All Inclusive* 4-night Program Starting At:
$840/person - Double Occupancy
$1,140/person - Single Occupancy
* Includes lodging, meals, program activities and access to optional daily activities and recreational equipment. Learn More about the Great Camp Sagamore experience.
The Sagamore Seminars education series is offered by Sagamore Institute of the Adirondacks, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization chartered by the Board of Regents of the Education Department of the State of New York and sole owner and operator of Great Camp Sagamore.
Program Overview
In science, "cosmos" refers to the entire physical universe, considered as a unified whole, often emphasizing the idea of order and harmony within that system. Cosmos essentially means the same as "universe" but with a stronger connotation of a well-organized structure.
Through a sequence of presentations interspersed with guided activities: walking, breathing, reflection, journaling, and stargazing, you will learn and experience your interconnection with the cosmos.
We'll journey from earliest moments of the Big Bang creating matter from energy, darkness falling with the creation of atoms, to light dawning anew with the formation and evolution of stars creating the elements vital to Earth and life.
Learn how the very elements of our bodies and everything around us were created from the stars, making us, as Carl Sagan said, "The matter of the cosmos, contemplating itself."
Program Activities
Presentations about the origin and the evolution of the cosmos, Earth, and life by Aileen O'Donoghue
Guided nature activities to experience our interrelationship with the cosmos
Stargazing the dark skies of the Adirondacks
Exploration of our relationship with darkness
Reflective journaling and free time to relax
Time to enjoy the beauty of Great Camp Sagamore and take advantage of recreational activities and amenities such as the history tour, swimming, kayaks/canoes, hiking and the bowling alley.
Program Instructors
Aileen O'Donoghue, PhD - Astronomer
Aileen A. O’Donoghue is the Henry Priest Professor of Physics at St. Lawrence University. She received an Associate of Arts degree at Colorado Mountain College that propelled her to earning her B.S. at Fort Lewis College and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Her research is primarily in radio astronomy and she has conducted observations with the Very Large Array, Arecibo and Green Bank radio telescopes. She has also observed dwarf galaxies in the visible band at the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope and the optical spectra of stars using the 90” Bok telescope at Kitt Peak and the 1.5 m telescope at Cerro Tololo, Chile. She is currently a member of the ALFALFA undergraduate team studying galaxies in the Pisces-Perseus Superlcuster using radio, optical, and IR observations. Aileen is also a NASA Solar System Ambassador and a board member of the Adirondack Sky Center and Observatory in Tupper Lake, NY.
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