Teacher Workshops in Astronomy

CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) runs workshops to support science teachers around Australia. In addition to those we run ourselves our Education Officer and other staff present sessions at professional development opportunities organised by other groups such as the Australian Science Teachers Association and the various state Science Teachers' associations.

Details on recent and upcoming CASS workshops or other workshop sessions are provided below.

CASS Teacher Workshops for 2021

2012 workshop participants by the <em>Dish.</em>
2013 workshop participants by the Dish.
  1. Astronomy from the Ground Up! is our biannual three-day workshop held at the Parkes Observatory, in the shadow of "The Dish". Unfortunately due to ongoing COVID-19 uncertainties there are no plans to hold a workshop in 2021, we hope to offer one in 2022.

Go here for more information.

Teachers viewing the Sun during the 2012 workshop.
Teachers viewing the Sun during the 2012 workshop.

Other Workshop Sessions and Talks

Our Education Specialist, Robert Hollow, presents numerous workshop sessions at other teacher professional development days around Australia. Upcoming sessions include:

A. CONASTA 69, Canberra, 26 - 29 September 2021.

Workshop sessions:

I8: PULSE@Parkes, Wednesday 29 Sep, 11:40 AM - 12:40 PM

K2: What’s Up? CSIRO’s Initiatives in Space, Wednesday 29 Sep, 2:55 PM - 3:55PM

For more details visit: http://asta.edu.au/conasta

Future sessions are planned for other science teacher conferences later in 2021 including the STANSW, STAV & STAWA events. Other conferences will be added once details are known.

More Information?

If you would like to know more about any upcoming workshops or are interested in having one of our staff present a session at an upcoming event, please contact our Education Officer, Robert Hollow for more information. He can be reached on:

Phone: 02 9372 4247
Fax: 02 9372 4444
Email: Robert.Hollow@csiro.au

 

 

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