Date:
Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 9:00am to 3:00pm
Location:
Viz-e-Lab, Rm 342, CfA, 160 Concord Ave, Cambridge, MA
This workshop is geared toward educators at all levels who are interested in using WWT to teach astronomy in their classrooms.
9am -12pm: WWT in the Classroom
- Overview of WWT Interface
- Introducing WWT to Students
- Sample topics, and WWT activities to help students visualize them
- Seasons
- Moon Phases
- Orientation and Scale of our Solar System relative to local stars, the Milky Way, and other galaxies.
- The Ecliptic: why do all planets follow the same path as the Sun?
- Parallax: how does it help astronomers measure distances to nearby stars?
- Misconceptions to help students avoid when using WWT
- The WWTA website - sharing your new materials with other educators
12pm-1pm: Lunch served
1pm-3pm: WWT Tour Authoring Basics
- For educators who would like to create their own tours for their students to use. (Please add them to the WWTA collection!)
- For educators who would like to have their students create tours for research projects and presentations. (They can upload them to the Sandbox for their friends and families to view.)
RSVP by sending an email to Pat Udomprasert.
Spreadsheet for Layer Manager practice.