Event
AOH will hold a daytime event for kids at Pal Camp. We will do solar observing (if it is clear) and will discuss planets, planet sizes, planet distances, planetary orbits (using a gravity well).
Date:
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Time: 12:30 p.m.
- 2:30 p.m.
Pacific
Information for Visitors
Event Report
Comments and anecdotes about the event:
We met with 60 kids and counsellors at the Discovery Museums daycamp. Since it was overcast, we couldn't observe sunspots as we had planned, but we used photos and the magnetic sun toolkit to discuss solar activity. We gave a telescope demonstration by observing a moon poster from across a field, and, in small groups, talked about the Solar System with scale models and a distance scale, and we demonstrated eclipses indoors with a bright light and the shadows and silhouettes toolkit.
Observing the "Moon" by aiming at a poster across the field. Photo by Catrina Howatt.