Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach 2016 Summary www.timmytelescope.com
Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach Bringing informal science to the public at no cost. Museums Schools Parks Libraries STEM events Conferences Special Events Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach ~ 2016
WHERE WAS TIMMY IN 2016? 88 events in NM 31 events outside NM Albuquerque, NM Alamogordo, NM Bernalillo, NM Cedar Crest, NM Cochiti Pueblo, NM Edgewood, NM Grants, NM Jemez Springs, NM Las Vegas, NM Los Alamos, NM Los Lunas, NM Moriarity, NM Ruidoso, NM Santa Fe, NM Socorro, NM Tierjas, NM Torreon, NM Tularosa, NM Colorado Springs, CO Suffern, NY Bristol, PA Lansdowne, PA Media, PA Philadelphia, PA West Chester, PA Wynnewood, PA Fort Worth, TX Rhone River, France 1170 volunteer event hours* *does not include travel time or set-up 119 events ~ 20,425 visitors Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach ~ 2016
Museum visits Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum, Albuquerque, NM Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, Albuquerque, NM New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Albuquerque, NM New Mexico Museum of Space History, Alamogordo, NM Fort Worth Museum of Science & History,Fort Worth, TX Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach ~ 2016
Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach 2016
Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach ~ 2016
School visits A. Montoya Elementary School, Albuquerque, NM Cochiti Pueblo Elem. School, Cochiti, NM El Camino Real Charter School, Albuquerque, NM Eldorado High School, Albuquerque, NM Esperanza College, Philadelphia, PA Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM Las Lunas Family School, Los Lunas, NM Mary Ann Binford Elem.School, Albuquerque, NM Moriarity Middle School, Moriarity, NM NM Instute of Technology, Socorro, NM Oak Grove Classical Academy, Albuquerque, NM Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY Route 66 Elementary School, Edgewood, NM Ruidoso Middle School, Ruidoso, NM Ruidoso High School, Ruidoso, NM Snyder-Girotti Middle School, Bristol, PA University of Colorado Colorado Springs, CO Tularosa Intermediate School, Tularosa, NM University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Vanguard School, Colorado Springs, CO Western Heights Learning Center, Albuquerque, NM Thank you so much for bringing the solar telescopes, solar glasses and the UV beads. I really loved the glasses and the beads and I had a lot of fun. (The glasses were my favorite). Moriarity Middle School, 6th grader Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach ~ 2016
Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach ~ 2016 Thank you for coming to our school and teaching us about our solar system, it was lots of fun. My favorite part was when were the planets and asteroid belt, I also liked beads that changed color in UV light. The most educational part was when we learned how the planets were formed... Snyder-Girotti Middle School
Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach ~ 2016
Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach ~ 2016
Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach ~ 2016
Park visits ABQ Botanic Garden, Albuquerque, NM Bandelier National Monument, Los Alamos, NM El Malpais, Grants, NM Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO Manzano Mountain Retreat, Torreon, NM Sandia Mountain Natural History Center, Cedar Crest, NM Schuykill Valley Nature Center, Philadelphia, PA Tingley Beach Park, Albuquerque, NM Valles Caldera National Preserve Jemez Springs, NM Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach ~ 2016
Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach ~ 2016
Library visits Cherry Hills Library, Albuquerque, NM Fumo Library, Philadelphia, PA Kinsessing Library, Philadelphia, PA Lansdowne Public Library, Lansdowne, PA La Farge Library, Santa Fe, NM Main Library, Santa Fe, NM Penn Wynne Library, Wynnewood, PA Richmond Library, Piladelphia, PA Southside Library, Santa Fe, NM Torresdale Library, Philadelphia, PA West Chester Library, West Chester, PA Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach~ 2016
Rainy Day at the libraries in Phila all week. PLAN B ~ no observing, but plenty of other activities. Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach ~ 2016
Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach ~ 2016
Special events ABQ Mini Maker Faire, Albuquerque, NM ABQ STEM Conference Albuquerque, NM Cool Science Festival, Colorado Springs, CO Duke City Hamfest, Albuquerque, NM Fort Worth imake Faire, Fort Worth, TX International SUNday, Los Alamos, NM Mercury Transit, Albuquerque, NM MESA Regional Conference, Albuquerque,NM MESA Regional Conference Las Vegas, NM Mossman Neighborbood Social, Albuquerque, NM Naturepalooza! Family Earth Day Festival, Phila, PA NEAF- Northeast Astronomy Forum, Suffern, NY NMSTA Conference, Socorro. NM Nuclear STEM Week, Albuquerque, NM Philadelphia Science Festival, Philadelphia, PA Rittenhouse Astronomical Society Lecture, Phila, PA Science Crawl, Philadelphia, PA Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach ~ 2016
Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach ~ 2016
Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach ~ 2016
Special thanks to: Stephen Ramsden, director of the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project for all his help and support this year. Stephen helping with beads at Cochiti Pueblo E.S. Eldorado H.S., Albuquerque, NM Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach ~ 2016
This is a volunteer effort and people often ask, Why do you do this? The Answer: When someone (no matter what age) looks through the scopes and says, WOW. That s our Payback for lugging all our equipment, setting up, standing in the hot sun, and then tearing it all down. Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Outreach www.timmytelescope.com We hope that we ve introduced the public a better understanding and appreciation of the Sun--our closest star.