Professor Meredith Hughes taught a service-learning course this fall called Seminar on Astronomical Pedagogy. Course participants studied methods for effectively teaching astronomy to elementary school students. Their semester-long project was to design and present their own presentation using Wesleyan’s portable Starlab planetarium at a local elementary school. I interviewed Hannah Fritze ‘18, Jesse Shanahan MA…
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Paid Associate Position in Astronomy and Physics
This just in… Astronomy and Physics Associate Position Summer Saturday program seeks instructor in Astronomy and Physics for grades 5 to 9. This is a temporary position. This program is organized and run by an unincorporated non-profit association operating within a faith-based non-profit community serving a small group of elementary, middle and high school students in a…