KICP Education & Outreach Summer School for Graduate Students
June 16-27 Chicago, IL
http://kicp.uchicago.edu/EOsummer
Applications due: May 13, 2014
We are very pleased to announce a hands-on summer school for graduate students interested in education and outreach (E&O). This school will feature a week of practicum that will immerse participants in E&O; for example, presenting at the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, developing hands-on classroom activities, creating content with WorldWide Telescope, or developing Zooniverse/citizen science program activities. The school will also include a one-day science communications workshop presented by the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, field trips to Chicago area institutions, and a concise introduction to E&O basics.
– Limited to 14 participants
– Accommodations provided, free of charge.
– Applications due May 13, 2014
Please share this with others who may be interested, especially graduate students.