• Climate Change
  The Climate Change Compendium, one of a series of compendiums developed by LASP, contains activities and lessons from a variety of sources that will help facilitate classroom studies about the serious issues involved in climate change.
  
• Dancing Lights
  Dancing Lights is a science literacy program about the aurora for 3rd through 5th grade students. LASP is offering a contest for the 2008-2009 school year in conjunction with the program.
  
• Space Weather
  K-12 students learn about the Sun and how it interacts with the Earth's magnetic field in a series of lessons. Additional resources for educators, links, and images also available.
  
• The Sunspot
  The Sunspot is a publication about solar activity for middle and high school grades.
  
• Astrobiology
  Learn about the Center for Astrobiology and its mission to find out about the possibility of life in the Universe. The site contains a description of research, upcoming seminars, and lists additional links. There is also information about a certificate program for graduate and undergraduate students.
  
• Project SPECTRA!
  Project SPECTRA! is a science and engineering program for 6th - 12th grade students, focusing on how light is used to explore the Solar System.
  
• Space Science Teacher's Summit
  This is an innovative science program for middle and high school teachers. Learn about space sciences from scientists with a focus on: outer planets, space weather, spectroscopy, and astrobiology. Explore space science lessons and activities. Dates: June 9th-13th, 2008
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• Outer Planets
  Until Voyager reached the outer solar system we knew very little about the planets that inhabited this region of space. What we have discovered over years of exploration has both excited and mystified us. Come explore the science of the outer planets. Learn what we have already discovered, and discover what we have yet to learn.

Dr. Tom Woods

Dr. Tom Woods has two very important responsibilities at LASP.  As LASP’s Associate Director of Technical Divisions he is guiding the lab into the future with a broader perspective to meet the lab’s long-term goals.  In addition, as a Senior Research Scientist, he is involved in numerous past, present, and future solar research missions. (Read more...)

University of Colorado at Boulder