from all countries. We offer several 3-year fellowships available to both international and German students.

We invite highly-qualified and well-motivated students aiming for a doctoral degree in astrophysics to apply by

--> December 5, 2010 for the academic year starting Sept. 2011

An earlier start of the research work is possible.

Applicants are required to have a Master's or Diploma in Physics or Astronomy (or equivalent) including a corresponding thesis and a very good physics background.

For further information about IMPRS Heidelberg and details of the application procedure, we refer to our web-site at

http://www.mpia.de/imprs-hd/

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