November 4^th 2021 we presented an outreach program for the Salome Arizona Elementary School.

The host teacher was Moniqa Raval who worked out the details for the location and time of the event.  Moniqa invited 3 other grades to join us.   We setup a telescope to view the Sun using special filters along with a hands one learning tool consisting of a pencil stuck into a ping-pong ball.   The students would hold the pencil at arm’s length, and then standing in one spot would walk in a circle watch the shadow appear on the ball.   This represents the phases of the moon.    The teachers and their class where:

1st Grade: 5 students – Mrs. Gemma Gomez

2nd Grade: 8 students – Mrs. Julie Penrod

3rd Grade: 5 students: Mrs. Moniqa Raval-Marino

4th Grade: 8 students – Mrs. Chiqui Asco

Mrs. Alicia Pantoja assistant.

The students are looking forward to our visit in 2022.

November 4^th 2021 we presented an outreach program for the Wenden Arizona Elementary School.

The host teacher was Lauren Miller who worked out the details for the location and time of the event.  Lauren invited 2 other grades to join us.   We setup a telescope to view the Sun using special filters along with a hands one learning tool consisting of a pencil stuck into a ping-pong ball.   The students would hold the pencil at arm’s length, and then standing in one spot would walk in a circle watch the shadow appear on the ball.   This represents the phases of the moon.    The teachers and their class where:

Ms. Lauren Miller brought her 3rd grade class of 5 students.

Ms. Moleno brought her 9 4th grade students

Ms. Hyde brought her 10 5th grade students

The students are looking forward to our visit in 2022.

International Observe the Moon Night

Heritage Park 15210 W. Sweetwater Ave, Surprise AZ

Viewing Begins at 6:00pm ending around 9:00pm

Peoria Library Public Star Party

Our first star party was such a success that WVAC has been asked to participate in two star parties for the Peoria Libraries.   The general public must preregister at the libraries.  All WVAC member are welcome to attend, we will be looking for volunteers to share their knowledge of the night sky and/or their telescopes. If you would like to volunteer please contact John Hiatt.

Viewing will begin at 7:00pm

Sunrise Mountain Library at 98th Avenue and Lake Pleasant Parkway,  September 13th

Peoria Main Library at 85th Ave. and Monroe,  September 27th

The Dumbbell Galaxy

Star Party - Moon Telescopes

iphone shot - Scope of Telescopes

iphone shot - Bob's Galaxy

9-27 Red Light - Best Light

09-27 Telescope Time

Marley Park Elementary Second Grade Outreach

On April 29th John Hiatt organized an outreach event with the Marley Park Elementary Second Grade Class.   Around 80 students used 3 telescopes setup to observe the Sun.   WVAC members who participated in the event were John Hiatt,  Bob Colvert, Luke Edens, Larry Matney  and Bob and Janie Randle.  Second Grade Teacher Jessica Carleton was the main contact at the school.  Jessica wrote the following:

Good morning,

Thank you for an amazing morning! Our students had a great time and learned a lot of new and exciting things.  They were still talking about it when I came back to class.  They are looking forward to the night event to look at the stars. We appreciate you taking the time out of your day to provide this opportunity. I look forward to continuing this event in the future. Have a great day.

As indicated above WVAC will be hosting the annual “Observe the Moon Night” in Marley Park on October 16th 2021.

We want to thank everyone in attendance for a great event, the 2nd graders had fun and so did we.

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Surprise Arizona SciTech Festival – November 2nd, 2019

WVAC has been invited to participate in the Surprise Arizona SciTech Festival, this is a free event, we look forward to seeing you there and look for our table. For more info click (here).

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