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Astronomy Tips for Star Gazers

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For five years I had the pleasure of serving as planetarium administrator for Kent’s physics department, giving presentations to kids on field trips during the week and putting on public shows on the occasional weekend. Spring and Outdoor Astronomy Tips. You want it to be as dark as possible. Astronomical Alternatives.

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McAuliffe Center: Star-Gazing Mar. 8; “Big Astronomy” Planetarium Show Mar. 18

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On March 18 at 6:30PM, the Center’s public planetarium show will be Big Astronomy: People, Places, Discoveries , a full-dome film suitable for all ages, followed by a discussion with the Director of the Center and a graduate student about career paths and areas of expertise in physics and astronomy. Masks are required.

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How to Become a Citizen Scientist

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Citizen science allows the common public to participate in important scientific studies, partnering with scientists and helping them with work crucial to the enhancement of human knowledge. The general public and scientists combine their efforts to carry out large-scale activities so that the labor involved in the projects is distributed.

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A superpowered model of the whole universe

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Download the article Reference [link] Link to the activity sheet Tweet Share 0 Skype Reddit +1 Pinterest 0 LinkedIn 0 Email Sownak gives a talk at an international conference in Shanghai, China, in 2019 Sownak and his colleagues played for the Durham Galacticos football team during a National Astronomy Meeting! index.php? . •

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Spring STEM Guide

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British Science Week provides a platform to stimulate and support teachers, STEM professionals, science communicators and the general public to produce and participate in STEM events and activities. International Astronomy Day (7th May). International Astronomy Day is a worldwide event which is observed annually on the 7th May.

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Measure me up! A cross-curricular and multicultural approach to STEM through measurements

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To do so, every partner country decided to share an area of expertise and design hands- on activities, so the students could explore areas that traditionally are not covered by the curricula in Secondary Education, such as architecture, astronomy and cultural heritage history. Romania: Measurements & Astronomy.

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To boldly know what no one has known before

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Department of Physics and Astronomy. Astronomy and Astrophysics. ABOUT ASTRONOMY. Astronomy is something that surely interests all of us to some degree and is a field that is ready for new discoveries. WHAT DOES GAIL FIND MORE REWARDING ABOUT HER RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY? EXPLORE CAREERS IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS.