GLOBE AT NIGHT PROGRAM

How many stars can you count in Orion from where you live? Help shed light on light pollution! Take a few minutes to monitor your local night sky brightness and submit your measurement online. With half the world’s population now living in cities, light pollution is a huge problem; yet you can easily be part of a local solution. The "GLOBE at Night" campaign runs from March 3 to March 16, 2010.

http://www.globeatnight.org/

This great little website has family and teacher activity packets available for download related to this event, as well as podcasts, posters, postcards and all kinds of graphs charts and maps dealing with light pollution.

Count the stars of Orion tonight and register your star count with this program....FUN

SkyWatch Friday: Moon caught in a tree

See more intriguing sky sights at:
http://skyley.blogspot.com/


Lucky me.. again I saw the moon "caught" in a tree!!

It can't get out without a doubt.

But it's okay for a post today....
a special picture for (SW) Friday!!


Cheers! & Happy SWFriday!!!

SkyWatch Friday: Tree that held up the Moon

To see other groovey sky views:
http://skyley.blogspot.com/


This not a real great photo, but I saw this big full, orange morning moon, and ran to get my camera.

I took several photos and this one was the 'best".
I was looking so much at the moon that I didn't realize how much of the tree was in the way....its funny the tree looks like its "holding" the moon up in its branches--a lunar ornament of sorts.

Cheers!!!

EARTH HOUR 2010

TURN OUT YOUR LIGHTS FOR EARTH HOUR 2010: 8:30 PM

NASA - Google Earth Application Maps Carbon's Course

Check out this new Google Earth application layer from NASA...INCREDIBLE!!


NASA - Google Earth Application Maps Carbon's Course: "Google Earth Application Maps Carbon's Course"

National Clearinghouse for United States-Japan Studies

Need educational materials about Japan? See the SPICE program link to National Clearinghouse for U.S. - Japan Studies
http://spice.stanford.edu/docs/clearinghouse/

INTERNET TEACHER GUIDES:
http://spice.stanford.edu/docs/147

How the Chiliean Earthquake Moved the Earth

A podcast from NPR radio, Morning Edition, 3/3/10
with more details about how the earth changed from the gigantic Chiliean earthquake:

Chili Quake effected the whole earth

(turn down sound or pause music widget in dashboard before viewing video)

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