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2008-9
Saturday Symposium Series: Our Cosmic History
This Saturday Symposium
series, "Our Cosmic History," is designed to complement
and support existing science education by combining a unified
scientific account of how things came to be as they are, with
guidance on how to incorporate these insights into classroom science
units. The theme of the series is the scientific story of our
human origins, from the beginning of the universe to our present
technological society. This theme provides a way to organize a
wide variety of scientific disciplines into a coherent story of
deep human interest - our own origins. The common thread throughout
the story is the emergence of structures of increasing complexity
driven by the flow of energy - a story of interaction, change,
and emergence.
NightSky
club meeting in Salem, February 6, 2008
NightSky astronomy
club will be holding their monthly meeting at Chemeketa Community
College plantarium on February 6 at 7 pm. Todd will be giving
a presentation, "Your Cosmic Context". Modern science
has provided a wealth of new information about the universe in
which we are immersed. But it can also seem distant and overwhelming.
In this talk he'll highlight some ways to feel more connected
to the immense universe which is the "cosmic context"
for our daily lives.
Concert
- Parkrose High School, December 16, 2007
STARS IN YOUR BONES
Sunday, December 16, 2007, at 4PM and 7PM
Parkrose High School Auditorium
12003 NE Shaver St, Portland
$18 in advance, $20 at the door
AURORA CHORUS
Joan Szymko, director
Signe Lusk, accompanist
"We are the stuff of stars." - Carl Sagan
Brighten up the dark days of winter with the women of Aurora Chorus
as we explore and celebrate our human relationship with sun, moon,
and stars — the cosmos! Joan Szymko has programmed a concert
that speaks from a child's wonderment and an astronomer's awesome
observations; from Native American wisdom and medieval mystics;
from the pens of Mozart and of contemporary composers and songwriters.
Also featuring the premiere of Joan Szymko's "Ten Million
Stars".
Purchase tickets online at http://www.aurorachorus.org
or call 503.AURORA1, at New Renaissance Bookshop, Annie Bloom's
Books & Classical Millennium and from chorus members.
Pacific
Science Cafe - Killer Asteroids, October 30, 2007
Our solar system contains
much more than just the Sun and planets. Thousands of large rocks
dart around at high speeds, and we know from craters on the Moon
and Earth that many have collided violently with planets and moons
in the past (including one that led to the demise of he dinosaurs
65 million years ago). For years astronomers have been searching
the skies and monitoring these asteroids that might be on a collision
course with Earth, and considering ways to prevent a collision
if one was seen headed toward us. The issue has become more pressing
now that an asteroid named Apophis has been spotted that will
pass within 20,000 miles of Earth in 2029, a little too close
for comfort by cosmic standards! Join Pacific University scientists
for an overview and informal discussion of this danger on Tuesday,
Oct. 30, 7 - 9 pm in the "Milky Way" (21st Ave. and
College Way) at Pacific University in Forest Grove. A campus map
can be found at http://www.pacificu.edu/about/location/campusmap.cfm
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