“Chicago Maps the Cosmos” Introduction - Landsberg 12/7/07

• What is KICP?• Festival of Maps• Goals of this Course • Your Mission• Schedule• Logistics• Introductions

Randy Landsberg Director Education & Outreach

Welcome to Chicago Maps the Cosmos:

A Cosmology Short Course for Museum & Planetarium Staff

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“Chicago Maps the Cosmos” Introduction - Landsberg 12/7/07

KICP ? (chickpea?)• NSF Physics Frontier Center (2001) CfCP

– Profound Advances + Education & Outreach• What is dark energy?• Did inflation happen and if so why?• What do the highest energy particles tell us about

the cosmos?

• KICP = Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics– $7.5 Million Endowment from Kavli Foundation (2004)

“Chicago Maps the Cosmos” Introduction - Landsberg 12/7/07

Goal of This Course: To incorporate modern cosmology into

planetarium/museum programming

•Framework for Understanding Cosmology•Tools to Use @ Your Planetarium/Museum•Visuals•Movies•Resources•e-Lectures•Stories/Experiences•Seeds for Future: Collaborations/Exhibits/Shows

BRING COSMOLOGY TO THE PUBLIC

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Festival of Maps

• City-Wide Celebration

• Anchored by Field Museum Exhibit

• THEME of the Short Course

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“Chicago Maps the Cosmos” Introduction - Landsberg 12/7/07

Your Mission….• Actively Participate

• Bring Cosmology Back HOME – Planetarium, Museum, Magazine, Corporation…

• Provide Feedback– During the Course

– Evaluations -what was useful?

– At GLPA, ASP-EPO, IPS ...

– Keep us informed of your progress

– Follow Up Evaluations

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Schedule: ThemesI. Overview

II. Mapping the Universe Today

III. How the Map was Made (Forces that Shaped the Universe)

IV. How Theory Maps to Observation

“Chicago Maps the Cosmos” Introduction - Landsberg 12/7/07

Course Schedule: Friday Dec. 7, 20078:00 AM Coffee and Welcome (Landsberg)8:30 - 10:00 AM Lecture I : Overview (Kolb)10:00 AM Coffee10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Lecture II : Mapping Structure (Matter) (Frieman)12 PM Lunch1:00 - 2:30 PM Lecture III: Mapping the Unseen: Dark Matter (Gladders)2:30 PM Coffee3:00 PM Bus to Museum Campus/Field/Adler Planetarium

3:30 - 4:00 PM Lecture On Field Mapping Exhibit (Classroom C) (Gretchen Baker & Todd Tubtis)4:00 - 5:00 PM Field Exhibit Self Guided Tour - "Maps: Finding Our Place in the World"5:30 - 6:30 PM Tour of Adler - "Mapping the Heavens" Exhibit & "Space Visualization Lab (SVL)" (Mark SubbaRao & Jodi Lacy)6:30 - 8:30 PM Reception & Far Out Friday Activities9:00 PM Shuttle Departs for I-House

“Chicago Maps the Cosmos” Introduction - Landsberg 12/7/07

Saturday Dec. 8, 20078:30 AM Coffee Question & Answer Session

9:00 - 10:30 AM Lecture IV: Mapping the Forces: Dark Energy (Turner)

10:30 AM - 1:00 PM Break-out Session

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Informal Lunch (Break-out Session continued)

1:00 - 2:30 PM Lecture V: Current Map of the Early Universe: CMB Observations (Pryke)

2:30 - 3:00 PM Coffee Q & A

3:00 - 4:30 PM Lecture VI: How the Map Was Made: Gravity (Kravtsov)

4:30 - 5:30 PM Participants Present

6:00 PM Dinner/Social (I-House)

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Sunday Dec 9, 2007 (ends 2:00 pm)

9:00 - 10:00 AM Coffee Q & A Session

10:00 - 11:00 AM Lecture VII: How the Map Was Made Part II: When Matter & Radiation Were Coupled (Dodelson)

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Lecture VIII: How Theory Maps to Observations: Particle Connection (Kolb)

12:00 - 2:00 PM Lunch; Informal Q & A; Close-out

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Logistics• Locations

– UC/LASR 152 (Conference)– Fri PM only - Field Museum & Adler Planetarium – Lecture Slides Will Be Provided

• Hardcopy & (latter) web & thumb drive 2GB

• E-mail Access - wireless “Maps” & terminal • Meals Provided• Transportation Provided to/from

I-House/Field/Adler/Socials– See Bus Schedule

• Post-Course – Aimee will coordinate travel to airports (Sign-up

sheet)– Travel Reimbursement - Aimee – Evaluation

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