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“Chicago Maps the Cosmos” Introduction - Landsberg 12/7/07
• What is KICP?• Festival of Maps• Goals of this Course • Your Mission• Schedule• Logistics• Introductions
Randy Landsberg Director Education & Outreach
Welcome to Chicago Maps the Cosmos:
A Cosmology Short Course for Museum & Planetarium Staff
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“Chicago Maps the Cosmos” Introduction - Landsberg 12/7/07
KICP ? (chickpea?)• NSF Physics Frontier Center (2001) CfCP
– Profound Advances + Education & Outreach• What is dark energy?• Did inflation happen and if so why?• What do the highest energy particles tell us about
the cosmos?
• KICP = Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics– $7.5 Million Endowment from Kavli Foundation (2004)
“Chicago Maps the Cosmos” Introduction - Landsberg 12/7/07
Goal of This Course: To incorporate modern cosmology into
planetarium/museum programming
•Framework for Understanding Cosmology•Tools to Use @ Your Planetarium/Museum•Visuals•Movies•Resources•e-Lectures•Stories/Experiences•Seeds for Future: Collaborations/Exhibits/Shows
BRING COSMOLOGY TO THE PUBLIC
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Festival of Maps
• City-Wide Celebration
• Anchored by Field Museum Exhibit
• THEME of the Short Course
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“Chicago Maps the Cosmos” Introduction - Landsberg 12/7/07
Your Mission….• Actively Participate
• Bring Cosmology Back HOME – Planetarium, Museum, Magazine, Corporation…
• Provide Feedback– During the Course
– Evaluations -what was useful?
– At GLPA, ASP-EPO, IPS ...
– Keep us informed of your progress
– Follow Up Evaluations
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Schedule: ThemesI. Overview
II. Mapping the Universe Today
III. How the Map was Made (Forces that Shaped the Universe)
IV. How Theory Maps to Observation
“Chicago Maps the Cosmos” Introduction - Landsberg 12/7/07
Course Schedule: Friday Dec. 7, 20078:00 AM Coffee and Welcome (Landsberg)8:30 - 10:00 AM Lecture I : Overview (Kolb)10:00 AM Coffee10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Lecture II : Mapping Structure (Matter) (Frieman)12 PM Lunch1:00 - 2:30 PM Lecture III: Mapping the Unseen: Dark Matter (Gladders)2:30 PM Coffee3:00 PM Bus to Museum Campus/Field/Adler Planetarium
3:30 - 4:00 PM Lecture On Field Mapping Exhibit (Classroom C) (Gretchen Baker & Todd Tubtis)4:00 - 5:00 PM Field Exhibit Self Guided Tour - "Maps: Finding Our Place in the World"5:30 - 6:30 PM Tour of Adler - "Mapping the Heavens" Exhibit & "Space Visualization Lab (SVL)" (Mark SubbaRao & Jodi Lacy)6:30 - 8:30 PM Reception & Far Out Friday Activities9:00 PM Shuttle Departs for I-House
“Chicago Maps the Cosmos” Introduction - Landsberg 12/7/07
Saturday Dec. 8, 20078:30 AM Coffee Question & Answer Session
9:00 - 10:30 AM Lecture IV: Mapping the Forces: Dark Energy (Turner)
10:30 AM - 1:00 PM Break-out Session
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Informal Lunch (Break-out Session continued)
1:00 - 2:30 PM Lecture V: Current Map of the Early Universe: CMB Observations (Pryke)
2:30 - 3:00 PM Coffee Q & A
3:00 - 4:30 PM Lecture VI: How the Map Was Made: Gravity (Kravtsov)
4:30 - 5:30 PM Participants Present
6:00 PM Dinner/Social (I-House)
“Chicago Maps the Cosmos” Introduction - Landsberg 12/7/07
Sunday Dec 9, 2007 (ends 2:00 pm)
9:00 - 10:00 AM Coffee Q & A Session
10:00 - 11:00 AM Lecture VII: How the Map Was Made Part II: When Matter & Radiation Were Coupled (Dodelson)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Lecture VIII: How Theory Maps to Observations: Particle Connection (Kolb)
12:00 - 2:00 PM Lunch; Informal Q & A; Close-out
“Chicago Maps the Cosmos” Introduction - Landsberg 12/7/07
Logistics• Locations
– UC/LASR 152 (Conference)– Fri PM only - Field Museum & Adler Planetarium – Lecture Slides Will Be Provided
• Hardcopy & (latter) web & thumb drive 2GB
• E-mail Access - wireless “Maps” & terminal • Meals Provided• Transportation Provided to/from
I-House/Field/Adler/Socials– See Bus Schedule
• Post-Course – Aimee will coordinate travel to airports (Sign-up
sheet)– Travel Reimbursement - Aimee – Evaluation
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