Astronomy @ Payton

Program Coordinator:

Jackie Barge
Walter Payton College Prep High School
1034 N. Wells Street
Chicago, Illinois 60610
jcbarge@cps.edu

Available Dates

2011-2012:

September ~~22,~~
October 6, ~~20,~~ ~~27,~~
November 3,
December 1, 8, 15 23
January ~~12,~~ 19
February 9,
March ~~15,~~ 22 29
May 3, 17 24

Details

Time Frame:
2 - 2.5 hrs beginning at 10:00am
Consists of a planetarium visit and a laboratory experience.

Lunch:
A space will be provided for students to eat a lunch they bring. Lunch cannot be purchased at Payton.

Travel:
You must provide your own bus.

Size Accommodation:
Only 32 students or one class can be accommodated in the planetarium.

Target Audience
5th - 6th Graders

Links

Hubble Deep Field
       - An image of a small region in the constellation Ursa Major, based on the results of a series of observations by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Color Astronomy
       - 19 images that can be used with your students filters wheels.

Constellations
       - Information and images of constellations.

Moons of the Solar System
       - List of 137 known natural moons orbiting planets in our Solar System.

How fast does a Cornal Mass Ejection travel?
       - Calculate how fast these Coronal Mass Ejections Travel.

Current Solar Images
       - These images represent the most recent information available from space-based imaging telescopes.

SOHO
       - Solar & Heliospheric Observatory

Daily Sunspot Number
       - News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids from SpaceWeather.com.

Sunspot Cycle
       - Information on the Solar Sunspot Cycle.