Category: Outreach

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 […]

Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program (ACEAP)

The Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program (ACEAP) is a collaboration between AUI, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, and Gemini Observatory, and is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF 1439408). The program brings amateur astronomers, planetarium personnel, and K-16 (formal and informal) astronomy educators to US astronomy facilities in Chile. […]

Live from Gemini @Mocksville, NC

Gemini science staff members Andreea Petric and Adam Smith join host Peter Michaud (facing away) in a video connection with 6th graders from the South Davie Middle School in Mocksville North Carolina. The program, called Live from Gemini, is a video field trip where students experience Gemini’s latest science and discover the excitement of scientific […]

Gemini Observatory, a New Blog

Welcome to the Access Gemini Blog. This public blog is your one-stop, central location for public news and information on Gemini Observatory, its staff, research, and other tidbits we think you’ll find useful and, we hope, interesting. Join us as we grow, and get our blogging groove on! Joy Pollard Gemini Outreach and Information

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