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Student Outreach
Are you fascinated by the stars? Would you like to know more about astronomy and NASA projects that are exploring our night skies and beyond? Here you will find links to NASA websites, local Amateur Astronomy Groups, and much more!
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The Young Ambassadors to the Stars Program is open to students ages 11+. This program provides opportunities for students that are interested in learning more about astronomy to become involved in a program centered on a portable planetarium called StarLab.
Young Ambassadors to the Stars
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Pomona Valley Amateur Astronomers website www.pvaa.us. This is a group of approximately 100 amateur astronomers who enjoy the mystery and beauty of the night sky and wish to share it with schools and the community.
PO Box 162
Upland, CA 91785
recorded message: 909-596-7274
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This site is for NASA and the NASA Kids webpages. These sites will help those young and old to experience the many different aspects of space travel and exploration.
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This is an article written by Keith C. Heidorn, PhD talking about the joys of star gazing.
http://www.islandnet.com/~see/living/articles/stars.htm
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Sky Watcher combines fact and mythology with a fresh, fun perspective. In the tours, which range in length from one to six hours, guides use high-powered computerized telescopes, computer kiosks and sky binoculars to crystallize and lend meaning to these wonderful night-time images above us.
http://www.sky-watcher.com
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Hands-On Universe ® (HOU) is an educational program that enables students to investigate the Universe while applying tools and concepts from science, math, and technology. Using the Internet, HOU participants around the world request observations from an automated telescope, download images from a large image archive, and analyze them with the aid of user-friendly image processing software. The Lawrence Hall of Science at University of California, Berkeley, is the educational center for the HOU project.
http://www.handsonuniverse.org/
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The Griffith Observatory reopened to the public, after a three-year renovation, in November, 2006. This web site describes the Observatory's facility and activities.
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