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Past Youth for Astronomy and Engineering Program Events
Astronomy and Engineering Past Events
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Space Telescope Science Institute
"2012 Women's Science Forum" - On Saturday, March 24, 2012, approximately 117
total people (parents and children) attended the Youth for Astronomy &
Engineering (YAE) annual Women’s Science Forum, which took place at Space
Telescope Science Institute. The program started with registration in our rear
lobby and a continental breakfast held in our Café, followed by the Welcome and
Opening Remarks from Tania Anderson, YAE Manager. Then, Dr. Mangala Sharma gave
her presentation on “Hot Topics and Cool Mysteries in Astronomy”.
After a short break, all the girls gathered in our lobby for a great group
photo, to capture this fun and exciting event! The Office of Public Outreach
(OPO) managed the hands-on activities “Exploring Light & Lenses” and
then everyone enjoyed their lunchtime break. Jessica Harris gave her
presentation on “New Adventures with the James Webb Space
Telescope”, featuring an IR Camera Demo! Then, Lucy Albert
and OPO managed more fun hands-on activities, and then everyone gathered back in
our Auditorium for the Closing Remarks, Evaluation Forms, goodie bag giveaways,
and raffle ticket giveaways! At the end of the program, everyone had the choice
to either watch a Hubble “Women in Science and Astronomy” movie or
meet in the rear lobby, to see Dr. Rosa Diaz’s presentation/description of
a YAE-related medium-sized telescope!
Photos from Women's Science Forum, March 24, 2012
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Astronomy Club Spring Session" - On Saturday, March 3, 2012, approximately
30 total people attended the Youth for Astronomy & Engineering Program (YAE)
here at Space Telescope Science Institute. This session ran from 9:00 a.m. -
11:30 a.m. at Space Telescope Science Institute. The morning program started
with registration and a continental breakfast in our rear lobby area, followed
by Opening Remarks and the Introduction managed by Dr. Rosa Diaz, Dr. Brandon
Lawton and Lucy Albert from the Office of Public Outreach Office (OPO) in our
Auditorium. All of the children built their own Galileoscopes during the
hands-on activity that day and then were able to keep these model ‘scopes
and take them home with them, which they thoroughly enjoyed!! This hands-on
activity was also managed by the Office of Public Outreach in our Café.
Finally, at the end of the morning’s session, Dr. Brandon Lawton gave his
final wrap-up comments in our Auditorium.
Photos from Astronomy Club Spring Session, March 3, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Astronomy Club Spring Session" - On Saturday, February 11, 2012,
approximately 37 total people attended the YAE Astronomy Club Spring Session.
This first session ran from 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. at Space Telescope Science
Institute. After registration was complete and the continental breakfast was
enjoyed by all, the Opening Remarks were performed by Dr. Rosa Diaz, Dr. Brandon
Lawton and Jessica Harris in the Auditorium. This was followed by the hands-on
activities entitled “Exploring the Fingerprints of Light”, which was
managed by
the Office of Public Outreach. Finally, at the end of this session, Jessica
Harris did her wrap-up, including closing remarks from Dr. Brandon Lawton and
Dr. Rosa Diaz once again.
Photos from Astronomy Club Spring Session, February 11, 2012
Friday, November 11, 2011
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Parent and Son Evening Under the Stars" - Approximately 93 total people
(boys and their parents) attended the YAE “Parent and Son Evening Under the
Stars” program on Friday, November 11, 2011, at Space Telescope Science
Institute. The program started out with Registration and a Dinner Reception,
including pizza, salad and beverages. This was followed by the Welcome/Opening
Remarks and Introduction of the Speaker, which was presented by Kathy Hashim,
one of the Youth for Astronomy & Engineering Program Coordinators at STScI. The
Guest Speaker, Dr. David Soderblom, gave his talk on “The Story of Our Sun as
Told by the Stars”. After his presentation, a questions/answers session was
conducted, in which many questions were addressed. Next, all the children were
given special goodie bags, followed by the Johns Hopkins Offit Telescope tour,
conducted by Chris Martin over at the JHU Bloomberg building, across the street
from STScI.
Photos from Parent and Son Evening Under the Stars, November 11, 2011
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Astronomy Club Fall Session" - Approximately 19 total people attended the
YAE Astronomy Club Fall Session on Saturday, November 5, 2011. The group
traveled to Harford Community College for an evening talk by Tom Rusek,
President of the Harford County Astronomical Society. The presentation focused
on aspects of our solar system and what was visible in that night‘s sky.
Using the College‘s telescope (similar to the JHU facility), people viewed
a side of the clear moon with its many craters and very visible jagged edges.
Six society members also provided their own telescopes, set up to view things
such as a red filtered lunar image, detailed moon craters, star clusters,
depending on what images were most vivid and clear in the night sky. All
participants received a certificate for taking part in the fall‘s
3-session astronomical journey!
Photos from Astronomy Club Fall Session, November 5, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Parent and Daughter Evening Under the Stars" - On Friday, November 4, 2011,
approximately 145 total people attended our YAE event “Parent and Daughter
Evening Under the Stars” program. This night program started out with
Registration and a Dinner Reception. Then, as everyone gathered in our
Auditorium following dinner, Kathy Hashim welcomed everyone, gave her Opening
Remarks, followed by her introduction of our guest speaker, Dr. Dara Norman.
Dr. Norman gave her presentation entitled “Light Matters for Dark
Matter”, in
which many of our attendees paid close attention to her interesting talk and
asked many intriguing questions at the end of the night. All the children were
given special goodie bags, and before finishing out the program with Chris
Martin, the new Johns Hopkins University telescope conductor, Chris presented
the JHU Offit Telescope Tour at the Bloomberg building right across the street
from Space Telescope Science Institute.
Photos from Parent and Daughter Evening Under the Stars, November 4, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Astronomy Club Fall Session" - On Saturday, October 22, 2011, 26 people
(middle & high school students, as well as some parents) attended the Youth for
Astronomy & Engineering (YAE) program‘s Astronomy Club Fall Session. Dr. Rosa
Diaz presented the opening remarks and introduction, along with Brandon Lawton
from OPO. This was followed by a hands-on activity entitled ―Exploring
Light and
Lenses, conducted by 3 OPO members – Dan McCallister, Brandon Lawton and
Vanessa
Thomas, as well as help from Dr. Rosa Diaz. The students explored light and
lenses by using convex lenses and by building small, refracting telescopes. This
activity gave the students a great opportunity to interact with one another and
share their similar scientific interests!
Photos from Astronomy Club Fall Session, October 22, 2011
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Astronomy Club Fall Session" - On Saturday, September 17, 2011,
approximately 30 people (children and their parents) attended the Youth for
Astronomy & Engineering (YAE) program’s Astronomy Club Fall Session. Dr.
Rosa Diaz provided the opening remarks, followed by presentation of an extensive
set of hands-on activities entitled – “Exploring Light and
Color”.
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Family Night at the Institute" - Approximately 154 people (98 children and
56 parents) attended the YAE Event, “Family Night at the Institute”,
which took
place at STScI on Thursday, August 18th, from 6-8 p.m. The night’s program
started out with Registration and light refreshments in our rear lobby, followed
by a presentation entitled “Space Telescope: A Brief Journey Through
Astronomy”
that was given by Dr. Michael Wolfe, a research scientist here at STScI. To end
the program, star observation was planned to take place at the JHU Bloomberg
Building, but was canceled due to stormy, wet conditions in the area. However,
the John Hopkins current Offit telescope conductor, Zhuohan Liang, still gave a
short presentation in our Auditorium, describing the telescope over at Hopkins
and encouraged everyone to come back on a Friday night during Open Night at JHU,
which is “free” to the public, whereby, everyone would be able to
view solar
observations through their big telescope, see several planets and stars, and
spend more time learning about science and astronomy.
Photos from Family Night, August 18, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Western High School Site Visit" - On Thursday, August 11, 2011,
approximately 40 high school freshmen students attended the “Solar Observation
YAE Event at Western High School”. Once we arrived at the high school, Dr.
David Soderblom gave his presentation as a Solar Introduction, where he talked
about science and astronomy and both the HST and JWST telescopes. It was a very
engaging, interesting presentation and many questions were asked during his
talk, as well. This was followed by Solar Observation, managed by Dr. Rosa
Diaz. Every student was given the opportunity to look through a telescope to
see a view of our sun, using a filter on the lens, which looked like a big round
white ball in the sky! Later in the afternoon, we were able to see many clouds
rolling across the sun, moving from left to right. No sunspots were seen at
that time due to the cloudy conditions; however, each student had a wonderful
experience during our school site visit!
Photos from Western High School Site Visit, August 11, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Family Night at the Institute" - The Youth for Astronomy & Engineering (YAE)
program, Family Night at the Institute, took place on Thursday, July 14, 2011.
Attendance was high, with 133 children & parents attending. Following the YAE
Program Manager‘s introduction, Dr. Jocelyn DiRuggiero, guest speaker,
presented
―Going to the Extremes: Life as We Know It.” During the last portion
of Family
Night, star observations took place at JHU‘s Offit telescope.
Photos from Family Night, July 14, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Teacher's Workshop" - The Youth for Astronomy and Engineering (YAE) Middle School Educator Workshop: Solar System Weather– Beyond the Extreme took place on June 28, 2011. Thirteen middle school teachers from nearby counties attended this program. Teachers were provided with information on current science & technology and HST history, that they can easily take back into the classroom. Activities included two hands-on activities involving solar system weather, an overview of the YAE program‘s goals, methods, and upcoming events, and open discussion. Frank Summers gave a presentation entitled ―Science Content Update: The Hubble Space Telescope– Twenty-One Images from 21 Years. A tour of the Offit Telescope at JHU rounded out the day.
Photos from Teacher's Workshop, June 28, 2011
Saturday, May 07, 2011
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Astronomy Club Spring Session" - Approximately 20 regional participants, comprised of parents and children from elementary through high school, attended this program. Participants took a field trip to Harford Community College, where they watched a presentation entitled "Anyone Out There?".
Photos from Astronomy Club, May 07, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Take our Sons and Daughter to Work Day" - Middle and high school girls and boys with their parent participated in a fun event which included a lunch and a tour of the Institute.The event comprises of different activities including the kids shadowing a daily job routine with parent and sponsor,career talk on various fields in astronomy from the Institute's Human Resources Branch Chief Sheryl Bruff and an viewing of the imax movie "Hubble 3D".
Photos from Take Your Child to Work Day, April 28, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Astronomy Club Spring Session" - Approximately 20 regional participants, comprised of parents and children from elementary through high school, attended this program. Participants took a field trip to the Maryland Science Center. The guest speaker was Dr. Rosa Diaz whose presentation was entitled "Extra Solar Planets". Participants also enjoyed the JHU's Offit telescope tour
Photos from Astronomy Club, March 19, 2011
Saturday, March 05, 2011
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Women's Science Forum for High School Girls" - Girls in grades 9-12 participated in hands-on activities relating to engineering. The high school- aged girls were encouraged to share their career dreams, ask questions and explore the opportunities in a number of engineering disciplines. They also had a chance to participate in solar observation through the JHU Offit Telescope.
Photos from Womens Science Fourm, March 05, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Astronomy Club Spring Session" - Approximately 20 regional participants, comprised of parents and children from elementary through high school, attended this program. Participants enjoyed the Hands-on Exploration activity: Optics & Light by The Office of Public Outreach
Photos from Astronomy Club Spring Session, January 15, 2011
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Astronomy Club Fall Session" - Approximately 20 regional participants, comprised of parents and children from elementary through high school, attended this program. Participants took a field trip to the Maryland Science Center. Participants enjoyed the Crosby Ramsey Memorial telescope tour.
Photos from Astronomy Club Fall Session, November 20, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Parent and Son Evening Under the Stars" - Approximately 100 regional participants, comprised of parents and children from elementary through high school, attended this program. The guest speaker for this event was Dr. Derrick Pitts, whose presentation was entitled "Our Boiling Sun". Participants enjoyed the JHU's Offit telescope tour.
Photos from Parent and Son Event, October 15, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Parent and Daughter Evening Under the Stars" - Approximately 100 regional participants, comprised of parents and children from elementary through high school, attended this program. The guest speaker for this event was Dr. Heidi Hammel, whose presentation was entitled "Missions, Myths, and Free Advice". Participants enjoyed the JHU's Offit telescope tour.
Photos from Parent and Daughter Event, October 1, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Astronomy Club Summer Session" - Approximately 20 regional participants, comprised of parents and children from elementary through high school, attended this program. Participants took a field trip to the Maryland Science Center. Participants also enjoyed the JHU's Offit telescope tour
Photos from the August 21, 2010 EventThursday, August 5, 2010 Space Telescope Science Institute
"Family Night at the Institute" - Approximately 70 regional participants, comprised of parents and children from elementary through high school, attended this program. The guest speaker for this event was Brian Ferguson, whose presentation was entitled "Explosive Star Formation with the new Hubble". Participants enjoyed the JHU's Offit telescope tour.
Photos from the August 5, 2010 EventThursday, July 8, 2010 Space Telescope Science Institute
"Family Night at the Institute" - Approximately 70 regional participants, comprised of parents and children from elementary through high school, attended this program. The guest speaker for this event was Dr. John M Grundsfeld, whose presentation was entitled "Hubble Servicing Mission 4". Participants enjoyed the JHU's Offit telescope tour.
Photos from the July 8, 2010 EventSaturday, June 19, 2010 Space Telescope Science Institute
"Astronomy Club Summer Session" - Approximately 20 regional participants, comprised of parents and children from elementary through high school, attended this program. The guest speaker for this event was Dr. Roza Diaz, whose presentation was entitled "The First Step in Making Great Discoveries in Astronomy: Preparing Images for Scientific Use". Participants enjoyed the hands-on activity that followed the presentation.
Photos from the June 19, 2010 EventSaturday, March 6, 2010
space Telescope Science Institute
"Women's Science Forum for High School Girls" - Girls in grades 9-12 participated in hands-on activities relating to engineering. The high school- aged girls were encouraged to share their career dreams, ask questions and explore the opportunities in a number of engineering disciplines. They also had a chance to participate in solar observation through the JHU Offit Telescope.
Photos from the March 06, 2010 EventFriday, November 13, 2009
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Parent and Son Evening Under the Stars" - Approximately 100 regional participants, comprised of parents and children from elementary through high school, attended this program. The guest speaker for this event was Dr. Jason Kalirai, whose presentation was entitled "Telescopes and Time Machines". Participants thoroughly enjoyed the Galileoscope: Build Your Own Telescope and Station Activity, by engaging themselves in this discovery.
Photos from Parent and Son Event, November 13, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Parent and Daughter Evening Under the Stars" - Approximately 100 regional participants, comprised of parents and children from elementary through high school, attended this program. The guest speaker for this event was Dr. Susana Deustua, whose presentation was entitled "In Galileo's Footsteps: Celebrating the International Year of Astronomy in 2009". Participants thoroughly enjoyed the Galileoscope: Build Your Own Telescope and Station Activity, by engaging themselves in this discovery.
Photos from Parent and Daughter Event, October 16, 2009Thursday, August 13, 2009 Space Telescope Science Institute
"Family Night at the Institute" - Approximately 70 regional participants, comprised of parents and children from elementary through high school, attended this program. The guest speaker for this event was Dr. Alberto Conti, whose presentation was entitled "GoogleSky and WWT: A Journey From Earth to the Edge of the Cosmos". Participants enjoyed the JHU's Offit telescope tour, as well as the use of personal telescopes from Lucy Albert and Vanessa Thomas.
Photos from the August 13, 2009 EventThursday, August 6, 2009 Space Telescope Science Institute
"Family Night at the Institute" - Approximately 80 regional participants, including a few families from as far away as New Jersey and Pennsylvania, comprised of parents and children from elementary through high school, attended this program. The guest speaker for this event was Dr. Mario Livio, whose presentation was entitled "Science with the Hubble Space Telescope: Past and Future". Participants enjoyed the JHU's Offit telescope tour, as well as the use of personal telescopes from Lucy Albert and Vanessa Thomas.
Photos from the August 6, 2009 EventThursday, July 16, 2009 Space Telescope Science Institute
"Family Night at the Institute" - Approximately 100 regional participants, including parents and children from elementary through high school, attended this youth program. The guest speaker for this event was Dr. Peter McCullough, whose presentation was entitled "Even the Good Misbehave: a Light-Hearted Look at Instrument Calibration". Attendees also enjoyed a tour of JHU's Offit telescope, conducted by Tim Dolch.
Photos from the July 16, 2009 EventThursday, June 25, 2009 Space Telescope Science Institute
"Family Night at the Institute" - Approximately 115 regional participants, including parents and children from elementary through high school, attended this youth program. The guest speaker for this event was Dr. Matt Mountain, whose talk was entitled "SM4 Launch Presentation". Attendees also enjoyed the JHU telescope tour, as well as viewing through small telescopes with the help of Dr. Nolan Walborn and Vanessa Thomas.
Photos from the June 25, 2009 EventThursday, April 9, 2009 Space Telescope Science Institute
"Emma Willard School Visit" - High school-aged girls from the Emma Willard School in Troy, New York, participated in hands-on activities, a career forum, and a special presentation by STScI's Dr. Mario Livio! They also had a chance to observe sunspots, etc...through the JHU Offit Telescope at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg building.
Presentations/activities
Activities/presentations captured from the Emma Willard School Visit - April 9, 2009Saturday, March 21, 2009
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Women's Science Forum for High School Girls" - Girls in grades 9-12 participated in hands-on activities relating to engineering. The high school- aged girls were encouraged to share their career dreams, ask questions and explore the opportunities in a number of engineering disciplines. They also had a chance to participate in solar observation through the JHU Offit Telescope.
Photos from the March 21, 2009 EventSaturday, March 7, 2009
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Women's Science Forum for Middle School Girls" - Girls in grades 6-8 participated in hands-on activities relating to engineering. The middle school-aged girls were encouraged to share their career dreams, ask questions and explore the opportunitites in a number of engineering disciplines. They also had a chance to participate in solar observation through the JHU Offit Telescope.
Photos from the March 7, 2009 EventSaturday, January 24, 2009 Space Telescope Science Institute/Johns Hopkins University: Bloomberg building
"Starrytelling at the Institute" - Boys and girls in grades 6-12 and their families participated in a stimulating starry theatrical event and other hands- on activities throughout the day. Everyone also had a chance to observe the stars and planets through the JHU Offit Telescope, as well as take part in solar observations through another private telescope.
Photos from the January 24, 2009 Event2008 Astronomy and Engineering Events
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Parent and Son Evening Under the Stars" - Middle and high school boys with a parent participated in an evening of fun which included a dinner reception with access to the evening stars through Forrest Hamilton's top of the notch telescope, an indepth interactive lecture from Dr. Joseph Hines on “ Power Steps: 10 Principles to Success and career talk on various fields in astronomy from a guest speaker Dr. Derrick Pitts
Photos from the September 13, 2008 EventSaturday, September 20, 2008 Space Telescope Science Institute
"Parent and Daughter Evening Under the Stars" - Middle and high school girls with a parent participated in an evening of fun which included a dinner reception with access to the evening stars through Forrest Hamilton's top of the notch telescope, an indepth interactive lecture from Dr. Joseph Hines and Cheryl D. Gray, M.A.B.S on “ Power Steps: 10 Principles to Success and career talk on various fields in astronomy from a guest speaker Dr. Ann Hornschemeier
Photos from the September 20, 2008 EventThursday,April 24, 2008 Space Telescope Science Institute
"Take our Sons and Daughter to Work Day" - Middle and high school girls and boys with their parent participated in a fun event which included a lunch and a tour of the offit telescope.The event comprises of different activities inckuding the kids shadowing a daily job routine with parent and sponsor,career talk on various fields in astronomy from the Institute's Human Resources Branch Chief Sheryl Bruff and an comprehensive lecture by Dr. Frank Summers – “It’s Not Your Parent’s SolarSystem” - Why Pluto is No Longer a Planet.
Photos from the April 24, 2008 Event2006 Astronomy and Engineering Events
Friday, November 17, 2006
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Parent and Daughter Evening Under the Stars" - Middle and high school girls with a parent participated in an evening of fun which included a dinner reception with access to the evening stars through Forrest Hamilton's top of the notch telescope, a indepth interactive lecture from the Institute's Astrobiologist Dr. Margaret Turnbull on "Possible Life In the Universe" and an inspiring career talk on various fields in astronomy from the Institute's Human Resources Branch Chief Sheryl Bruff.
Photos from the November 17, 2006 EventSaturday, June 17, 2006 Space Telescope Science Institute
Women Science Forum 2006" - Middle and high school girls participated in learning more about astronomy through a variety of hands-on projects as well as had an opportunity to do sun observations led by Forrest Hamilton's top-notch telescope. Dr. Jennifer Wiseman, NASA's Operations Scientist, gave our opening remarks, and a variety of interactive talks where given by Vera Gibbs (Technology Branch Chief), Sheryl Bruff (Human Resources Branch Chief), Gail Schaefer (Postdoctoral Fellow), and Stacy Nicholas (IT Graduate).
Photos from the June 17, 2006 Workshop2004 Science and Technology Workshops
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