Syllabus
Week: Date: Topic: Instructor
1. Sep 24: Introduction to EPO and the Moon - Chuck Wood, CET, WJU
The field, course, faculty, expectations, goals and observing
2. Oct 1: Lunar Exploration: Then, Now and Beyond - Chuck Wood, CET, WJU
US & Soviets, New missions, science questions and discoveries
3. Oct 8: Exemplary Lunar EPO Projects - Laurie Ruberg, CET, WJU
PBL, tools, standards and assessment - This session was moved to Nov 5
4. Oct 15: Fact and Fancy about the Moon - Andrew Fraknoi, ASP, Foothill College
Pseudo-science, science fiction, poetry & interdisciplinary approaches to lunar EPO
5. Oct 29: Lunar Rock Certification and PBL - Jane Neuenschwander, CET, WJU
Get real lunar rocks in your class or science center - and learn what to do with them
6. Nov 5: Moon on Earth and across the Solar Sytem - Chuck Wood, CET, WJU
The Moon as a Rosetta Stone and lunar analogs on Earth - This session was moved to Oct 8.
7. Nov 12: Lunar Misconceptions - Jennifer Grier, Planetary Science Institute
Does the Earth's shadow cause phases, and is there a dark side of the Moon?
8. Nov 19: Teams Project Presentations - Entire Faculty
Team presentations of Moon education projects
