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2013-14 News
S@Y SOFIA AAAs to Fly This Week!
Stars at Yerkes SOFIA Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors Lynne Zielinski and Marcella
Linahan, along with Yerkes very own Vivian Hoette will be flying this
week! If you want to follow their flights on Monday and Wednesday
nights, use these links: Flight plan for Monday May 5:May 5 http://www.sofia.usra.edu/Science/proposals/cycle2/FlightPlansOC2D4.html May 7 http://www.sofia.usra.edu/Science/proposals/cycle2/FlightPlansOC2D6.html SOFIA flights also can be tracked via Flight Aware http://flightaware.com/ and tail number NASA747 http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA747 PLEASE NOTE: the schedule can change. Good luck and clear skies!!!  Flight plan for Wednesday, May 7  |
Registration now open! Astrobiology Workshop at UW Milwaukee with Stars at Yerkes Saturday, April 26, 2014!
PLEASE NOTE: Our next Stars
at Yerkes workshop will NOT be held at Yerkes Observatory. Instead, we will be visiting the University
of Wisconsin – Milwaukee for a great day of learning. There will be NO STAR PARTY this month. Please come join us!!!  Join us as we explore the interdisciplinary field of Astrobiology. Enjoy a demonstration of crystal radios and a planetarium show by planetarium director and NASA Astronomy Airborne Ambassador Jean Creighton. Workshop will be held at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Details and directions will be sent with your registration
confirmation. Registration will begin at 8:30 am. Workshop will be from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. Cost for the workshop is $35.00 and registration is suggested. Registration includes CPDUs and lunch. Click here for workshop agenda and to register. |
Stars at Yerkes Teachers to Fly SOFIA!
 NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, will become a flying classroom for our Stars at Yerkes outreach educators Lynne Zielinski, Kathy Gustavson, and Marcella Linahan (pictured here L-R in the Yerkes Observatory Morgan Room). Lynne Zielinski (National Space Society, Long Grove, Illinois) and Marcella Linahan (Carmel Catholic High School, Mundelein, Illinois) have teamed together, and will fly sometime in early summer. Kathy Gustavson (Nicolet High School, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin) has teamed with Jean Creighton (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Manfred Olson Planetarium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) to bring the excitement of learning the infrared to their respective institutions. Their flight on March 26, 2014 is highlighted in a YouTube video seen here. We could not be happier for our Stars at Yerkes SOFIA Ambassadors - way to go! |
S@Y at SEEC 2014
 Presentation materials can be found linked below. Thanks to all who came to our session, and to Angela Case and the terrific folks at Space Center Houston!  We even got to meet some royalty at the SEEC Banquet! At right, Lynne explains the Leslie's Cube to session participants. |
UPDATE: February 1 S@Y Workshop Postponed
With
regrets, and in the interest of safety for our participants, we are
cancelling our Stars at Yerkes workshop for this Saturday, February 1.
The current weather forecasts indicate the weather will be too hazardous
for us to meet. Tentative plans are for rescheduling this event for
next month, Saturday March 8. Thanks to everyone for your flexibility
and understanding. We will post finalized details when they become
available. Stay safe in this crazy wintry weather, from your friends at Stars at Yerkes! |
February 2014: The Day We Found the Universe Book Talk - Register Now!
2014 February: Stars at Yerkes Book Talk - The Day We Found the Universe and the Dark Energy Survey Saturday, February 1, 2014 - Teacher Workshop Workshop will be held at Yerkes Observatory from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm.   Cost for the workshop is $35.00 and registration is suggested. Registration includes CPDUs and lunch.
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Mission to Mars Teacher Workshop, Nov 2013
Mission to Mars Teacher Workshop Saturday, November 2, 2013 - Teacher Workshop Workshop will be held at Yerkes Observatory from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm.   Would you like to join a team of fellow educators to develop a plan for NASA? Join us on November 2, 2013, as teams replicate the engineering design process used by NASA to develop space missions. Utilize your budget, decide the science questions to be answered, and then build the spacecraft for the mission. Lastly, present your team mission plan to Yerkes scientists for funding decisions. This REALLY IS Rocket Science! We hope you will join us! Register below for this workshop now! Registration includes CPDUs and lunch. Cost for the workshop is $35.00 and registration is suggested. Registration includes CPDUs and lunch. Click here for event agenda and registration. |
Rich Kron Discusses "Why Astronomy Matters"
 Rich has contributed many hours of instruction and mentoring to the teachers of Stars at Yerkes. Congratulations Rich on this feature article! Click here to view the full article. |
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