Name: Astronomy for Everyone: Size & Scale of the Universe
Start: 2022-01-17T16:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-01-17T16:50:00.000Z
Location: Look Up to the Stars (Online)

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Monday, Jan 17

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM EST

Standard Price: $25.00

4 credits or $24.00

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This class will help generate interest and foster scientific literacy in children through the delivery of an awe-inspiring, educational, and entertaining astronomy program. Truly breathtaking images, video clips and fun STEM hands-on activities make for an unforgettable cosmic journey. Clarifying questions can be asked through live interaction, and time for addressing in depth questions submitted via the chat box will be given at the end of the slides.

Materials: The provided PDF packet must be printed BEFORE the class. It includes a Daily Observation Log with instructions for the student to record their own observations of the night sky in their back yard or a nearby park or schoolyard as a homework assignment. It also includes two STEM hands-on activities on the moon and constellations. Students will need a pen or pencil to write and draw with.

Topics: The sun, earth, space exploration to the moon and Mars, star color and brightness including patterns in asterisms and constellations, star clusters, nebulae and galaxies, black holes, galactic collisions, looking at matter from subatomic particles to superclusters of galaxies, and the entire universe. It's a virtual journey throughout the cosmos describing celestial objects and how they were formed as well as their relative sizes compared with each other.

The only requirement is curiosity and interest in the universe.

When to arrive:

5 minutes before

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Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:A. Define basic terminology used in astronomy and the space sciences. 1. Subatomic particles 2. Planets & moons 3. Stars & constellations 4. Star clusters, nebulae & galaxies 5. Supermassive black holesB. Understand and state important concepts and principles. 1. Space exploration 2. Colliding galaxiesC. Apply principles to scientific calculations. 1. Speed of lightD. Interpret charts

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168 hours in advance

Caregiver required:

Optional

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User Reviews

5.0

6 Reviews

Kay T.

Apr 18, 2022

My kid said it was super interesting and that the teacher was really nice too!

Kristin M.

Dec 22, 2020

From my daughter, who took class: ‘I learned about a lot about space, a lot about stars, and about light years.’
She was super excited and said they calculated how many miles in a light year. Thank you!

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About

Kevin Manning, astronomer, has worked as a Consultant with NASA and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (space telescope), with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He was both a Wright Fellow at Tufts University and an Einstein Fellow working with NASA Headquarters, the US House Representatives, and the US Department Energy Office of Science on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, and did some work with Brookhaven National Laboratory. Besides the numerous workshops he's presented over the years, some noteworthy ones include those made at Tufts University, State University of New York at Stony Brook, the National Science Teachers Association's National Convention, American Association for the Advancement of Science Breakfast with Scientists, and the National Parks Service.

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This is your kids' chance to learn from a real astronomer! Who knows? This might spark a lifelong interest and maybe even start them on a space-related career path.

Drop-In

Monday, Jan 17

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM EST

Standard Price: $25.00

4 credits or $24.00

Free with 30-day trial

Book for $24.00

Reservations closed on
1/16 at 11:00 PMSee more sessions

Have a question? Send a message

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