NASA Education Professional Development Conference

The Education Group within the Office of Public Outreach at the Space Telescope Science Institute was invited to speak at a NASA Education Professional Development Conference in Arlington, VA on September 13, 2004. The audience was approximately 70 teacher trainers from the NASA Aerospace Education Services Program and participants in the NASA Explorer Schools program.

Our Presentation

Dan McCallister and Frank Summers gave a presentation on Hubble science, the Amazing Space program for using Hubble science in education, and on the student and teacher misconceptions about astronomy that can hinder such educational efforts.

The outline of the presentation was:

Introduction - Dan
Hubble Reborn Video
New Ideas from Hubble - Frank

The News from Lake Hubble
Not Your Parents' Solar System
Not with a Bang, But a Whimper
Things that Go Kaboom in the Night
It's What You Don't See That Matters
Out in Space ... Back in Time ...

Science Misconceptions - Dan
Using HST Curriculum Support Tools - Dan

Files for Download

Dan's presentations:

Powerpoint File - AESP-EXPLORER.PPT (27.1 MB)
JPEG ZIP File - all slides as 720 x 540 pixel JPEG images - AESP-EXPLORER_jpg.zip (2.26 MB)

Frank's presentation:

Powerpoint File - new_ideas_from_hubble.ppt (14.3 MB)
JPEG ZIP File - all slides as 720 x 540 pixel JPEG images - new_ideas_from_hubble_jpg.zip (3.91 MB)

Movies:

Hubble Reborn was produced by the Informal Science Education group within the Office of Public Outreach at the Space Telescope Science Institute.
A Black Hole Visits Baltimore is a scientific visualization by Frank Summers.
Hubble: Galaxies Across Space and Time is an IMAX short film created by the Office of Public Outreach at the Space Telescope Science Institute. Further information is available from the Informal Science group's Large Format Film web page.

Page last updated on: September 15, 2004