Kepler: A Search for Habitable Planets

Join us for an exciting day of science and hands-on activities for middle school and high school science teachers.  Dr. Jeff VanCleve will discuss the science behind NASA’s Kepler Mission, which launches in March 2009. Dr. Bill Possel will lead a tour of the NASA Mission Operations Facility at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP). Standards-based, classroom ready activities include: Human Orrery, Detecting Extrasolar Planets, Transit Tracks, and building a computer-interfaced transit model.

Location: LASP Conference Room, 1234 Innovation Drive, Boulder, CO

Each workshop participant will receive: A complete transit model, a $150 value, including: LEGO orrery (view sample on Kepler page) Vernier light sensor interface and graphing software lamp and light bulb Lunch will be provided. A letter verifying 8 hours of professional development (upon request)

Learn about NASA’s Kepler Mission: http://Kepler.NASA.gov

Questions?
Contact Erin Wood at Erin.Wood-at-lasp.colorado.edu or call (303)735-0962.

Jointly hosted by NASA’s Kepler Education and Public Outreach Program at NASA Ames Research Center, SETI Institute, and UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science in collaboration with the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation.