Schedules

Monday

Astronomy

• Introduction and Welcome (Larry Taylor)
• Opening Lecture: Astronomy and Space Science Overview (Kermit Duckett)

Afternoon Session (Classroom Activities)

• Telescope and rocket construction (Paul Lewis)

Evening Session (Weather permitting)

• Use of telescopes and binoculars in astronomy (Paul Lewis)
• Home Reading: First 20 pages of Exploring the Moon: Teachers Guide

Tuesday

Lunar Day

• Opening Lecture: Lunar Science and Apollo, and Lunar Disk (Larry Taylor)

Afternoon Session (Classroom Activities)

• Exploring The Moon: Teachers Guide

Evening Session (Weather permitting)

• Telescope use for stellar/planetary/lunar surface identifications (Paul Lewis)
• Home Reading: First 32 pages of Exploring Meteorite Mysteries, along with Chapters 14 and 15

Wednesday

Meteoritics Day

• Lectures: Sun (Kermit Duckett)
• Meteorites (Larry Taytor)
• Asteroids

Afternoon Session (Classroom Activities) (Larry Taylor)

• Exploring Meteorite Mysteries: A Teacher’s Guide with Activities/or Earth and Space Sciences
  1. Impact Craters (Lesson 6)
  2. Crater Hunters (Lesson 7)
  3. Meteorite Sleuths (Lesson 9)
  4. Building Blocks of Planets (Lesson 10) Pick 1 of 3
  5. Changes inside Planets (Lesson 11) Without Part C
  6. K-T Boundary (Lesson 14)
  7. Historical Meteorite Falls (Lesson 15)
  8. Near Miss? (Lesson 15)

Evening Session (weather permitting)

• Observational (Paul Lewis)

Thursday

Remote Sensing and Mars Day

• Lectures: Planetary Science and Mars (Larry Taylor)
• Mars Exploration ( Hap McSween)
• Remote sensing (Jeff Moersch)

Afternoon Session (Classroom Activities) (Larry Taylor)

• Planetary Geology
  1. Geologic Landforms Seen on Stereoscopic Photos (p.31
  2. Landform Mapping: The Terrestrial Planets (p. 115)
  3. Geologic Features of Mars (p. 127)
  4. Planets in Stereo (p. 169)
  5. Introduction to Photogeologic Mapping (p. 183)

Evening Session (Weather Permitting)

• Observational (Paul Lewis)

Friday

Space Engineering and Exploration

• Lecture/Discussion: Planetary Exploration and Spacecraft Development(Paul Lewis)
• Moon Buggy (Larry Taylor)

Afternoon Session

• Rocket construction and launch (Paul Lewis)