High School Astronomy
Programs
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Hands On Universe http://www.handsonuniverse.org/
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. See HOU website - http://www.handsonuniverse.org/
Deer Valley High School ESPACE
Academy (Antioch, California)
The ESPACE Academy in Antioch, California is a local and regional
center for standards-based astronomy education at all grade levels.
The
Academy provides students with a motivational venue for learning
about
science through research-based, project oriented instruction
in earth science, astronomy and space science. The Academy will
begin operating a planetarium open to the public in Fall 2004.
Lake County's Taylor Observatory and Planetarium (Kelseyville,
California)
http://www.taylorobservatory.org/
Lake County Schools and the local astronomical society operate
a planetarium and observatory in Lake County, California.
Independence
High School Planetarium (San
Jose, California)
http://planet.esuhsd.org/
The Independence Planetarium was constructed as a joint
project by the East Side and San Jose Community College District,
and opened in the Fall of 1977. Today the Planetarium provides
a variety of educational programs for high school, intermediate
school and elementary school students. Programs are presented
by the Planetarium director and Independence High School students.
San Luis Obispo High School Planetarium (San Luis Obispo,
California)
(805)
544-5770; 1350 San Luis Dr., SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93401
Please contact us if you have a web page and we'll add a description
and a link.
Riverview Planetarium (Sarasota, Florida)
http://www.sarasota.k12.fl.us/rhs/planetarium/planethome.htm
The Riverview Planetarium offers educational programming for the
whole family. With a 56 seat theater and computerized Spitz A-4
projection system, Riverview can provide a wide variety of show
formats. Shows are provided for school children of Sarasota County
throughout the school year. Private shows are given to civic groups
by appointment. The Riverview Planetarium is a window on the Universe
which is made available to the citizens of our community.
Harry A. Burke Planetarium (Omaha, Nebraska)
http://www.ops.org/burke/11planet/default11.htm
The Thomas P. Gehringer Planetarium is a unique feature of Omaha's
Burke High School. We are one of the few fortunate high schools
in the nation to have such a facility.
The planetarium is used as a teaching tool in our astronomy classes,
for providing special programs for other science classes and enrichment
opportunities for many non-science classes.
Show titles include: More Than Meets the Eye, Cosmic Chemistry, Bear Tales and
Other Grizzly Stories, Tales of the Zodiac, Endless Horizons, and Cosmic Catastrophes
and others.
