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Spring 2012 Update

Spring 2012 Update

May 9, 2012

WWT Ambassadors have had a busy and productive spring! We demo'ed WWT at the USA Science and Engineering Festival and two local science festival events in Cambridge to engaged and enthusiastic crowds of close to 2000 people. The most common refrain we heard was, "Really? I can download this at home for free?" Ambassadors continue to be impressed by the astute questions and observations made by children who are given the opportunity to explore our universe for the first time. "Why is Pluto's orbit so out of whack from all the other planets'?" "Why does Jupiter have so many more moons than...

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WWT Ambasador Training

WWT Ambasador Training

April 9, 2012

Pat Udomprasert led two WWT Ambassador training sessions last month. Over two dozen CFA astronomers participated They learned to use WWT and to write tours. They also received tips on how to volunteer in classrooms and science fairs using WWT. The new WWT Ambassadors will help with the upcoming six-week astronomy unit at Clarke middle school in Lexington, the Cambridge Science Festival and other  WWTA activities.

WWT at the NSTA 2012 Indianapolis National Conference

WWT at the NSTA 2012 Indianapolis National Conference

March 23, 2012

Join your NASA Ambassador in exploring interdisciplinary space units that integrate STE(A)M (science, technology, engineering, arts/architecture, and math) concepts using NASA Heliophysics and Solar System resources and the Microsoft® WorldWide Telescope (WWT).

I will be presenting at the NSTA 2012 Indianapolis National Conference on Science Education this Friday, March 30th, at 12:30-1:30PM. I will be at Capitol III, Westin Plaza.

Please join me if you are attending this conference. You are welcome to share your own experience teaching and learning WWT...

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