Welcome! We look forward to your visit.

 

Please check out the following pages of our WEBSITE to help you prepare for your trip! NRAO/VLA homepage can be found at:  www.nrao.edu      Open the “Learn & Explore Tab click :  VLA Visitor Center

 

Once on this page click:

“Bringing your class to the VLA”   This section includes everything you want to know to make your trip a HUGE success! 

 

While reading the, “Preparing for your visit” section, be sure to click:  

basic framework for teaching radio astronomy”

 

This link will take you to a wonderful, 19 page document which includes ; complete classroom lessons, NM Standards and Benchmarks, excellent diagrams, student assignments, student test, Student Tour Question List, and activities suitable for handout to your students!

 

Remember, if you have booked a “guided tour” with me, you will need to call the VLA gift shop at 575-835-7410 on the day of your field trip if your arrival time or plans change. You will not be able to reach me at my office in Socorro.  I’ll be waiting for YOU at the Very Large Array!                     

Judy Stanley – Education Officer VLA