LASP is the world’s only research institute to have sent instruments to all eight planets and Pluto. (Courtesy NASA/JPL)
June 18 – 22, 2012
The 2012 Space Science Teachers Summit examined the Sun-Earth connection, space weather, and planetary science.
Presentations
- The Real Scientific Method and Asking the Right Questions (2.0 MB PDF)
- Learning from the Transits of Venus (9.8 MB PDF)
- Sun-Earth System Overview part 1 (14.3 MB PDF)
- Sun-Earth System Overview part 2 (9.9 MB PDF)
- Sun-Earth System Overview part 3 (10.3 MB PDF)
- NASA’s “Project Spectra!” (11.0 MB PDF)
- The Solar Dynamics Observatory (13.1 MB PDF)
- Life and Extreme Environments Part 1
- Life and Extreme Environments Part 2
- Making Connections in Astronomical Science (2.4 MB PDF)
- The Science of Habitable Worlds (1.3 MB PDF)
- 2012-Apocalypse Not (6.1 MB PDF)
Lessons
- Mystery Tube (580 KB PDF)
- Kinesthetic Astronomy (600 KB PDF)
- Project Spectra! Home Page
- Crash Landing Website
- Lego Orrery Website
- Messenger’s Star Power! (6.2 MB PDF)
- Star Power! Teaching Tips (49 KB PDF)
- UV Lesson (156 KB PDF)
Handouts
- Nature of Science Organizer (136 KB PDF)
- SDO Handout (283 KB PDF)