[LVAS] Elementary School Astronomy Presentation

[Shawn Mann]

Nice work! That's where I went to elementary school!



On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 4:18 PM, roger ivester <drivester at hotmail.com>wrote:

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> I will be leaving in the morning at 8:00...just wish that I could have
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> Maybe we can plan better upon my return.
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> I am hopeful that several parents will purchase a telescope from Scope City
> and that a seed might have been this afternoon at the elementary school.
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> From: scopegeek at gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:13:24 -0800
> To: lvas at lvlug.org
> Subject: Re: [LVAS] Elementary School Astronomy Presentation
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> Roger,
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> When are you headed back to North Carolina?  Is there a chance we might get
> together for lunch before you go?
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> On Jan 19, 2010, at 4:06 PM, roger ivester wrote:
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> All,
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> I did an astronomy presentation to the 4th grade class this afternoon at
> Nate Mack Elementary School just off Warm Springs Road. I was surprised with
> the overall knowledge of astronomy within this class....for sure an advanced
> forth grade class.
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> The majority had observed through a telescope before and there were several
> that had previously attended a LVAS public night observing session.
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> The title "The Solar System and Beyond". One student was very close to the
> length of LY's of the Milky Way galaxy.
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> Several students wanted to know where their parents to take them to look at
> quality telescopes. I wrote Scope City on the board with the physical
> address. Hopeful this will remain on the board for an indefinite period, as
> well aswww.lvastronomy.com
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> The class also looked at the LVAS website during the session. They are
> going to attempt to keep up with the "observer's challenge" on a monthly
> basis....also public nights and other items of astronomy interest.
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> My granddaughter sure enjoyed helping me by giving out the practice test
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> My opinion and that of the teacher was that it was a total success and a
> good time was had by all.
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