Learn@ ASP: "Mystery Planet" workshop
Join us for this 90-minute workshop for classroom teachers and informal educators exploring the search for life on another planet, and how to recognize it when we see it.
Wednesday, November 13, 4:30-6pm Pacific / 7:30-9pm Eastern
One of the age old questions is whether we are alone as the only planet with life. Our robotic explorers have investigated other objects in the Solar System, including returning small quantities of materials to Earth for examination. If there were life on another planet, how would we recognize it? What evidence would we find to allow us to say yes, there is life there? Workshop participants will engage in activities to model how we examine the materials from other worlds to determine the presence of living processes.
This workshop is a single 90-minute session. Participants will receive a toolkit of physical materials for use during the workshop.
Participants will gain the following through participation in this workshop:
- Experience in observing and interpreting the surface material from a mystery planet
-Experience in modeling the detection of living processes, including defining what it means to say something is living
-An education toolkit with the materials needed for this workshop (additional shipping charges may apply outside of the continental US*)
-A digital toolkit with the resources needed for conducting workshop investigations
-Strategies for engaging learners of all ages
-Access to astronomy experts who will facilitate the workshop
-A free one-year subscription to Mercury, the ASP's online magazine about the intersections of astronomy and society
-A certificate of completion for participating in 2 clock hours of professional development
Registration: $75 all inclusive of materials and shipping to locations within the continental U.S.
* Participants from Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, Mexico, and US Territories may be required to cover additional shipping charges.
Attendance/Refund Policy
Live attendance is strongly encouraged and expected in order to get the most out of the interactive session. Full refund is available for cancellations up to 14 days prior to the start of the workshop. If you need to cancel please email learn@astrosociety.org.
*Registration closes October 30*
