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Astronomy Public Observing Nights Every Tuesday night at the Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium presents shows in their new 50-seat digital planetarium theater. Afterward, participants are welcomed to look through one of the telescopes at the Observatory and have questions answered about astronomy. The astronomical objects viewed change seasonally, and range from the Moon to the planets (such as Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and Venus) to nearby star clusters and galaxies. Check the Leitner Observatory website to learn about public lectures and to reserve seats for the planetarium shows. FREE and open to the public Info: www.leitnerobservatory.org Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena (CRISP) Events for the Public CRISP participates in many public events throughout the year. Through departmental open houses, laboratory tours, CPTV Science Expo exhibits, and participation in various professional science consortiums and symposiums, CRISP strives to improve the scientific literacy of the community and encourage diversity in the scientific professions. Info: www.crisp.yale.edu/education_public.html Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. The aim of the project is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn. FREE and open to the public Info: http://oyc.yale.edu/
Science Saturdays is a fun Saturday-morning lecture series for adults and children 7th grade and up. The mission of this award-winning series is to showcase science in a fun way with talks given by excellent communicators of science who are Yale professors and local scientists. It is also designed to show that science is for everyone and those who do it come in all colors, shapes and sizes. Past topics have included “Why Birds Are Dinosaurs” and “Viruses: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” FREE and open to the public Info: www.sciencesaturdays.org Contact: Patty Wooding, Program Coordinator, at 203-436-8105 or patricia.wooding@yale.edu Yale University has a wide array of netcasts available from faculty, alumni and distinguished visitors. Apple’s iTunes distributes the University's podcasts, all free of charge. You can download episodes one at a time or you can 'subscribe' to the entire series. Topics include Science and Engineering, Health and Medicine, and the Environment. A step by step guide is available to help you make use of this resource. Info: http://opa.yale.edu/netcasts.aspx Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History is one of the largest natural history museums in the nation. The exhibits include well-known dinosaurs such as Apatosaurus and Stegosaurus, Egyptian mummies, dioramas of North American wildlife, The Age of Reptiles mural that is the largest dinosaur painting in the world, and a new permanent exhibition on our planet and solar system. The Museum has a busy events schedule including Fiesta Latina!, Martin Luther King, Jr. Festival of Environmental Justice, Dinosaur Days, and The Natural History of Witches and Wizards: A Peabody Halloween. The Peabody hosts Dino-Snore overnight camps, summer camps, and other public programs such as the John H. Ostrom lecture series. New Haven Public School teens also have the opportunity to join the Museum’s after school program ‘Evolutions’. In addition to many educational programs, the Peabody offers excellent research opportunities in its collections, which number 12 million specimens, as well as scientific and other educational publications. The Museum is open to the public 7 days a week and offers free return tickets to the families of New Haven school children who visit each year. There is a modest fee for admission. Admission is free on Thursday afternoons and selected event days. Info: www.peabody.yale.edu |
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