Date: April 27, 2011
Title: The Yuma Star Party
Podcaster: Rob Sparks
Organizations: NOAO – http://www.noao.edu; http://twitter.com/#!/NOAONorth
Science Foundation Arizona: http://www.sfaz.org/
Description: Star parties are a common form of astronomy outreach. One of our goals as educators is to have a long term impact on student learning. In this podcast, we look at the Yuma Star Party, a recent collaboration between the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Science Foundation Arizona, and the Yuma School District. This star party included and extensive professional development component for teachers and classroom visits by NOAO astronomers prior to the star party.
Bio: Rob Sparks is a science education specialist in the EPO group at NOAO and works on the Galileoscope project (www.galileoscope.org), providing design, dissemination and professional development. He also blogs at halfastro.wordpress.com.
Sponsor: This episode of the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast is sponsored by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory. NOAO is a US national research and development center for ground-based nighttime astronomy. We provide astronomers access to world-class observing facilities on a peer-reviewed basis. Our mission is to engage in programs to develop the next generation of telescopes, instruments, and software tools necessary to enable exploration and investigation through the observable Universe. For information on observing proposals or our public programs, please visit www.noao.edu for more information.
Transcript:
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