Also, there is the a program allowing people to buy a quality small refractor and have a second one donated to a club or school in a developing country. For more information, check out Astronomers Without Borders and the SkySafari 3 app sale, the eclipse glasses and the BOGO for a small...
Also, this program is really not designed for kids with special needs at all. Which is a shame. A lot of kiddos with special needs are incredibly smart and willing to learn. But all the “funny” sarcastic, pun-like, confusing content does more harm than help most kids actually learn. ...
Labrynthe’s Centre for Excellence in Astronomy (CEA) is a unique model that simplifies astronomy and space sciences through a curriculum-based academic educational program, conducted along with workshops, events, competitions, and projects, organized throughout the academic year, amongst all the class...
We participated in the US scientific educational program Project ASTRO. It is based on a partnership between a school teacher and an astronomer. They together design and realize simple and interesting scientific activities for the children to learn and enjoy science. We present four hands-on ...
Sherri Erickson from Erickson Jewelers will present fascinating information about birthstones at this program for kids in grades 3 through 8. She also will show how customized pieces are made from wax molds and sketches. Monday, May 20
(1962). The observing program of Lord Rosse is described inPatrick Moore,The Astronomy of Birr Castle(1971). Accounts of the rise of spectroscopy includeBarbara Becker,Unravelling Starlight: William and Margaret Huggins and the Rise of the New Astronomy(2011); andJ.B. Hearnshaw,The Analysis ...
Meg Thacher is the author of Sky Gazing and Cool, Cosmic Tattoo Stars and Planets, a senior laboratory instructor in Smith College’s astronomy department and the academic director for Smith’s Summer Science and Engineering Program for high schoolers. A regular contributor to national children’s...
Choose RFTS for your 2024 Tax Credit Donation Let's Go! Our ProgramsOur Programs Contact Us Membership View Program Schedule The Problem Reach For The Stars believes that it is critical, now more than ever, to be a guide for our youth and give them a unique, powerful, fun, and whole-pe...
I describe how to create an astronomy program for thousands of people at outdoor concerts based on my $308,000 NASA-funded Music and Astronomy Under the Stars (MAUS) program (60 events 2009 - 2013), and the Astronomy Festival on the National Mall (AFNM, 10,000 people/yr).MAUS reached...
’Engineers come and really do an in-person review,and ...it's not a very nice thing at times.It's a hard business review of your product.” Gordon says the HUNCH program has an impact (影响) on college admissions and practical life skills.“These kids are so absorbed in ...