NASHVILLE, Tenn. –Nine teachers and 40 5th-11th grade students from the Nashville area will personally assemble their own telescopes to use in their classrooms during a workshop Feb. 13 at Vanderbilt University’s Dyer Observatory. The workshop is part of the Scopes for Schools project designed to give minority and other underserved students greater exposure to the science of astronomy. The teachers and students are from Nashville Metro Schools as well as schools in Gallatin, Murfreesboro, Hendersonville and Franklin. Administered by Vanderbilt Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Keivan Stassun, “Scopes for Schools” is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and Vanderbilt University Department of Physics and Astronomy.
WHAT: “Scopes for Schools” workshop
WHERE: Vanderbilt University Dyer Observatory, 1000 Oman Dr., Brentwood
WHEN: Feb. 13, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Media Contact: Amber N. Sims, (615) 322-NEWS
amber.sims@vanderbilt.edu