Hawai‘i Teachers Dissect Light

The first of several Journey through the Universe teacher workshops in 2015 attracted enthusiastic local teachers yesterday at the ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo. Gemini’s Peter Michaud led the group on an exploration of light in “The Magic of Rainbows” which celebrates The International Year of Light. Here, teachers use spectroscopes (which they designed and constructed) to study light and understand how astronomers dissect light to explore the universe.