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REPORT ON FIRST TOPS FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY
August 26 Star Party, Dillingham Airfield, 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Attendance
- Staff -- Karen Meech, Peter Capak, George Bendo, Jana
Pittichova, Mary Kadooka (5).
- Teachers -- Leilani Wright, Mike Jaros, Doris Dean, Sophie
Hu, Victor Kim, Alyce Ikeoka, Blue Eisen, Sara Finnemore, Elaine
Mahoney, Tom Chun, Clyde Kobashigawa, Jean Hamai, Sandy Hagstrom ('99)
(13).
- Students -- Mark Daranciang, Scott Kawakami, Tiffany Llenos,
Melissa Ferreira, Serena Dameron, Jackie Boucher (6). Family and
friends - Special thanks to Melissa's mother (nurse who was "bug
spraying everyone"), Hao Zheng ('93) (6).
Potluck Supper - We shared "ono" food with happy Hawaii Astronomical
Society members and friends. Menu: Sushi, mashed potatoes, spam musubi
(Japanese rice "ball"), potato salad, fried chicken, hot wings, "Star
fighter" pig in blanket (Leilani's creation from cookbook), fruit
salad, veggies and dip, tortilla chips and 7-layer dip, pineapple
upside-down cake (Mike's culinary skills), blueberry cream cheese
squares (Mark helped his Mom), chocolate cupcakes.
Weather conditions - Perfect with absolutely no clouds, wind, so
everyone could see the Milky Way. Highlight - 10-inch Dobsonian
telescope with 6-ft tube that showed star formation with all the
colors!!
Objectives Met:
- Reconnect and socialize plus discuss workshops planning.
- Review naming of major stars, constellations, use of star charts, etc.
SECOND TOPS FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY
After IFA Open House, Oct. 28, 2000, 1:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m.
- HAWAII TEACHERS -- Attendance at the open house in the
morning is optional (information in another email), but you will be
expected to attend this follow-up session, which is needed for the TOPS
evaluation and will be more formal.
- PACIFIC ISLAND AND CONTINENTAL US TEACHERS -- You need to
turn in the report form (to be emailed) to Mary, even though you are
unable to attend the session. If you would like to share student
samples, materials, reports, questions, etc., connected to the
following objectives, please send copies to Mary.
Objectives --
- Sharing samples of students works and/or other materials you have been
developing for standards. For example, Leilani will be sharing her
astrobiology activities with standards outline.
- Reporting on TOPS activities done, problems confronted, and resolving
them.
- Turning in a report of the TOPS activities you have been able to do with
your students and an evaluation of the effectiveness of these lessons for
your students is expected from you. A report form will be emailed to you
and we will answer questions concerning it.
Remember - The TOPS staff will provide all the support you need to get
students to enjoy and learn some astronomy concepts. Our goals are to
provide you with the resources you need to do an awesome job facilitating
naked-eye observations, identifying constellations, integrating technology,
etc. Feeling excited and enthusiastic about astronomy is the first step in
motivating teachers and students to learn more about it.
SECOND TIER WORKSHOPS
Second tier workshops for other teachers who are not TOPS
participants: These are the workshops you are expected to conduct for
other teachers during the school year. Our goal is to network with
other science and mathematics colleagues and share TOPS activities and
resources to promote astronomy education and standards. Please contact
M. Kadooka to add your tentative workshops to the list.
| Leaders |
Title |
Place |
Date |
Time |
Sponsor |
| Elaine Mahoney, Doris Dean, Leilani Wright |
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Windward Community College Planetarium and Aerospace Center |
09/23/00 |
08:00-13:00 |
Mililani High School Learning Center |
| Alyce Ikeoka, Sophia Hu, Forrest Luke |
Naked Eye Astronomy |
Lanai High and Elementary School |
10/05/00 |
14:30-21:00 |
TOPS funding and Lanai High School |
| Mary Heaton, Kehau Kalili, Mark Littorin |
Using Starlab for Naked Eye Astronomy |
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10/19/00 |
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HSTA Hilo Chapter Institute Day |
| Alyce Ikeoka, Sophia Hu |
REACH - elementary and high school partnership |
McKinley High School |
10/20/00 |
09:30-10:30 |
HSTA Honolulu Chapter Institute Day |
| Victor Kim |
Math Standards Using Astronomy Activities |
McKinley High School |
10/20/00 |
10:45-11:45 |
HSTA Honolulu Chapter Institute Day |
| Leilani Wright |
Astrobiology Activities |
Punahou School |
10/21/00 |
10:15-11:15 |
HaSTA, American Chemical Society, Hawaii Academy of Science Joint
Conf |
| Alyce Ikeoka, Elaine Mahoney, Mark Littorin |
Archeoastronomy |
Punahou School |
10/21/00 |
11:30-12:30 |
HaSTA / ACS / HAS Joint Conference |
| Tom Chun, Sara Finnemore |
Naked Eye Astronomy Techniques and Websites |
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05/01 |
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HaSTA Spring Conference |
We need to conduct workshops on Maui, Molokai and Kauai. TOPS will fund
airfares. You will need to know a teacher or administrator who has the
enthusiasm to help with recruiting and follow through with logistics.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to organize these. Help! (Alyce's teacher
friend is promoting workshop for them on Lanai.)
We need TOPS participants to do these workshops and sessions. M. Kadooka
will coordinate these. Please volunteer so you can fulfill your workshop
obligation for TOPS. Mahalo.
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