CAST Proposal: Modeling the Night Sky (TSGC K-5)
Section 1: Create a new proposal
Select Event TypeWorkshop (1 hour, 15 minutes)
Section 2: Presenters
Dr. Mary Kay Hemenway
Astronomy Department
ESC Region: 13
1 University Station C1400
Austin, TX 78712
The University of Texas at Austin
Day phone: 512-471-1309
Evening Phone: 512-467-8770
Fax Number: 512-471-6016
Years of Teaching Experience: 32
Dr. Judy Meyer
McDonald Observatory
ESC Region: 18
HC 75 Box 1337 MCD
Fort Davis, TX 79734-5020
The University of Texas at Austin
Day phone: 432-426-4153
Evening phone: 432-426-4153
Fax number: 432-426-3641
Years of teaching experience: ??
Teacher workshop participant – to be determined
Section 3: Presiders
No presider requested
Section 4: Basic Information
A. Presentation Audience (Choose best one):Teachers
B. Presentation is for Grade Level(s) (Check all areas that apply):Elementary School
C. Presentation Content:Earth and Space Science (astronomy, environmental, geology, oceanography, etc.)
D. Presentation Format:Hands-on (Classroom style)
E. I can accommodate the following number of participants per session:
26 - 50 Participants
F. This presentation may be offered at any of the following times:
Thursday PM
Friday AM
Friday PM
Saturday AM
G. Equipment Provided:
Overhead projector and screen will be provided. Any other equipment items must be provided by the presenter.
H. Accessibility Concerns:
Check all disabilities which would cause a significant challenge for participants
Visual Impairment: No
Hearing Impairment: No
Mobility Impairment: Yes
Accessibility Comments: Participants will move around during the activity
Section 5: Session Title and Description
A. Session Title: Modeling the Night Sky
B. Brief Abstract of the Session: Model planetary motions in a time-scale model of the solar system. Handouts. Sponsored by McDonald Observatory & Texas Space Grant Consortium.
C. TEKS info: K7A, 1-2E, 1-7A, 2-2F, 3-2B, 3-2E, 3-11C. 4-2B, 4-2E, 4-6A, 7-2B, 7-2E, 7-5A, 7-12D
D. Indicate if your session should be clustered with a specific affiliate organization, i.e. ACT2, ISEA, ISET, TABT, TAEE, TCES, TESTA, TMES, TSAAPT, TSELA, TTOPS, TRC, or Dana Center: TAEE
E. Please describe your planned session in 100 words or less (limit number of letter spaces):
This activity is a time scale model of the solar system (as opposed to the typical size and distance scale models). Participants become planets (and more) who run (Mercury) or shuffle (Jupiter) in their orbits around the Sun. The model is periodically stopped and “Earth” discusses what planets are visible at different times. Participant outcomes include: (1) understanding object’s patterns of movement in the sky due to their regular and predictable motion, (2) discovering the ecliptic, and why the planets appear in a narrow path in the sky, (3) predicting when and where planets will rise, transit, and set.
Section 6: Safety Information and Guidelines
A. Identify any potential safety hazards: None
B. Indicate what precautions will be taken to deal with any hazards and to inform participants and viewers of any risks: N/A
Please provide details about the use on any of the following: open flame, animals, microorganisms, biohazards, projectiles, chemicals or radioactive substances.
Section 7: Special comments for the Program Chair - Please Note Here
Any special comments for the Program Chair: Thank you for another CAST! Adjacent workshop time slots for a single room assignment are fine. Otherwise, please schedule this
workshop at a different time than the four other Hemenway and/or Fricke and/or Meyer sessions (one proposed short course, four other proposed workshops).
Questions? Contact Carol Fletcher or Marsha Willis, CAST 2007 Program Co-Chair