| 46 | | People in our department regularly give lectures aimed at the general public. Ideally these coincide with star-gazing nights, and are about 30 minutes long. Audiences are usually 50-100 attendees generally consisting of students (15%), families (20%), amateur astronomers (5%), and interested adults from around NYC (60%). For those of you putting together a public lecture, I recommend you prepare it as though you are explaining an astronomical topic to someone seated next to you on an airplane with no background in science. Please see our past events for the titles and abstracts of previous, successful talks.[[BR]] |
| | 46 | People in our department regularly give lectures aimed at the general public. Ideally these coincide with star-gazing nights, and are about 30 minutes long. Audiences are usually 50-100 attendees generally consisting of students (15%), families (20%), amateur astronomers (5%), and interested adults from around NYC (60%). Please see our past events for the titles and abstracts of previous, successful talks.[[BR]] |
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| | 48 | ==== Lecturer Instructions ==== |
| | 49 | For those of you putting together a public lecture, I recommend you prepare it as though you are explaining an astronomical topic to someone seated next to you on an airplane with no background in science. The guideline of 30 minutes is rough, as you may go a little over or under the 30 minute mark in duration. Lectures are generally given in Pupin 301, a large lecture hall with capacity for ~300 attendees. There are 4 chalk boards, a digital projector, a DVD/VHS player, a video camera to project books or other non-digital images, a speaker system, and a wireless microphone. The speaker system is set to work with the wireless microphone (but you do not need it if you project your voice) as well as the output headphone jack from your laptop. You will need to bring a laptop, dongle, pointer, presentation, and yourself by fifteen minutes before the lecture is set to begin. If you do not have a laptop or laser pointer, we can use the ones purchased for the astronomy lab by the department, but please let us know in advance that this is what you plan to do. If you have any questions, please contact Cameron. |
