Lucia Brimer and I joined forces and taught a session all about the solar eclipse to teachers in Austin ISD today. Lucia, friend and astronomy educator for the Texas Museum of Science and Technology, planned a wonderful presentation on how eclipses work, what activities they can do with their kids on the first day of…
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This was another great day! The Buda Public Library hosts summer science classes for kids and I had the opportunity to teach one. I read “Cassandra and the Night Sky”, showed everyone what constellations we can see during the summer time, we made constellation viewers of one of the main characters from the book…
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This was a great day! The Round Rock Public Library put on a wonderful day to prepare their community for the upcoming eclipse. I had the opportunity to read “Cassandra and the Night Sky”, show everyone what constellations we can see during the summer time and make constellation viewers of one of the main characters…
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The Great American Total Solar Eclipse is coming up! August 21st, the moon will block the sun for a little while and we will see a total eclipse from Oregon to South Carolina. If you live here in Austin you will see the moon take a substantial ‘bite’ out of the sun. Check out this…
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What a fun time at Wimberley Public Library yesterday! We learned about the upcoming total solar eclipse, what we can see from our area and made pinhole projectors to indirectly view the sun. Kids got to hear “Cassandra and the Night Sky” and see what constellations are up at night during the summer with Stellarium.…
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Another wonderful time reading “Cassandra and the Night Sky” at the Sunset Valley Barnes and Noble. We learned about the upcoming solar eclipse and what constellations we can see in the summer sky. My favorite part was that one girls was wearing a princess dress. Little did she know that the main character of the…
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I had the chance to speak at the Austin Astronomical Society Meeting in June at St. Stephen’s Episcopal. It was great to share the lessons and activities we do here at Starry Sky Austin with them. I asked everyone, “What inspired you to love space and astronomy?” What a great experience to hear everyone’s responses.…
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I spoke to the Hill Country Astronomers last night to share the work I have been doing with Starry Sky Austin and about the book. It was so nice meeting them. They do a lot of outreach in the Fredericksburg area, have helped Llano State Park with their Dark Sky certification as well as Enchanted…
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I will be traveling to Chile with the Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program in June! Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and National Radio Astronomy Observatory, a group of educators are chosen to travel to Chile, visit several major research observatories, learn about what they do and bring back what they learned to…
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Come this Sunday to the Book People and hear what inspired Cassandra and the Night Sky and how you can learn more about astronomy around Austin! http://www.bookpeople.com/event/amy-jackson-cassandra-and-night-sky