3rd Grade Astronomy Field Trip

On Tuesday, September 23rd, from 1:30 - 2:15, all the 3rd graders will be going to the Shannon Center in Whittier to hear Dr. Michelle Thaller present on astronomy.

Thanks to the generosity of the Whittier Rotary Club, our students are invitied. To help prepare parents and students for the subject, they have given us a list of websites about astronomy. We share them with you here:

Background Material:
Michelle Thaller, Infrared Observational Astronomy
Whittier 3rd Grade Students

We have an introductory website on infrared. It's got some great images!

http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_kids/learn_ir/index.html

There's a whole gallery of everyday infrared images, as well as pictures of animals:

http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/image_galleries/our_ir_world_gallery.html

http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/image_galleries/ir_zoo/index.html

The students can see a video me me using the infrared camera at

http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/videos/more_than_your/index.html

Basically, the whole site, coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu is a great intro. There are activities to do, models to build, many videos and images to look at.