STEM Ed Announcement: Vernal Equinox at the UMass Sunwheel and Related Events

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

SUNWHEEL EVENTS & SKYWATCHING -- MARCH 2010

1)  VERNAL EQUINOX SUNRISE & SUNSET GATHERINGS at the
U.MASS. SUNWHEEL, CELEBRATING 13 YEARS of SUNWHEEL EVENTS
          Saturday March 20 at 6:45 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. EDT
   For more information visit
     http://www.astro.umass.edu/~young/gatherspring.html
   For the podcast of mine to be aired on March 20 entitled
     "March Equinox -- International Unity Day" visit
     http://365daysofastronomy.org/calendar/

2)  NORTHERNMOST MOON (1st Quarter near Equinox) -- March 22-23, 2010
     SOUTHERNMOST MOON (3rd Quarter near Equinox) -- April 4, 2010
   For more information visit
     http://www.umass.edu/sunwheel/pages/moonwatch.html
     http://www.umass.edu/sunwheel/pages/moontable2008.html
     http://www.umass.edu/sunwheel/pages/moonteaching.html

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