ASTRO-Tucson News
Free Optics Education Event for Educators
Join us for “Seeing the World Through the Many Eyes of Optics”!!!
Educators are invited to a special event put on by the Optical Society of America, Thursday, October 20th, 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm, at the El Conquistador Resort, in Tucson. If you can make it, this event is not to be missed. At 4pm, there is an incredible talk by Dr. Sara Armstrong for teachers and optics professionals alike on technology and optics in the classroom. Sara is from the George Lucas Educational Foundation. Then there will be a Mexican buffet dinner, followed at 6:30pm with tabletop demonstrations on optics education for the classroom. And there will be giveaways for teachers, if they pre-register. The entire evening’s events are free to teachers. For further details, see the attached brochure [159 KB pdf].
Preregistration is highly recommended (to secure your spot) for this special event and virtually painless. The deadline to sign-up is Monday, October 3, 2005. Fill out the form contained in the brochure and either mail it to Connie Walker, NOAO, 950 N. Cherry Ave., Tucson, AZ, 87710 or fax at (520) 813-8451.
Also mentioned in the brochure is the Hands-on Optics Workshop on Oct 21st and 22nd to be given by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory. The workshop is almost full to capacity.
If you have questions or would like to learn more about “Educators’ Day” on Oct. 20, please contact Connie Walker (NOAO), at (520) 813-8535 or email her at cwalker@noao.edu.
