Just as a reminder, I will be doing a star party in
Provo Canyon (South Fork) Friday night for a bunch of
local 6th-graders; anyone who wants to get out and
help would be very welcome (expecting about 60 kids).
If you can help out, directions can be found here:
http://www.uvaa.org/cgi-bin/conf.dll/topic?&tid=9D1FF733508F
I'm planning on setting up the 16-inch about 8:30. I
understand John and Lisa Zeigler will also be there
with their 12.5" f/8 dob.
Weather is supposed to cooperate last I checked.
TIA,
Rich
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--- Laura Danly <Laura.Danly(a)lacity.org> wrote:
> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:37:05 -0700
> From: "Laura Danly" <Laura.Danly(a)lacity.org>
> To: "Laura Danly" <Laura.Danly(a)lacity.org>
> Subject: Fwd: Surveying women amateur astronomers
>
>
>
> >>> Laura Danly 4/23/2007 4:59:51 PM >>>
> Dear Amateur Astronomer and/or Astronomy Educator:
>
> We are seeking to distribute the information below
> to a wide range of female amateur astronomers. Can
> you help us by forwarding this email to members of
> your amateur club, amateur club officers, or other
> amateur astronomy organizations or networks, so that
> they can invite the female amateur astronomers they
> know to complete this survey.
>
> Thank you!
> Judy Koke, Institute for Learning Innovation
> Laura Danly, Griffith Observatory
>
> ***** ********
> *******
>
>
> Dear Amateur Astronomer:
>
> We are actively seeking your input! As part of a
> research project in public astronomy education, two
> of your colleagues would like to gather data on the
> interests, attitudes, and experiences of female
> amateur astronomers. Judy Koke and Laura Danly have
> devised an on-line survey and invite women amateur
> astronomers to participate. The survey takes no
> longer than 10 minutes to complete. The survey can
> be found at:
>
> http://websurveyor.net/wsb.dll/29886/waa.htm
>
> The results will be published in an upcoming volume
> from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific on
> amateur astronomers and astronomy education entitled
> "Science Educators in Our Midst: Amateur Astronomers
> Engaged in Education and Public Outreach" (working
> title) due out in September, 2007.
>
> We expect to finish collecting data by the middle of
> May. We would be most appreciative if you can visit
> our survey web site before that time. The more
> responses we gather, the better we can understand
> the landscape for women in amateur astronomy clubs.
> We hope our results might help illuminate how AA
> clubs can better recruit and serve women generally,
> and thus grow club membership.
>
> If you have any questions or concerns about this
> survey, please feel free to contact either of the
> researchers.
>
> Thanks so much for your time and your thoughts,
> Judy and Laura.
>
>
> Judy Koke
> Dr. Laura Danly
> Senior Research Associate
> Curator
> Institute for Learning Innovation
> Griffith Observatory
>
> 166 West Street
> 2800 E. Observatory Dr.
> Annapolis, MD 21401
> Los Angeles, CA 90027
> koke(a)ilinet.org
> laura.danly(a)lacity.org
>
>
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How many of you would be interested in helping me out
with this star party on Friday the 18th? Please let
me know ASAP...
Thanks,
Rich
--- Amy Packer <APacker(a)reaganacademy.org> wrote:
> Subject: RE: Star Party
> Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 10:27:14 -0600
> From: "Amy Packer" <APacker(a)reaganacademy.org>
> To: "Richard Tenney" <retenney(a)yahoo.com>
>
> Rich,
>
> 1. We have 75 students in the 6th grade (3
> classes). There are 3
> teachers, and I would imagine we'd have 20-25
> parents. It's hard to
> tell. I know not all the students would come, and
> we could do a head
> count when we have a date set to get a better idea.
> So, we could
> potentially have 100 people, but I would guess only
> 55-60 kids would
> come, which would bring us down to about 80 people.
> If we split the
> people into 3 groups they could all spend about 20
> minutes at a station
> (see number 3 below), and each station would be
> dealing with only 20-30
> people at a time.
>
> 2. An hour would be fine, and if we do it on a
> Friday night the
> students won't have school the next day. I plan on
> having the students
> meet at the school to carpool up to our location, we
> could arrive at
> 9:00.
>
> 3. We have supportive parents, I think they'd be
> willing to carpool up
> to South Fork. I'd like it dark, I was thinking of
> putting the kids in
> 2-3 groups. One group could be at the telescopes,
> one group looking at
> constellations (I know enough that I could be in
> charge of that group),
> and maybe(?) have a hot chocolate station for the
> third group provided
> by the school. I don't know how that would work
> with the telescopes
> though, or how much time we should plan for the
> telescope station. Your
> suggestions would be valuable.
>
> 4. The 18th would work well for us, it's a Friday
> night so the students
> don't have to be up early for school the next day.
>
> 5. We are a charter school, which means we are
> public, we are simply a
> one school district. I can certainly ask parents to
> donate, but our
> grade level fund is limited at this time.
>
> I hope I have answered all your questions, please
> ask if there is
> anything else you need to know. I appreciate you
> taking this time to
> help us out.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Amy Packer
>
> 6th Grade Teacher
> Reagan Academy
> Springville, UT 84663
> (801)489-7828
> apacker(a)reaganacademy.org
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Tenney [mailto:retenney@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 5:54 PM
> To: Amy Packer
> Subject: Re: Star Party
>
> Amy,
>
> I would be willing to help, but I need to know the
> following:
>
> 1. How many students (and parents /teachers
> /helpers/
> siblings) do you anticipate coming? I'd need to see
> how many folks with scopes would be willing to help
> out. It could be a very long line at one or two
> scopes!
>
> 2. You realize that it doesn't get dark until fairly
> late (between 9 and 10pm). Are the kids /parents
> willing to stay up late? I'm thinking about an hour
> does it for most folks, after that the interest
> level
> drops pretty rapidly for most.
>
> 3. How dark do you want the sky? It's pretty washed
> out anywhere in the city; closest reasonably dark
> site
> is up South Fork Canyon in Provo canyon, approx. 20
> minute drive from Provo/Orem. However, if you want
> to
> just look at the moon and the planet Saturn, we
> could
> do that from the school. From a darker site we
> could
> look at a number of deep-sky objects (galaxies, star
> clusters, nebula, etc.).
>
> 4. Possible dates:
> Dark sky (no moon) - May 10-18
> Cresent Moon - May 21 - 23
>
> 5. Is this a public or private school? If private,
> a
> modest donation to the Utah Valley Astronomy Assn.
> would be appreciated (~$100)
>
> Let me know what you have in mind and I'll see what
> I
> can come up with.
>
> Regards,
> Rich
>
> --- Amy Packer <APacker(a)reaganacademy.org> wrote:
>
> > I am a 6th grade teacher in Springville, and we're
> > just finishing up an
> > astronomy unit. I'd like to have a star party for
> > my students but don't
> > know how to go about doing one. Would your
> > association be interested in
> > helping out in this area? (I don't know a good
> > location, and I only
> > have access to one telescope.)
> >
> >
> >
> > We've studied moon phases as well as
> constellations
> > and planets, so even
> > if there is a moon I think it would be beneficial
> to
> > the students.
> >
> >
> >
> > Any suggestions or guidance you can give would be
> > helpful.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> >
> >
> > Amy Packer
> >
> >
> >
> > 6th Grade Teacher
> >
> > Reagan Academy
> >
> > Springville, UT 84663
> >
> > (801)489-7828
> >
> >
>
>
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