ASP-GTTP Webinars (2016-2017)
Image Credit: European Space Observatory (ESO)/B. Tafresh
Galileo Teacher Training Program (GTTP) is partnering with the USA’s Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) to create a series of educational webinars. Featuring education experts to discuss classroom resources for teachers around the world, these materials will be available freely in both English and Portuguese (more translations are encouraged).
The webinars will be held once a month complementing the ASP-NASA Night Sky Network’s webinars on astronomy topics.
How can you join?
Learn: Follow the ASP-NASA Night Sky Network webinar video each month to learn more about the astronomical topic.
Hands-on: Go through the educational resource of the month.
Explore: Join the ASP-GTTP webinar to learn how to use the educational resource in your classroom and ask your questions!
Implement: We encourage you to put your learning into practice by implementing the educational resource in your classroom.
Recognise: Send us a report with photos and receive your certificate!
March 2017 WEBINAR: Enhancing STEM Learning for Girls with Theresa Summer
Hosted by Rosa Doran of GTTP and Vivian White of ASP, the webinar will feature Theresa Summer discussing growth mindset vs fixed mindset.
Lesson plans: Growth vs Fixed Mindset (Portuguese version)
February 2017 WEBINAR
Have you ever wondered how remote controls works? They send signals in a special type of light called “Infrared Light.” Human eyes cannot detect infrared (IR) light, but smartphones and digital cameras can. Hosted by Rosa Doran of GTTP and Vivian White of ASP, the webinar will feature the lesson plan ‘Seeing the Invisible.’
January 2017 WEBINAR
Hosted by Rosa Doran of GTTP and Vivian White of ASP, the webinar will discuss the lesson plan ‘Yardstick Eclipse Demonstration’ and discuss why and how an eclipse happens. Using simple materials, teachers can create 3D models of the Earth, Moon, and Sun and demonstrate solar and lunar eclipses.
Lesson plan: Yardstick Eclipse Demonstration (Portuguese version)
Supporting video: Eclipse Megamovie
December 2016 WEBINAR
Hosted by Rosa Doran of GTTP and Vivian White of ASP, the webinar will discuss the lesson plan ‘Why doesn’t it look like the photos?’ with a fleet of telescopes in space and giant observatories on the ground, professional astronomers produce hundreds of spectacular images of space every year. These colorful pictures have become infused into popular culture; we find them on billboards, in commercials, and on our computers. But they also invite questions: Is this what outer space really looks like? Are the colors real? How are these images made? Coloring the Universe uses accessible language to describe how these giant telescopes work, what scientists learn with them, and how they are used to make color images.
Lesson plan: Why Doesn’t It Look Like the Photos? (Portuguese version)
Supporting video: Coloring the Universe
November 2016 WEBINAR
Hosted by Rosa Doran of GTTP and Vivian White of ASP, the webinar will discuss the lesson plan ‘Anyone Out There’ and discuss the Drake Equation, each of the factors contributing to the likelihood of intelligent life in our galaxy is reviewed.
Lesson plan: Anyone Out There? Activity and PowerPoint. (Portuguese version)
Supporting video: Exploring Exoplanet Biosignatures
