STEM Ed Announcement: Vernal Equinox at the U.Mass. Sunwheel and Related Events

[Morton Sternheim <mort@k12s.phast.umass.edu>]

SUNWHEEL EVENTS & SKYWATCHING in March 2009:

1)  VERNAL EQUINOX SUNRISE & SUNSET GATHERINGS at U.MASS. SUNWHEEL:
       Celebrating 11 Years of Sunwheel Events &
       The International Year of Astronomy --
           March 20 & 21, 2009 -- Friday & Saturday
           6:45 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. EDT both days
For more information see:
    http://www.umass.edu/sunwheel/pages/gatherspring.html
For the full 2009 calendar of Sunwheel events see:
    http://www.umass.edu/sunwheel/pages/gatherings.html
For a podcast I have created to be aired on March 21 as part of the
International Year of Astronomy see:
    http://365daysofastronomy.org/calendar/

2)  SOUTHERNMOST MOON near Equinox -- March 18, 2009
            (~3rd quarter Moon near Equinox)
    NORTHERNMOST MOON near Equinox -- April 1-2, 2009
            (~1st quarter Moon near Equinox)
For monthly Moon watching information see:
http://www.umass.edu/sunwheel/pages/moonwatch.html
http://www.umass.edu/sunwheel/pages/moonteaching.html
http://www.umass.edu/sunwheel/pages/moontable2008.html

3)  TEACHERS -- earn certificates of participation when
you attend the seasonal gatherings at the Sunwheel.
For more information, see:
http://www.astro.umass.edu/~young/pdp.html



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*  Judith Young, Ph.D.                       *
*  Professor, Dept. of Astronomy             *
*  620 Tower B Graduate Research Center      *
*  University of Massachusetts               *
*  Amherst, MA  01003                        *
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