An Astronomy Education Workshop is held annually in the fall. All high school and college instructors of either physics or astronomy are invited to participate. A recurrent theme in our workshops is the use of instructional technology to improve our teaching of astronomy.

Upcoming Events

Past Events

• The 14th Astronomy Education Workshop was held Saturday, October 22, 2011. This was a joint meeting with the N-AAPT. Guests included Scott Ragan, Assistant Director of North Carolina State University's The Science House and Jason Wright, an extrasolar planet astronomer from Penn State.
  • A detailed schedule for the event is available here. A listing of breakout session abstracts is available here.
  • The workshop in photos can be seen here.


• The 13th Astronomy Education Workshop was held Saturday, October 9, 2010. Our guest speaker for this workshop was Dr. Travis Rector of the University of Alaska Anchorage.
  • A detailed schedule for the event is available here
  
  
• The 12th Astronomy Education Workshop was held Saturday, October 3, 2009. This workshop featured Tyler Nordgren (University of Redlands), who spoke about bringing archeoastronomy into the classroom, and Dale Stille (University of Iowa), who helped give a presentation of astronomy related physics demos.
  • A detailed schedule for the event is available here
  
  
• The 11th Astronomy Education Workshop was held on October 11, 2008 workshop with Pamela Gay of Southern Illinois University -- a well-known podcaster and expert on variable stars.
• A detailed schedule for the event is available here.


• Report on the November 3, 2007 Workshop (with author Phil Plait).
• A complete workshop agenda is available here.
• The Daily Nebraskan's article on Phil is available here.
• A flyer describing Phil's public talk can be found here.


• Report on the October 7, 2006 Workshop (with Terry Teays of the Maryland Space Grant).
• A complete workshop agenda is available here.
• Background information on Terry Teays is available here.
• Other Events by Terry Teays during his visit.


• Report on the October 15, 2005 Workshop. Guests included: Dr. Michelle Thaller (Research Scientist at the California Institute of Technology and Manager of the Spitzer Educational Public Outreach Program) & Tim Slater (Astronomy Education Guru from the University of Arizona)
• Background on Tim can be found here. More can be found on the Caper Team site.)
• Background info on Michelle can be found here.
• Pictures from the workshop can be found here.
• A complete workshop agenda is available here.


• Report on the September 18, 2004 Workshop with Ed Prather (Arizona) and Steve Shawl (Kansas)
• The Workshop in Pictures
• Promotional Flyer for the Workshop #7


• Report on the September 19, 2003 Workshop with Tim Slater of the University of Arizona
• Download the Complete Workshop Agenda
• The Workshop Computer Lab in Pictures
• Background Information on Tim Slater
• Other Events by Tim Slater during his visit
• Article in the Daily Nebraskan about Tim's Public Talk


• Report on the January 24, 2003 Workshop with Dick McCray
• Background Information on Dick McCray
• Public talks by Dick McCray during his visit


• Report on the September 20, 2002 Workshop with Margaretha (Peggy) Motes
• Web Version of Peggy's Presentation
• Background Information on Peggy Motes
• Information on the Educator Workshop at Culler Middle School (September 19, 2002)


• Report on the January 2002 Workshop with Larry Marschall
• Biographical Information on Dr. Marschall
• Public talks by Dr. Marschall during his visit
• Pictures During Larry's Visit


• Report on the September 2001 Workshop with Robert Mutel



• Report on the September 2000 Workshop with Mike Guidry

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