Astronomy in the Wilderness: Centennial Canoe

Astronomy in the Wilderness

Centennial teams up with the Colorado School of Mines (303-273-3303) to offer an astronomy class for teachers (K-12) and for general interest to the public. The wilderness night sky is a phenomenal environment for learning more about our solar system, sunspots, constellations, deep sky objects, and astronomy activities for the classroom. This combined 1-day class session and 3-day canoe trip earns 2 continuing ed credits for teachers. The pretrip class for students will be at the Colorado University Fiske Planetarium in Boulder, CO, on Wednesday, July 30, 2008, from 1 pm - 8:30 pm. Former participants in level I of this class can qualify for Level II credit by completing a special project to be determined by the instructor and conducted concurrently with the basic class offering. Level II participants will attend the lecture on July 30, 2008, at the Fiske Planetarium from 4 pm to 9:30 pm and will participate in a special 2-hour project in the field. Non teachers may take the full course for the student price and have a reserved seat. Non credit, discounted seats, for the canoe trip only (at regular canoe trip prices), are based on space availability. What better opportunity to have fun on the river and learn while you’re at it! Ages 15 and up.