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Two Days of Hands-on Astronomy Education
Workshops for Formal and Informal Educators
in St. Louis May 31 and June 1, 2008

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that only comes once every 400 years.
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The United Nations has declared 2009 the
International Year of Astronomy (IYA), to celebrate
the 400th anniversary of Galileo turning his
telescope to the heavens and changing forever
humanity's view of itself.  Events and programs
will be offered throughout the U.S. and the
world.

To prepare for IYA, the American Astronomical
Society (AAS) and the Astronomical Society of the
Pacific (ASP) are sponsoring a weekend of workshops
on how to present astronomy activities and ideas to
audiences in schools, museums, nature centers,
community groups, and everywhere people gather.
No background in astronomy is required to participate.

The program will be held before the meeting of the
AAS, which this year includes an ASP symposium
on the International Year of Astronomy, in the
St. Louis (Missouri) Convention Center. Each day,
there will be 3 or 4 workshops to choose from,
addressing different topics and audiences.

The full schedule and more information can be found at:
http://www.astrosociety.org/events/2008mtg/workshops.html

A limited number of scholarships are available to
U.S. citizens, to cover travel to the weekend from
anywhere in the country (up to $600) thanks to
NASA's Spitzer Science Center.  Registration for
the workshops is only $25 per day.

Among those eligible to attend are:
1) K-12 teachers
2) museum, planetarium, and nature center educators
3) community college instructors who do outreach
	beyond their own classrooms
4) amateur astronomers actively engaged in outreach
5) NASA science program educational ambassadors.

Registration for the workshops is limited, and is now
open on a first-come, first-served basis.



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Anna Hurst
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
390 Ashton Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94112
415-337-1100 ext. 108
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www.astrosociety.org/afgu
www.astrosociety.org/uitc
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