Links for this Workshop

Welcome

General Information

Agenda

Carpool List

General Site Links

Site Map

Packing List

Contact Numbers

Astronomers Lodge Guidelines

Photo Release Form

Emergency Treatment

Website Links

Dear Educator,

The McDonald Observatory Visitors Center is proud to host your upcoming Texas Connection: McDonald Observatory and the Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching Professional Development Workshop. I hope our web site provides the information you need to pack accordingly, and leave contact names and phone numbers for your family. If you have any concerns or questions after reviewing the workshop information, please don't hesitate to call or email me directly. See links on the sidebar to the left for pages detailing:

• Workshop "general information" document
• Mt. Locke summit, TX state highway, and Indian Lodge maps
• Suggested packing list
• Workshop agenda
• Participant list including email addresses (consider a carpool)
• Listing of phone numbers to leave at home, should anyone need to contact you.
• Astronomers Lodge guidelines form
• Permission form for workshop photographs. (Please complete and bring it with you.)
• Emergency treatment information form. (Please complete and bring it with you.)
• Area restaurant list (for lunch in the area on the first day of the workshop.)

You will be staying at the Indian Lodge facility, located within the Davis Mountains State Park, near Fort Davis, TX. To reach the Indian Lodge from Fort Davis, travel 3 miles along Hwy 118N; the entrance will be to your left. Hotel check-in will take place at the beginning of your workshop at McDonald Observatory. Please do not attempt to check in at the Indian Lodge before your workshop begins. See the “Workshop Information” document, the Indian Lodge map, and the Indian Lodge weblink to learn more about your accommodations. Our workshop begins promptly at 3:00 P.M. in the Visitors Center classroom. If for any reason you cannot arrive on time, please call 432-426-4102 option 4 and let us know. If you arrive late, the information desk attendant will direct you to the classroom.

We do not plan to serve lunch on the first day, so plan to eat before your workshop begins. The StarDate Café is located inside the McDonald Observatory Visitors Center, and there are restaurants in Fort Davis as well. We are excited to offer this one-of-a-kind opportunity to explore, discover, make new friends, and experience the fascinating field of astronomy. I'll see you soon!

Clear Skies!

Marc Wetzel
Education Coordinator
(432) 426-3672
wetzel@astro.as.utexas.edu

A word about our funders:

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides support for this
workshop under a Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES-2006), Program element E.6 Education & Public Outreach for Earth & Space Science Program (EPOESS), grant number NNX07A183G.

The workshop is also supported with funding from the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Education Endowment and the Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching.