FINAL AGENDA (last updated 21 July 2014)
Monday, July 21:
| 8:00 – 9:00 am | 538 Davey | Orientation to the Week (Palma) |
| 9:00 – 10:30 am | Introduction and Olber’s Paradox (Brandt) | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 am | Break (break times are approximate and may vary) | |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 noon | The Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning Framework for Teaching Science (Palma & Goldsborough) | |
| 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm | Lunch on your own | |
| 1:30 – 3:00 pm | The Size and Age of the Universe (Brandt) | |
| 3:00 – 3:30 pm | Break | |
| 3:30 – 4:45 pm | Galaxy Classification and Counting (Palma & Goldsborough) | |
| 4:30 – 5:00 pm | Discussion and Daily Evaluation (Palma & Goldsborough) | |
| 9:30 – 11:00 pm | Rooftop Observing (weather dependent) (Palma & Goldsborough) |
Tuesday, July 22:
| 9:00 – 10:30 am | The Hubble Law and Expansion of the Universe (Brandt) | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 am | Break (break times are approximate and may vary) | |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 noon | Teaching Cosmology on-line at Penn State (Matkovic & Tr’Ehnl) | |
| 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm | Lunch on your own | |
| 1:30 – 3:00 pm | Large Scale Structure / Homogeneity (Brandt) | |
| 3:00 – 3:30 pm | Break | |
| 3:30 – 4:45 pm | Hubble’s Law, Part 1 (Palma & Goldsborough) | |
| 4:30 – 5:00 pm | Discussion and Daily Evaluation (Palma & Goldsborough) | |
| 9:30 – 11:00 pm | Rooftop Observing (if necessary) (Palma & Goldsborough) |
Wednesday, July 22:
| 9:00 – 10:30 am | The Evolution of Galaxies & Quasars (Brandt) | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 am | Break (break times are approximate and may vary) | |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 noon | Hubble’s Law Part 2 (Palma & Goldsborough) | |
| 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm | Lunch on your own | |
| 1:30 – 3:00 pm | Cosmic Microwave Background (Brandt) | |
| 3:00 – 3:30 pm | Break | |
| 3:30 – 4:45 pm | Hubble’s Law, Part 3 (Palma & Goldsborough) | |
| 4:30 – 5:00 pm | Discussion and Daily Evaluation (Palma & Goldsborough) | |
| 9:30 – 11:00 pm | Rooftop Observing (if necessary) (Palma & Goldsborough) |
Thursday, July 24:
| 9:00 – 10:30 am | Nucleosynthesis & Baryogenesis (Brandt) | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 am | Break (break times are approximate and may vary) | |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 noon | BFS Labs for Astronomy – design your own research question using SDSS data (Palma & Goldsborough) | |
| 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm | Lunch on your own | |
| 1:30 – 3:00 pm | Dark Matter and Dark Energy (Brandt) | |
| 3:00 – 3:30 pm | Break | |
| 3:30 – 4:45 pm | The Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (Bridge) | |
| 4:30 – 5:00 pm | Discussion and Daily Evaluation (Palma & Goldsborough) | |
| 6:00 – 8:30 pm | Banquet — Nittany Lion Inn followed byPresentation, title TBD (Li) |
Friday, July 25:
| 9:00 – 10:00 am | Inflation & Multiverses (Brandt) | |
| 10:00 – 11:30 am | Classroom Instruction Discusion (e.g., tools, tricks, resources) (Palma & Goldsborough) | |
| 11:30 am | adjourn |
Note: Workshop alumni from past summers – we are scaling back our evaluation program, so there will not be a final on-line evaluation or focus group session on Friday