Captain Planet!
The Captain Planet Foundation asked us to show the night sky to a group of educators participating in one of their many workshops. The goal: educate the educators so they can take their new-found knowledge back to the classroom.
On the theme “Just a little goes a long way …”
We hosted an outreach session for 15 teachers who were attending a Captain Planet Foundation workshop at CE. The skies were not very good — Polaris never showed up, and as the evening moved on it clouded over totally. But our intrepid CE volunteers managed to show our guests the Moon, Mars, Saturn, M13, the Ring, several double stars, a few other celestial objects. For seasoned observers, not a very good night. But I got this message from Karan, the Captain Planet coordinator:
What a fantastic evening! Everyone raved about getting to see so many planets, stars and nebulae. Please let your members know how much we appreciated their willingness to share their time and expertise with us. Thank you for an evening that will likely prove to be the the highlight of our workshop.
Take care,
Karan
Just a glance at the skies is impressive! Thanks to CEA members Van Macatee, Frank Garner, Kyle Cavin, David Whalen, Jim Lancaster, Dominic Giacobbe, Robert Giacobbe for their service!
