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  • From Starlight to Insight: Exploring the Role of Mass and Fusion in Stars

From Starlight to Insight: Exploring the Role of Mass and Fusion in Stars

  • 25 Oct 2025
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM
  • L014 Strong Hall, Eastern Michigan University

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  • Please register using this online form. School PO's are not accepted. You will receive a receipt for reimbursement purposes.

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Use authentic color and magnitude data to discover how the physical properties of stars like the Sun result from their initial mass and fusion rate. Then use models derived from these relationships to estimate star distances and ages. Participants will use activities from Rubin Observatory’s Stellar Safari investigation. 

This workshop is ideal for anyone who teaches introductory astronomy concepts at the secondary school or college level. It is also a great fit for pre-service science teachers, Science Olympiad coaches and informal educators who are looking for data-based activities. An electronic certificate of participation for 4 hours of professional development is available upon request.


Workshop schedule:

  • Introduction to Rubin Observatory 
  • Stellar Safari classroom activity
  • Lunch
  • Conclude Stellar Safari activity
  • Optional brief tour of EMU Sherzer Observatory and EMU Planetarium 

Workshop registration fee $10
Morning refreshments and lunch provided
Note: Campus parking is available at a rate of $2.25/ hour.


This workshop is jointly sponsored by the Michigan Earth Science Teachers Association, Eastern Michigan University Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, and the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

  



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