High Tech Tours
Select Thursdays (dates below) 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.; $25/person
15 participants max.; no photography of any kind is permitted. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Background screening required.
Look inside receivers and marvel at the precise engineering required to collect the faintest signals from the Universe. An Observatory engineer will pull back the curtain on our site labs and control room as you see what makes our observatory one of the world’s leading radio telescope facilities.
High Tech Tour Dates for 2023:
January 12, February 9, March 9, April 13, May 11, June 8, July 13, August 10, September 14, October 12, November 9, December 14
https://greenbankobservatory.org/visit/science-center-2/science-center-schedule/
SETI and High Tech Tours require advance screening for participants. Please check out their screening policy: http://greenbankobservatory.org/visit/screening/
Star Parties
Green Bank Observatory staff will treat you to views of the night sky through optical telescopes. If weather does not permit outdoor observing, don’t worry! We will have a stellar indoor presentation.
FREE! Please check-in at the Science Center.
The program begins approximately half an hour after sunset to allow our astronomers time to align the telescopes! Please see the events calendar for specific start times for each date. Programs run for about 2 hrs.
https://greenbankobservatory.org/visit/science-center-2/science-center-schedule/
Star Party Dates for 2023:
1/14, 2/18, 3/18, 4/22, 5/13; Summer dates will be added later in the spring.
Science Olympiad is a nonprofit organization developed since 1984 to improve the quality of science education for students. The Science Olympiad consists of interscholastic competitions for students in grades 6th-12th. It is a way to provide recognition of outstanding achievement in science education by both students and teachers as teams from all 50 states compete at the Regional, State and National levels. WV winning teams qualify to compete in the National Tournament.
Parents are welcome to be organizers for a team, as long as you have one teacher liason through a school. Homeschooled teams are welcome, as are Out-of-state teams who may attend our event as practice for other events. Please note though that out-of-state teams cannot place or advance to nationals through our state.
The 2023 WV Science Olympiad will be held at Marshall University on March 4, 2023
Link to register : https://netapps.marshall.edu/so/registration.php
Science Olympiad is a nonprofit organization developed since 1984 to improve the quality of science education for students. The Science Olympiad consists of interscholastic competitions for students in grades 6th-12th. It is a way to provide recognition of outstanding achievement in science education by both students and teachers as teams from all 50 states compete at the Regional, State and National levels. WV winning teams qualify to compete in the National Tournament.
Parents are welcome to be organizers for a team, as long as you have one teacher liason through a school. Homeschooled teams are welcome, as are Out-of-state teams who may attend our event as practice for other events. Please note though that out-of-state teams cannot place or advance to nationals through our state.
The 2023 WV Science Olympiad will be held at Marshall University on March 4, 2023
Registration for the 2023 WV Science Olympiad is open!
*Registration will close on 2/19/2023
High Tech Tours
Select Thursdays (dates below) 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.; $25/person
15 participants max.; no photography of any kind is permitted. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Background screening required.
Look inside receivers and marvel at the precise engineering required to collect the faintest signals from the Universe. An Observatory engineer will pull back the curtain on our site labs and control room as you see what makes our observatory one of the world’s leading radio telescope facilities.
High Tech Tour Dates for 2023:
January 12, February 9, March 9, April 13, May 11, June 8, July 13, August 10, September 14, October 12, November 9, December 14
https://greenbankobservatory.org/visit/science-center-2/science-center-schedule/
SETI and High Tech Tours require advance screening for participants. Please check out their screening policy: http://greenbankobservatory.org/visit/screening/
Star Parties
Green Bank Observatory staff will treat you to views of the night sky through optical telescopes. If weather does not permit outdoor observing, don’t worry! We will have a stellar indoor presentation.
FREE! Please check-in at the Science Center.
The program begins approximately half an hour after sunset to allow our astronomers time to align the telescopes! Please see the events calendar for specific start times for each date. Programs run for about 2 hrs.
https://greenbankobservatory.org/visit/science-center-2/science-center-schedule/
Star Party Dates for 2023:
1/14, 2/18, 3/18, 4/22, 5/13; Summer dates will be added later in the spring.
NASA Day
the Clay Center has partnered with NASA WV Space Grant Consortium and NASA IV&V in Fairmont, WV
to host a NASA Day for middle school and early high school students. This event has given over 1,000
students the opportunity to interact, through hands-on workshops, with working STEM professionals
and college-aged students pursuing STEM paths.
The event is free for middle school-aged youth in WV to learn about STEM; anticipate ~500 students
(students, teachers, and educators). The event is a collaborative effort to provide an opportunity for
students to explore STEM.
Please mark your calendars and save the date as we work through the details:
Day: Monday, April 3rd, 2023
Location: Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences, Charleston, WV 25301
Time: 8:45 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Listed below are links to some great pics from the event earlier this year:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1y2mcQXjVTQU6ad91QtZH4Cx-irtW8vJI?usp=sharing
and
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10160257966621004&type=3
Contact KDEpps@mail.wvu.edu for more information.
SETI Tours
Select Fridays starting in April; 1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.;
$40/person
Due to high demand and limited capacity, advance reservations are required. 20 participants max.; Ages 12 & up. The tour requires climbing stairs. Background screening required.
Our tour celebrates Green Bank’s historic Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI). It begins with an exclusive presentation right in the control room of our 85-1 Telescope where the search began with Frank Drake’s OZMA project. From there, guests enjoy rare admittance into the 140-foot telescope where Jill Tarter’s Project Phoenix took place and then to normally-restricted GBT access points. The tour ends in our Drake Lounge where you will be greeted by one of our own astronomers and learn about the future of SETI and the role of the GBT in the Breakthrough Listen project.
If you’ve ever wanted to be inside our operation control rooms or to speak to one of our radio astronomers in person, then this is THE opportunity of a lifetime!
SETI Tour dates for 2023: Coming Soon!
https://greenbankobservatory.org/visit/science-center-2/science-center-schedule/