1. “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

2. “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)

3. “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

4. “Chicago Maps the Cosmos” Introduction - Landsberg 12/7/07 4 Festival of Maps City-Wide Celebration Anchored by Field Museum Exhibit THEME of the Short Course 4

5. “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

6. “Chicago Maps the Cosmos” Introduction - Landsberg 12/7/07 6 Schedule: Themes I. Overview II. Mapping the Universe Today III. How the Map was Made (Forces that Shaped the Universe) IV. How Theory Maps to Observation

7. “Chicago Maps the Cosmos” Introduction - Landsberg 12/7/07 Course Schedule: Friday Dec. 7, 2007 8:00 AMCoffee and Welcome (Landsberg) 8:30 - 10:00 AMLecture I : Overview (Kolb) 10:00 AMCoffee 10:30 AM - 12:00 PMLecture II : Mapping Structure (Matter) (Frieman) 12 PMLunch 1:00 - 2:30 PMLecture III: Mapping the Unseen: Dark Matter (Gladders) 2:30 PMCoffee 3:00 PMBus to Museum Campus/Field/Adler Planetarium 3:30 - 4:00 PMLecture On Field Mapping Exhibit (Classroom C) (Gretchen Baker & Todd Tubtis) 4:00 - 5:00 PMField Exhibit Self Guided Tour - "Maps: Finding Our Place in the World" 5:30 - 6:30 PMTour of Adler - "Mapping the Heavens" Exhibit & "Space Visualization Lab (SVL)" (Mark SubbaRao & Jodi Lacy) 6:30 - 8:30 PMReception & Far Out Friday Activities 9:00 PMShuttle Departs for I-House

8. “Chicago Maps the Cosmos” Introduction - Landsberg 12/7/07 Saturday Dec. 8, 2007 8:30 AMCoffee Question & Answer Session 9:00 - 10:30 AM Lecture IV: Mapping the Forces: Dark Energy (Turner) 10:30 AM - 1:00 PMBreak-out Session 11:30 AM - 1:00 PMInformal Lunch (Break-out Session continued) 1:00 - 2:30 PMLecture V: Current Map of the Early Universe: CMB Observations (Pryke) 2:30 - 3:00 PMCoffee Q & A 3:00 - 4:30 PMLecture VI: How the Map Was Made: Gravity (Kravtsov) 4:30 - 5:30 PM Participants Present 6:00 PMDinner/Social (I-House)

9. “Chicago Maps the Cosmos” Introduction - Landsberg 12/7/07 Sunday Dec 9, 2007 (ends 2:00 pm) 9:00 - 10:00 AMCoffee Q & A Session 10:00 - 11:00 AMLecture 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 PMLunch; Informal Q & A; Close-out

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

11. “Chicago Maps the Cosmos” Introduction - Landsberg 12/7/07 Quick Introductions