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Paper Plate Education
"Serving the Universe on a Paper
Plate"
Upcoming Events
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Use paper plates to "Cure Nature Deficit Disorder"
at the Teaching
with Nature conference for teachers on Monday, October 9, 2009, in
Three Rivers, MI.
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Paper Plate activities will be included at the Telescope
Renaissance on August 28, 2009, at Toscana Park in Mishawaka, IN.
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The Let There Be Night
program included paper plate activities to support the 2009 Globe at Night
campaign and other dark sky advocacy. Shown at left is the Turtle
Hatch activity. Through August 2009, the 3-D model (made out of 35,000
LEGO® blocks) that show the results
of the Let There Be Night experiment is on
display at Toscana Park in Mishawaka, IN.
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Paper Plate activities will be part of the Kids
Astro Camp from July 11-17, 2010 at YMCA Camp Eberhart
in Three Rivers, Michigan. The one-week astronomy camp for boys and girls
ages 10-12 acquaints young stargazers with the majesty of the night sky on
the shore of Lake Corey. |
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Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy in 2009,
with a world of events coordinated at www.astronomy2009.org.
In the US, see www.astronomy2009.us.
"The Universe--Yours to
Discover!" |
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Use paper plates (globe.htm) to aid
your stargazing during the Globe at Night program in March
2009. |
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Phew...the transit of Venus has come and gone, and it was a
spectacular site for many who saw it. Now it's time for a
break. The next transit will be June 5-6, 2012.
See www.transitofvenus.org/2012.htm
for maps and times. Meanwhile, you can check out images from the
2004 transit of Venus at www.transitofvenus.org/images.htm. |
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