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Thursday, August 24 |
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12:00-5:00 PM |
Special Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the World-Famous Mystic Aquarium |
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5:00-7:00 PM |
Conference Registration (Includes Lunch for Friday and Saturday) |
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7:00-9:00 PM |
Special Hands-On Workshop, by Forrest Mims III "How to Mnitor Atmospheric Haze With Your Own Sun Photometer." |
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Friday, August 25 |
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7:00-8:10 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:10-8:15 AM |
Welcome by Shawn Carlson |
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8:15-9:30 AM |
Monty Robson
Weston: A New Look at the New World's First Documented Meteorite Fall |
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9:30-10:15 AM |
David Culp |
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10:15-10:45 AM |
Morning Break |
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10:45-11:30 AM |
Aleta Karstad
The Evolution of Our Nature Journals |
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11:30-12:15 PM |
Charles Pooley
Microlaunchers: The Case for Very Small Spacecraft |
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12:15-1:15 PM |
Lunch Break |
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1:15-2:00 PM |
George Hrabovsky
So You Think You Know About Tornadoes... |
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2:00-2:45 PM |
David Wheeler
Home Science Projects and Homeland Security |
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2:45-3:15 PM |
Afternoon Break |
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3:15-4:00 PM |
Joseph DiVerdi
Radio Science At Colorado's Table Mountain -
A Unique Amateur Experience |
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4:00-4:45 PM |
Reggie Smith
Networks Theory: Applications to Scientific Investigations |
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4:45-5:30 PM |
Bill Appleby
Airship Hindenburg: Experimental study of the involvement of the outer covering paint (dope) in the disastrous final fire |
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8:00-9:00 PM |
Arthur Winfree Lecture: Joe Nickell |
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Saturday, August 26 |
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7:00-8:00 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:00-8:15 AM |
Shawn Carlson
Labrats Update |
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8:15 AM-9:00 PM |
Forrest Mims
Mims Family Science |
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9:00-9:45 AM |
Matthew Templeton
Amateur Contributions to Variable Star Astronomy |
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9:45-10:15 AM |
Morning Break |
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10:15-11:00 AM |
Sheldon Greaves
An Observatory Registry: A Proposed Exercise in Paying Attention |
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11:00-11:45 AM |
Lance Osadchey
An Experiment to Measure the Earth’s Velocity Using a Velador |
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11:45-12:45 PM |
Lunch Break |
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12:45-1:30 PM |
Ed Nisley
Do-It-Yourself Diodes |
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1:30-2:15 PM |
Sheryl McCollum
Teaching Science Through Mock Crime Scenes |
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2:15 PM-2:45 PM |
Afternoon Break |
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2:45-3:30 PM |
Rich Marvin
HOBO Data Logger: Learn how simple it now is to take all kinds of data electronically and analyze it on your computer |
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3:30-4:15 PM |
Garry Mahon
A Multivariate Analysis of Human Promoter Sequences |
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4:15-5:00 PM |
Dave Curren
Meeting the needs of Amateur Scientists through a project-oriented approach |
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7:00-9:30 PM |
Benjamin Franklin Awards Banquet |
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Sunday, August 27 |
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9:00-11:00 AM |
Poster Session |
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11:00 AM-1:00 PM |
Special Hands-On Workshop by Aleta Karstad, "Naturalist's Guide to Drawing Nature--An Essential Skills Workshop" |
