MICROOBSERVATORY WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES

Many of the exercises presented here were developed by teachers at last year's 
MicroObservatory Online Summer Workshop, and were used by those teachers in their 
classrooms during this past year.  Doing these exercises on your own now will 
enable you to anticipate adaptations to them that may be necessary for you and
your students.  Your engagement in this process may also raise questions that
you can address, with the help of other workshop participants, prior to 
implementing the exercises in your class.  Please note that some activities
require the use of simulation programs, such as Voyager (Mac) or The Sky (PC).

Like the MicroObservatory Project, these exercises are "works in progress." 
Please read through all of them before you choose which ones to undertake.  
They vary widely in terms of detail and difficulty and also in terms of the length
of time required to do them (from 1 class period, to an entire semester). 
They have been developed for a variety of audiences and purposes.  
Therefore, while they may not be geared directly to the needs of your students, 
you should consider ways to modify them to suit your specific teaching and 
learning requirements.  For example, technically difficult, or advanced 
mathematical sections could be omitted for your lessons, or added if appropriate.
Also, you may simply take sections that would be appealing in the context of 
your class, for your students to perform.  

It is highly recommended that you print out the exercises, so that you can refer
to them while using MicroObservatory and reduce the number of windows you will 
need to have open.


Activities:

	Introduction to MicroObservatory (recommended for new users)

	Astronomy Intro-Hunting Asteroids

	MicroObservatory Challenges

	Geology of the Moon

	Deep Space Guest:  Comet Lab

	Blinking Asteroids

	Jupiter and its Moons
	

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