TNSF Volunteer Call Reach for the Stars with Us in March The Texas Night Sky Festival® is back! Mark your calendars now to attend. Sign up early and often to volunteer. Friday, March 29: Setup from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday, March 30: Main Festival Noon to 11:00 p.m. (Volunteer slots from 7:00…
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Join humans all over the planet this month and measure the brightness of your night sky! This is a fun activity to do with your family and friends. You learn constellations at the same time. Visit Globe at Night: https://www.globeatnight.org/5-steps.php, go outside and join other citizen scientists in collecting much needed data to help support scientists…
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Last week I had the opportunity to speak to the 5th grade at Spicewood Elementary in Round Rock ISD as part of their “Action Speaks” series as well as the kindergarten as part of their curriculum about Earth and space. Spicewood is a project based learning school and also a pre-IB school, and…
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What a trip. This is one of the most beautiful places in Texas and also one of my favorite’s for obvious reasons. We camped at Davis Mountains State Park, which I highly recommend, a hop skip and a jump away from the Prude Ranch, home of the Texas Star Party. The last time…
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A super big thank you to Dawn Davies (A.K.A. Earthbound Astronomer) from the Austin Astronomical Society who nominated me for the Million Women Mentors- Texas “Stand Up for STEM” Award. We attended the Texas Women and Girls in STEM Summit put on by the Texas Girls Collaborative Project this past December together and…
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Come out this Saturday night from 6:30-8:30 to the City of Austin Wildlands Conservation Division Star Party. I’ll be there with two telescopes for viewing, give a laser pointer guided constellation tour, tell star stories, and show you how to use a star chart to find constellations. To register go here and look under “Meeting…
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I can’t begin to explain the feeling of seeing my mother’s artwork as she begins to bring the next story to life! It is overwhelming. I am so proud of her. She is so talented! Enjoy her newest drawings. I can’t wait for this book to come out! It is about, you guessed it… a…
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-infographic and article by Susan Baxter, editor at Telescopic Watch As soon as the news of the Super Blue Blood Moon came out this year, everyone was excited to witness an unusual lunar occurrence, which last happened over 150 years ago. It was dubbed as such because it was a total lunar eclipse, a…
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Go out and grab your copy of Astronomy Magazine’s April Issue before it’s gone! Associate editor Alison Kleisman who came to Chile with the Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassador Program did a wonderful job covering the many experiences we had during our trip. It is an article worth reading!
I will be traveling with Girls Scouts and leaders from the Lone Star Council to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in June as part of the NASA “Girl Scouts Reaching for the Stars” program. One very special part of this grant is the chance to go to the Goddard Space Flight Center for a weeklong…
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