Testimonials

Good suggestions of teaching techniques I can use with my kids.
Best workshop I have been to!  Great mix of content and pedagogical discussion.
Dr. Larry was a dynamic speaker.
Awesome all the way around.
          -- Participant comments from the 2011 Mississippi Space Grant Workshops at Rainwater Observatory

I attended one of Larry's presentations at a GSTA regional conference.  He showed me how to relate some of the more perplexing concepts of astronomy in ways my students easily grasped.  Had I not been able to use Larry's experience to inform my teaching I would have wasted valuable time looking for the solutions he so clearly provided. 

Larry Krumenaker is an incredible resource.  He  provides everything one would want from an in-service workshop:  depth of experience in his field, engaging as a presenter, flexible for and responsive to his audience. 

I attended one of Larry's presentations at a GSTA regional conference.  He showed me how to relate some of the more perplexing concepts of astronomy in ways my students easily grasped.  Had I not been able to use Larry's experience to inform my teaching I would have wasted valuable time looking for the solutions he so clearly provided. 

I highly recommend a "Larry" workshop for anyone interested in an efficient way to increase the content and pedagogical depth in the astronomy classroom.  —Kevin McReynolds, high school science teacher, Winder, GA

Dr. Krumenaker  helped me to learn new information and to change some misconceptions that I had about topics relating to astronomy!  His knowledge about astronomy and ideas about how to teach it make him an incredibly valuable resource.  I would recommend Dr. Krumenaker and his services to any teacher who teaches astronomy at any level.  — Lindsay Phillips, Fourth Grade Teacher, DeKalb County, Atlanta, GA

Dr. Larry Krumenaker’s extensive background experience and expertise in the science of astronomy, physical sciences, and science education was the backbone of our collaborative work with teachers, students and administrators at Taliaferro County K-12 school as part of a DOE Improving Teacher Quality Grant.  — Deborah J. Tippins, Ph.D., Professor of Science Education, University of Georgia

Full Color 2-Page Downloadable PDF Brochure

Past and Future Workshops

Georgia Science Teachers Assn Annual Conferences, Athens (2007 and 2008) 

• Eye Spy--More to Spectroscopy than Gas Tubes
• The Nature of Science Through the Use of  Ping Pong Ball as Venus
• The Status and Makeup of Georgia High School Astronomy
• How to Create A High School Astronomy Course

Taliaferro County Schools (2007), Georgia 

• Locating Stars and Constellations

DeKalb County GA 4th Grade Teachers (November 2009)

• Star Patterns And When You Can See Them
• Moon Phases

Georgia Science Teachers Assn - Savannah, GA  (February 2010)

• Let's Bomb the Moon!
• Walking Earth, Finding Mars
• Astronomy, Middle and High School, GPS and AYP

Korean Association of Science Teachers

• Let's Bomb the Moon!  Moon crater classification and organizer activity.

Gyeongi Province Earth Science Teachers Assn (December 2010)

• Let's Bomb the Moon! Moon crater classification and organizer activity.

Queen's University, Ontario  (January, 2011)

Rainwater Observatory, French Camp, Mississippi state astronomy teachers workshops - (January 2011)

Sample Workshop Outlines

These two outlines were 45 minute long 4th grade teacher workshops (about half the usual length) in DeKalb County.