PIXE-PAN
2008
June 16 to 27 (for teachers)
June 23 to 27 (for students)
JINAs
Summer Program at Notre Dame's Institute for Structure and Nuclear
Astrophysics will be held from June 16 to 27 (for teachers) and
from June 23 to 27 (for students). This is a terrific opportunity
to learn more about nuclear physics/astrophysics, operating an accelerator,
and cosmology! Additional information and application forms are
available online at http://www.jinaweb.org/outreach/PIXE/.
The application deadline (submittable online!) is April 1st.

Practical
Observational Astronomy from the Sierra Nevada
Laboratory Course
July 27- August 1, 2008
Learn
the stars and your telescope under the dark, clear skies of the
northern Sierra Nevada at San Francisco State University's Sierra
Nevada Field Campus. Great personal attention by instructor
Martin Sirk and co-instructors Steve Gottlieb and Ray
Cash. Enjoy the majestic beauty of the Sierra Buttes and Lake
Basin region by day and then the awesome display of stars at night.
For registration information email jsteele@sfsu.edu
For
more information, go to: http://www.sfsu.edu/~sierra/Course_Astronomy.html

3rd
Heidelberg Summer School
September 1 - 5, 2008
First
Announcement and Call for Applications
The "International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Astronomy
& Cosmic Physics at the University of Heidelberg" announces
the 3rd Heidelberg Summer School: The Art & Craft of Astronomical
Instrumentation -- from optical to infrared wavelengths.
The
availability and proper use of state-of-the-art instrumentation
techniques is the basis for scientific progress in observational
astronomy. A number of new instruments have become available recently
or will enter service in the very near future. Other fascinating
instrumental proposals will be realized in somewhat more distant
future, however, their concepts need to be defined well in advance.
The IMPRS summer school 2008 is aiming to introduce young colleagues
to some of the instrumental opportunities they will use tomorrow.
Topics
to be covered by the main lecturers will include:
Optical-/NIR-Interferometry :: Adaptive optics :: Herschel FIR instrumentation:
SPIRE / PACS / HIFI :: ELT :: JWST :: H.E.S.S. :: GAIA :: CoRoT
:: LBT :: survey techniques
The
main lecturing program is presented by invited speakers and is accompanied
by science talks on specific topics by local experts.
Confirmed
invited lecturers are:
Thomas
BLOEKER, European Space Agency
Roberto GILMOZZI, European Space Agency
Albrecht POGLITSCH, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial
Physics
Andreas QUIRRENBACH, Center for Astronomy, Heidelberg University
Wolfgang WILD, SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research
Applications
for participation are invited from graduate students and early post-docs
working in scientific disciplines related to the content of the
school. A limited number of grants are available to partially cover
travel expenses of participants.
Deadline
for application is June 15, 2008.
Please
find more information, our poster, and the application forms under
www.mpia.de/imprs-hd/
www.mpia.de/imprs-hd/SummerSchools/2008/

NSTA
Conferences 2008
NSTA
conferences offer the latest in science content, teaching
strategy, and research, all presented by science educators who want
to enhance and expand their professional growth. They also offer
featured speakers, educational field trips, short courses, exciting
social events, and the largest exhibition of science materials around.
NSTA
generally hosts four conferences each year - a national conference
in the spring and three regional conferences in the fall.
National
-
Boston, MA: March 27-30
Midwestern
- Cincinnati, OH: December 4-6
Western - Portland, OR: November 20-22
Southern - Charlotte, NC: October 30
- November 1
Complete
listing of future
conferences
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