Discover the Universe with NASA During the International Year of Astronomy 2009!

This is the web page for the NASA IYA workshop on Saturday, May 31, 2008. Each
section below includes information about the activities and resources explored in the
various sessions throughout the day. Summary documents provide lists of annotated
resource links.

OPENING SESSION: General Resources and Activities

Discover the Universe with NASA (pdf)
Agenda for the Day (pdf)
Introductory presentation (ppt) (5.4 Mb)
Assessment questions and answers (pdf)
Modeling the Universe
Active Astronomy: presentation (pdf) and activities
Coming Soon: Lunchtime presentation (ppt)
MOSART assessment tools

BREAKOUT SESSION: Our Sun and Solar System

Resources and Overview (pdf)
Observing Our Sun and Solar System (ppt)
The Phases of Venus (pdf)
From Ancient Times to Galileo (ppt) (17.3 MB)

BREAKOUT SESSION: Beyond the Solar System

Session agenda (pdf)
Resources and Activities (pdf)
Kepler's Other Worlds (ppt)
Student Hera presentation (ppt)

BREAKOUT SESSION: Museums and Planetariums

Resource Presentation (ppt) * contains full suite of links * (50 Mb)
Trailer for Slide 9: From Earth to the Universe (multiple formats available)
Trailer for Slide 20: IBEX planetarium show (trailer not yet available online)
Trailer for Slide 29: Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity (WMV)
Video for Slide 95: GEMS Curriculum Sequences (YouTube video)
Link to NASA Museum Alliance registration

FOLLOW UP: Web Survey

Coming Soon!

PLEASE BE PATIENT AS WE CONTINUE TO UPDATE THIS PAGE.

Website last updated: June 18, 2008