Proceedings from the MAPS Conference 2022 Presenter: Steve Fentress Presenter: Cara Musico Presenter: Susan Reynolds Button Presenter: Caity Sullivan Presenter: Amie Gallagher Presenter: Noreen Grice Presenter: Frank Summers
A survey by Derrick Pitt, Imiloa Astronomy Center We would like to invite you to help inform how a group of storytelling and planetarium specialists develop cultural astronomy shorts that share stories from Canada, China, India, Japan, and the U.S. With the end in mind (shorts you will want to have for your planetarium!), we [...]
A Week in Italy for an American Planetarium Operator (click for IPS details) Each year, in the spring, the Serafino Zani Astronomical Observatory (Lumezzane/Brescia) hosts an American planetarium operator, whose native tongue is English, to work with high school students of English. Applications are requested from educators or astronomers who work with any of the various models of planetariums. [...]
This Year in Planets by Robert Victor Following on his poster and talk at MAPS 2016, Bob Victor has compiled this planet almanac to benefit of planetarians in planning their sky observations and interpretations in the coming year. His work here covers the dates September 1, 2016, to October 31, 2017, and includes monthly evening [...]
Bob Victor shared many sky events with us during both his presentation and his poster at the conference. Alan Davenport has compiled a document that highlights all of the celestial events we can share with our audiences this month. Thank you, Bob and Alan!!! PDF - Celestial Highlights, August 8-September 2, 2016
Under Roof, Dome and Sky is the product of a 5-year project undertaken in 1968 by MAPS planetarium directors. The 45 activities designed to be student-directed were designed and tested as supplemental to the classroom science education of the time in cooperation and with the input of teachers. Topics are covered with both elementary and [...]
April Whitt was gracious enough to share her expertise during a workshop on the seasons at our Baltimore Conference in 2014. John Meader provided the photographs, April provided the captions, Tim Collins and the Website Committee did the technical work on preparing the the presentation for the website, and Tim also provided the musical accompaniment [...]
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