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Dirty Snowballs… In April

Posted in astronomy, comet, dsbk, outreach on April 1, 2010 | 3 Comments »

In preparation for tomorrow’s meeting of Dark Skies, Bright Kids, we decided to test our comet making skills before we unleashed 17 elementary school kids upon our activity. We’re making a physical analog of a comet, with dirt, water, sand, syrup (for the organic molecules), and a little bit of ammonia (a spritz of glass [...]

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What’s the message?

Posted in education, museum, outreach, science on March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

This past weekend, I batted my eyelashes at Tim to go to the Hayden Planetarium with me once I discovered it was a few blocks away from a wedding we were attending. We took all of Saturday afternoon to catch the latest planetarium show and browse the rest of the American Museum of Natural History. [...]

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Astronomical Tales to be Told!

Posted in astronomy, history, media, nrao, outreach, telescope on March 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »

So, I just finished watching, and being very entertained by, “The Pluto Files,” a NOVA special by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Go watch it. Seriously! I’ll wait… There was a part where Clyde Tombaugh’s son was showing off some of his father’s homemade telescopes, including one that had an axle of a Buick. And I thought, [...]

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A silly little video I made…

Posted in education, ksc, moon, nasa, outreach, space, technology, videos on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

… with a not-so-little Saturn V. Starring Pluto Little Dippy, last semester’s mascot for Dark Skies, Bright Kids. We’re doing a kickoff party today for a new school, yay! If you don’t hear from me in a few days, it’s probably because I’ve been trampled by 80 over-enthusiastic kidlets. Wheeeee!

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Dark Skies, Bright Kids – The book!

Posted in astronomy, education, outreach on January 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Forgive me, I’m sleep deprived, and it’s just the first night of the American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington, DC. (Check out #aas and #aas215 on Twitter. If you really want to sink your teeth into the event, Astrosphere will be live-streaming a bunch of talks and press conferences!) But I will press on sleepily [...]

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Astronomy Songs – Part I

Posted in astronomy, education, fun, music, outreach, science, space on November 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »

For those of you that follow along on twitter, a little while ago I asked for some help finding space and astronomy songs for our Dark Skies, Bright Kids end of semester party. And did I mention that my twitter friends are freaking awesome! I got TONS of lists and suggestions and promised to compile [...]

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Unicorns and Starry Nights

Posted in Charlottesville, astronomy, outreach on November 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This semester, a number of astronomers at UVa are participating in a project called Dark Skies, Bright Kids.  Each week, a group head out to a local elementary school and do astronomy-related project with the third, fourth, and fifth graders who have joined the astronomy club.  Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to join the Friday [...]

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Skepticism 102

Posted in Dragon*Con, critical thinking, definitions, labels, outreach, skeptic on November 3, 2009 | 6 Comments »

I had long ago promised to write about what came out of Skeptrack at Dragon*Con. It’s taken some time to process, and there have been many other distractions (life, work, etc) but here I finally begin… I’ve written previously about what it means for me to be a “skeptic” so I guess you could call [...]

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Dragon*Con Post-Op

Posted in Dragon*Con, Galileo, astronomy, bsg, cool, critical thinking, culture, events, fun, fundraising, iya2009, outreach, personal, picture, podcasts, science, skepchicks, skeptic, telescope, travel, twitter, ufo on September 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Holy. Frakkin. Wow. So, I attended, no, experienced my very first Dragon*Con. It was on a scale of something that I have never seen before. Tens of thousands of freaks and geeks, many in costume, descended upon downtown Atlanta to laugh, squee, drink, and just be themselves (or whoever they want to be) for a [...]

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Dr. SETI and “Cosmic Carl”

Posted in SETI, Sagan, astronomy, cool, critical thinking, movies, music, outreach, personal, picture, science, skeptic, vla on June 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Fans of Skepticality (and let’s face it, who doesn’t love Derek and Swoopy?) know that the latest podcast includes an interview with Daniel Loxton, editor of Junior Skeptic and the man behind “Where Do We Go From Here?” and “What Do I Do Next?“  He unveils his latest project, Skeptics Mix Tape, which is a [...]

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