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Deadline extended:

Sky Rangers Outdoor Astronomy Interpretation Workshop
Acadia National Park, Maine
September 25 - 29, 2011

This four-day workshop at beautiful Acadia National Park, scheduled in conjunction with the Maine Starlight Festival, will cover hands-on astronomy activities for outdoor settings, sky navigation, and telescope operation. Participants will receive ten hours of hands-on telescope experience (weather permitting), learn about the science behind the various astronomical objects viewed through the telescopes, hear from experienced rangers on how to organize astronomy events and interpret the sky for park visitors, and develop their own observing lists and constellation tours. 

The workshop is intended for beginners in astronomy, but will also appeal to those with more experience. Participants will receive a free toolkit of materials for outdoor astronomy activities, participate in short online follow-up sessions that cover seasonal skies, and become members of the Astronomy from the Ground Up online community of over 700 informal astronomy educators and interpreters around the U.S. 

There is no workshop or materials fee and airport shuttles, four days of meals, and five nights of lodging will be provided. Participants are responsible for transportation to the Bangor or Bar Harbor airport. 

Applications are due by July 19 (note extended deadline) and can be submitted online:

 <http://www.afguonline.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=1857>


Sky Rangers workshops and materials are developed and delivered by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP), in partnership with the National Park Service (NPS), the National Association for Interpretation (NAI), and the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC). This material is based upon work supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant/Contract/Agreement No. NNX09AD48G issued through the Science Mission Directorate.



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Anna Hurst Schmitt
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
390 Ashton Ave, SF, CA 94112
415-337-1100 ext. 108
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