Astronomy workshop features four live webinars

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Register now for the joint Astronomy Education Workshop and biannual meeting of the Nebraska Chapter of the American Association of Physics Teachers Meeting! https://forms.gle/Eu2hpha7byXLcU3L8

The workshop will be held on Zoom, at this webinar link: https://unl.zoom.us/s/98232304789

Saturday, October 24
9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Plenary 1: 9:30 a.m. CDT
Britt Lundgren, University of North Carolina at Asheville
"Incorporating SDSS data into astronomy education at the high school & college level"

Plenary 2: 11 a.m. CDT
Gay Stewart, West Virginia University
"Sloppy Physics"

Interactive Session 1: 1 p.m. CDT
Andrew Duffy, Boston University
"HTML5 Simulations in Physics & Astronomy"

Interactive Session 2: 2:30 p.m. CDT
Gai Zasowski, University of Utah, & Britt Lundgren, University of North Carolina at Asheville
“Teaching with SDSS Data”

Sponsored by:
UNL Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education
UNL Department of Physics & Astronomy
NebraskaSCIENCE Program of Excellence
Nebraska NASA Space Grant

Abstracts for all events Oct. 22-24, including the Ruckman Public Lecture, can be found at https://astro.unl.edu.