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If you work at a museum or center with an outdoor focus, you may be  
interested in the following opportunity. Please also pass on the  
announcement to any colleagues who might be interested.


SKY RANGERS WORKSHOP for OUTDOOR ASTRONOMY EDUCATION
BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK
OCTOBER 13 - 16, 2009

Please share the following announcement with any colleagues or lists:

The ASP is now accepting applications for the Sky Rangers Workshop,  
October 13 - 16, 2009 at Bryce Canyon National Park. Sky Rangers  
workshops, which are part of the Astronomy from the Ground Up program  
(www.astrosociety.org/afgu), are designed for educators and  
interpreters from parks, nature centers, and other informal outdoor  
and environmental educational facilities.

The workshop at Bryce Canyon will cover hands-on astronomy activities  
for outdoor settings, sky navigation, and telescope operation. A  
stunning dark sky location, Bryce Canyon NP is a leader in astronomy  
in the parks. There is no workshop or materials fee. Participants who  
do not work for the NPS will be allotted a $500 stipend toward  
transportation, food, and lodging. NPS employees are also encouraged  
to apply.

The workshop is intended for beginners in astronomy, but will also  
appeal to those with more experience. Participants of all Sky Rangers  
workshops 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 over 450 informal astronomy  
educators around the U.S.

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), thanks to generous funding from NASA.

Eligibility:
To participate in a Sky Rangers workshop, an individual must work or  
volunteer for a U.S. informal education facility with an outdoor  
focus (e.g. park, nature center, visitor center, environmental  
education facility).

For more information and to apply, please visit www.astrosociety.org/ 
afgu/skyrangers

All materials must be submitted by August 30, 2009. After that date,  
late applications will be considered if space is still available, but  
space is limited, so apply now!

Questions? Contact us at [log in to unmask] or 415-337-1100 ext. 102.




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Anna Hurst
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
390 Ashton Ave., San Francisco, CA 94112
T: 415-337-1100 ext. 108
F: 415-337-5205
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