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Joint Astronomy Centre Outreach - School Visits
School Visits on the Big Island of Hawai`i
Joint Astronomy Centre staff is actively engaged in visiting schools and
class rooms throughout the Big Island of Hawai`i. We also conduct teacher
training upon request. If you would like to have an astronomer visit your class
room (pre-school, K-12, college) please contact us at:
Inge Heyer
Science Outreach Specialist
Joint Astronomy Centre
660 N. A`ohoku Place
Hilo, HI 96720 USA
Tel: 808-969-6524
Email: outreach@jach.hawaii.edu
Below are some photos of JAC staff visiting class rooms on the Big Island of Hawai`i (and one in the UK).
Visiting Waiakea Elementary School's 3rd grade during Journey Week: learning to orbit (9 February 2009).
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Visiting Waiakea Elementary School's 2nd grade during Journey Week: happy planets (9 February 2009).
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Visiting Waiakea Elementary School's 5th grade during Journey Week: designing extrasolar worlds (9 February 2009).
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Visiting Waiakea Elementary School's 4th grade during Journey Week: making comets (9 February 2009).
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Visiting Kapiolani Elementary School's 1st grade during Journey Week: planets standing in line to orbit the Sun (10 February 2009).
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Visiting Kapiolani Elementary School's 5th grade during Journey Week: designing solar systems (10 February 2009).
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Visiting Kaumana Elementary School's 5th grade during Journey Week: designing solar systems (12 February 2009).
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Visiting Kaumana Elementary School's 1st grade during Journey Week: planets, moons and comets are having a good time (12 February 2009).
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Visiting Laupahoehoe Elementary School's K-3 grades during Journey Week: everyone wants to be a planet (12 February 2009).
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Visiting Keaukaha Elementary School's Headstart Program: travelling to the planets of our Solar System (17 March 2009).
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Visiting St. Mary Magdalene C of E Primary School in Peckham/London, UK. The 5th grade explores our Solar System (28 April 2009).
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Visiting Waiakeawaena Elementary School. The 5th grades design their own extrasolar systems (20 October 2009).
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Other Schools visited during 2009 (sorry, no photos):
- Kamehameha Schools Kea`au Campus Career Day (22 Oct 2009)
Below are some photos of JAC staff visiting class rooms on the Big Island of Hawai`i (and one on Oahu).
Visiting Connections High School as part of Journey Week (5 Feb 2008).
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Visiting Hilo High School as part of Journey Week (5 Feb 2008).
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Visiting Ka`umeke Ka`eo Elementary School as part of Journey Week (6 Feb 2008).
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Visiting Keaukaha Elementary School as part of Journey Week (6 Feb 2008).
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Visiting Kapiolani Elementary School as part of Journey Week (7 Feb 2008).
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Visiting Laupahoehoe Elementary School as part of Journey Week (7 Feb 2008).
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Visiting Hilo Union Elementary School as part of Journey Week (8 Feb 2008).
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Visiting Laupahoehoe Elementary School (24 Jan 2008).
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Participating in the Kea`au-Ka`u-Pahoa School Complex Teacher Training Day (30 Jan 2008).
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Visiting Mauna Loa School during their Science Fair (28 Feb 2008).
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Visiting Na`alehu Elementary and Middle School for Math and Science Night (8 May 2008).
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Visiting Ka`u High School during their Career Fair (23 May 2008).
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Astronomers visiting Kamehameha Schools Kea`au Campus for the summer career fair (3 July 2008).
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JAC staff explains the motions of the Earth-Moon-Sun system during the Kamehameha Schools Kea`au Campus summer career fair (3 July 2008).
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Visiting the Volcano School of Arts and Sciences for a special astronomy class (22 August 2008).
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Visiting the West Hawaii Explorations Academy's 8th grade (9 September 2008).
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Learning about eclipses at the Hilo High School Lanakila Learning Center (20 October 2008).
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Determining the scale of the Solar System at the Hilo High School Lanakila Learning Center (20 October 2008).
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Moons orbit planets while planets orbit the sun during a visit to the Volcano School of Arts and Sciences (2nd grade, 30 October 2008).
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Visiting the Volcano School of Arts and Sciences for a special astronomy class (1st grade, 30 October 2008).
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Visualizing eclipses at the West Hawaii Explorations Academy (6th grade, 10 November 2008).
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A whole lotta orbiting going on at the Hawaiian Acres home schooling group (21 November 2008).
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Presenting IYA, JTTU, and other MKOOC outreach activities at the Hilo-Waiakea-Laupahoehoe School District Principals Meeting (21 November 2008).
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 JAC staff talks to the Junior Achievement Team at Waiakea High School (2 December 2008).
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 JAC staff does a mini-workshop for teachers at the Kamaile Academy Charter School in Waianae (22 December 2008).
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Other Schools visited during 2008 (sorry, no photos):
- Kea`au-Pahoa-Ka`u Complex Principals Conference (15 Jan 2008)
- Hawai`i Academy of Arts and Science PCS in Pahoa (16 Apr 2008)
Below are some photos of JAC staff visiting class rooms on the Big Island of Hawai'i.
Visiting Waiakeawaena Elementary School as part of Journey Week (23 Jan 2007).
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Visiting Hilo Intermediate School as part of Journey Week (23 Jan 2007).
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Visiting EB DeSilva Elementary School as part of Journey Week (26 Jan 2007).
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Visiting Hawai'i Preparatory Academy (1 Feb 2007).
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Visiting St. Joseph High School (25 Jan 2007).
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Visiting Kea'au High School (14-15 May 2007).
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Visiting Kaumana Elementary School for the Galaxy Reading Challenge (13 Aug 2007).
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Visiting Kaumana Elementary School (23 Oct 2007).
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Visiting Kealakehe Elementary School (19 Nov 2007).
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Visiting West Hawai`i Explorations Academy (20 Nov 2007).
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Visiting the Civil Air Patrol in Hilo (5 Dec 2007).
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Presenting JTTU, AstroFest and other MKOOC outreach activities at the Hilo-Waiakea-Laupahoehoe School District Principals Meeting (14 Dec 2007).
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Presenting JTTU, AstroFest and other MKOOC outreach activities at the North-West School District Principals Meeting (18 Dec 2007).
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Other Schools visited during 2007 (sorry, no photos):
- Pahoa High and Middle Schools (27 Feb 2007)
- Kea'au Elementary School (13 Mar 2007)
- Mountain View Elementary School Head Start Program (7 Jun 2007)
- Kealakehe High School (20 Nov 2007)
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