UNL Astronomy Camp 2002 – Tentative Schedule

Sunday, July 21
6:00 – 7:30 p.m.	Neihardt	Campers Arrive and Check in
8:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Brace 202	Camp Orientation – Schedule, Regulations
9:00 – 11:00 p.m.	Park. Gar.	Small Telescope Lab/ Student Observatory Tour
Monday, July 22
9:00 – 10:30	Brace 202	Lecture #1: Scale – Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy, Universe, Special Units (AU, Light, Year Parsec) Film: Powers of 10
10:30 – 12:00	Brace 202	Hands-on Lab #1: Building a Celestial Sphere – Simulate Rotation, Identify: Celestial Poles, Celestial Equator
1:00 – 2:30	Brace 202	Lecture #2: Celestial Sphere – Longitude, Latitude, Right Ascension, Declination, Ecliptic, Solstices, Equinoxes, Seasons, Latitudes where the direct rays of the sun are hitting
2:30 – 4:00	Ferg 21	Computer Lab #1: Skyglobe
7:30 – 8:15	Brace 202	Meet the Astronomer
8:30 – ???	Brace 202	Observing Groups
Tuesday, July 23
9:00 – 10:00	Brace 202	Planetarium Show #1: Coordinates and Motions
10:00 – 12:00	Brace 202	Lecture #3: Horizon Coordinate System - Azimuth, Altitude, Observer’s Meridian, Compare with Celestial Equatorial System, Meridinal Altitude
1:00 – 2:45	Brace 202	Lecture #4: Paths of the Sun, Work examples with Celestial Sphere Kit, Film: A Private Universe
2:30 – 4:00	Morill Hall	Computer Lab #2: Skyglobe
7:30 – 8:15	Brace 202	Meet the Astronomer
8:30 – ???	Brace 202	Observing Groups
Wednesday, July 24
9:00 – 10:00	Brace 202	Hands-on Lab #2: Building an Altitude Marker
10:00 – 10:30		Kinesthetic Astronomy
10:30 – 12:00	Brace 202	Lecture #5: The Moon (Phases and Eclipses)
1:00 – 1:50		Lecture #6: The Importance of Astronomy to Ancient Peoples
2:00 – 3:00	Morill Hall	Planetarium Show #2: Constellations and Mythology
7:30 – 8:15	Brace 202	Meet the Astronomer
8:30 – ???	Brace 202	Observing Groups/Discussion Groups
Thursday, July 25
9:00 – 10:30	Brace 202	Lecture #7: Copernicus, Kepler, Tycho Brahe Film: Cosmos episode on the life of Kepler
10:30 – 12:00	Brace 202	Lab #5: Building a Telescope
1:00 – 2:30	Brace 202	Lecture #8: Galileo& the Inquisition, Newton, What is an Orbit?
2:30 – 4:00	Ferg 21	Computer Lab #3: Understanding Orbits
7:30 – 8:15	Brace 202	Meet the Astronomer
8:30 – ???	Brace 202	Observing Groups/Discussion Groups
Friday, July 26
9:00 – 10:30	Brace 202	Lecture #9: Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum, Optical Windows, Astronomical Instruments (Optical Telescopes, Radio Telescopes, Spectrographs, Satellites)
10:30 – 12:00	Brace 202	Lab #5: Building a Spectrometer
1:00 – 2:30	Brace 202	Lecture #10: Light and Matter, Spectral Lines, Types of Spectra, Minnich Telescope
2:30 – 4:00	Ferg 21	Computer Lab #4: Understanding Spectra
7:30 – 8:15	Brace 202	Meet the Astronomer
8:30 – ???	Brace 202	Observing Groups/Discussion Groups
Saturday, July 27
9:00 – 10:30	Ferg 217	Camp Culmination – Families Invited Continental Breakfast, Student Presentations, Evaluation Surveys
10:30 – 12:00	Ferg 217	Family Tours: Physics Demonstrations, Atomic Lab, Student Observatory, Solar Telescope