Saturn Science and Art


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Out-of-This-World Opportunities!

Johnson Museum Saturn Exhibition Dates: September 20, 2008 - January 4, 2009

The NASA Cassini Spacecraft - orbiting Saturn since 2004 - continues to send back astonishing images of the planet, rings, and moons. A select group of breathtaking images will be exhibited at the Johnson Museum of Art on the Cornell University campus in September and October 2008.

TST BOCES, the Johnson Museum of Art, the Center for Radiophysics & Space Research, and the NASA Spacecraft Planetary Imaging Facility announce a special field trip opportunity for grades 3-9 to visit the exhibition and the Space Sciences Building on campus.

School Field Trips:


Dates: Tuesdays - Fridays
September 16 - October 31, 2008

Cost: $1.50 fee per student (aidable through TST BOCES)
Time: 10am-noon or noon-2pm for classes (two hours total: one hour at each site)
Special arrangements can be made for after-school groups (museum closes at 5pm)
Limit: Two classes per time period
To Register: Call the Johnson Museum at 607-255-6464
Learning Focus: At the Space Sciences Building students will learn about the history of solar system exploration and what we have learned from robotic spacecraft missions, focusing on Saturn. At the museum, students will explore the exhibition using guided looking and writing activities.

Special Opportunities

during the American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences National Conference in Ithaca - Oct. 11-14, 2008
To learn about how science is practiced in the real world…

  • Visits to the exhibit hall with presentations and activities for youth groups and families
  • A special Family Day at the Johnson Museum on October 11
  • A special Planet Walk Day in partnership with the Ithaca Sciencenter
  • Visits to the exhibit hall with special presentations for classrooms
  • An evening teacher workshop will be offered in conjunction with the Conference.
    Stay tuned for more information here

    Teacher Workshop and Open House

  • A Saturn teacher workshop - Saturn Science & Art - is scheduled for October 21, 2008 (9-3) for teachers of grades 3-9. Registration through TST BOCES.
  • A Teacher Open house is scheduled for October 28 from 3:30-5pm at the Johnson Museum. Join a Cassini scientist, Cornell outreach coordinators, and other teachers at the museum for informal conversation about Saturn and the Cassini mission and a tour of the exhibit.

    Instructional Materials

    To learn more about instructional materials for science curriculum integration, contact Nancy Schaff at nancys@astro.cornell.edu or Browse Outreach Resources

    AMNH Saturn Exhibition

    Saturn: Images from the Cassini-Huygens Mission, an exhibition of over 50 spectacular photographs captured by NASA's Cassini orbiter and the European Space Agency's Huygens lander, opened Saturday, April 26, at the American Museum of Natural History. On view in the IMAX Corridor on the first floor through March 29, 2009, the exhibition features dramatic up-close photographs of the ringed planet and it's multitude of moons, ranging from small individual images to large mosaics, sent over half a billion miles by the Cassini spacecraft to Earth. The exhibition is guest co-curated by Joseph Burns, Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University.

    Contacts

    Carol Hockett, Johnson Museum of Art
    Nancy Schaff, Center for Radiophysics & Space Research

    The Johnson Museum of Art

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