This page contains a list of outreach events for which I've volunteered since I started graduate school at the University of Minnesota. Since the start of 2009, I've been a post-doc at the Space Telescope Science Institute. Sadly, I haven't had much chance to do outreach since graduating, but I have become involved with Project Astro.
2009/2010
- Baltimore Project Astro
- Baltimore Community High School
- Project Astro teams an astronomer up with a teacher for one year. I have visted my class once so far (we made comets out of dry ice and dirt), and I plan to visit at least two more times.
2008
- UitP
- Afton State Park
- History of Matter
- UitP
- Nerstrand Big Woods State Park
- NASA Space Missions
- Astronomy Department at the MN State Fair
- University of Minnesota Building
- Astronomy Booth
- 6th - 8th Grade
- Forest Lake Elementary
- The Spitzer Space Telescope
- UitP
- Eastman Nature Center
- History of Matter
- Society of Women Engineers
- University of Minnesota
- The Spitzer Space Telescope
- Young Scientist Roundtable
- Jackson Middle School
- The Spitzer Space Telescope
- 3rd Grade
- Cherry View Elementary
- The Solar System
- Kindergardeners
- Calvin Christian Elementary
- The Solar System
- Girl Scouts
- The Bell Museum
- Solar System & Telescopes
- General Public
- The Roof of the Physics Building
- Lunar Eclipse Viewing
2007
- 2nd graders
- Calvin Christian Elementary
- The Sun & Stars
- UitP
- William O'Brien State Park
- History of Matter
- Astronomy Department at the MN State Fair
- University of Minnesota Building
- Astronomy Booth
- UitP
- Tamarak Nature Center
- Solar System & Space Missions
- UitP
- Eastman Nature Center
- History of Matter
- UitP
- Lake Maria State Park
- History of Minnesota
- Elementary/Middle School Students
- UofM YMCA Day Camp
- Telescopes
- Girl Scouts
- Hanover, MN
- Earning Astronomy Badge
- Elementary/Middle School Students
- UofM YMCA Day Camp
- Space Missions
- Elementary School Students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary
- Solar system
- Elementary School 3rd Graders
- Normandal Hills Elementary
- Solar system
2006
- Boyscouts
- Burnsville, MN
- Solar system & telescope viewing
- Elementary School 3rd Graders
- Poplar Bridge Elementary
- Solar system & space missions presentation
- Elementary School 3rd Graders
- Cherry View Elementary
- Two solar system presentations
- UitP
- William O'Brien Park
- NASA space missions & telescope viewing
- UitP
- Lake Maria
- History of matter & telescope viewing
- Richfield Gifted & talented 3rd & 4th graders
- Richfield Elementary School
- Solar system presentation & demo
- UitP
- Father Hennepin
- History of matter & telescope viewing
- Hopkins Gifted & talented 2nd & 3rd graders
- Hopkins Elementary School
- Solar system presentation & demo
- Hopkins Gifted & talented 4nd & 5rd graders
- Hopkins Elementary School
- Solar system presentation amp& demo
- Elementary School 3rd Graders
- Hillcrest Elementary
- Solar system presentation
- Girl Scouts Career Fair
- Bell Museum
- Introduction to astronomy booth
2005
- UitP
- William O'Brien Park
- The solar system & telescope viewing
- UitP
- Father Hennepin
- Space missions & telescope viewing
- UitP
- William O'Brien Park
- Space missions & telescope viewing