Date
1 - 7 of 7
Solar Observing at my son's school
Keegan Morrison
Hey everyone. Wanted to share a little outreach I did at my son's school, Chesapeake Montessori.The 60 or so Pre-K and Kindergarteners have been learning about the solar system all month and I was excited to offer a bit of time to do some solar observing. The 80mm proved perfect for this, not only is it ideal for setting up quickly, but the short-legged students didn't even need a stool. Most of them were able to see the sun and quite a few could count more than a few sun spots on Friday. I gave a short lesson beforehand, reviewing how we can safely look at the sun with my scope & filter, we talked about how big the sun is and how it's so far away. They answered every question I asked the group and some even had great additional questions for me. I don't have any teaching experience and planning public speaking things makes me quite anxious, but the audience was great! If it's important, I did this as a parent of the school, not a BBAA member.
Keegan Morrison
I didn't realize my yahoo account had an old handle of mine - this is me :)
On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 8:45 AM gourangatang <yodel@...> wrote:
Hey everyone. Wanted to share a little outreach I did at my son's school, Chesapeake Montessori.The 60 or so Pre-K and Kindergarteners have been learning about the solar system all month and I was excited to offer a bit of time to do some solar observing. The 80mm proved perfect for this, not only is it ideal for setting up quickly, but the short-legged students didn't even need a stool. Most of them were able to see the sun and quite a few could count more than a few sun spots on Friday. I gave a short lesson beforehand, reviewing how we can safely look at the sun with my scope & filter, we talked about how big the sun is and how it's so far away. They answered every question I asked the group and some even had great additional questions for me. I don't have any teaching experience and planning public speaking things makes me quite anxious, but the audience was great! If it's important, I did this as a parent of the school, not a BBAA member.
jimcoble2000
Dat U?
On Monday, November 7, 2022 at 08:47:05 AM EST, Keegan Morrison <keegan@...> wrote:
I didn't realize my yahoo account had an old handle of mine - this is me :)
On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 8:45 AM gourangatang <yodel@...> wrote:
Hey everyone. Wanted to share a little outreach I did at my son's school, Chesapeake Montessori.The 60 or so Pre-K and Kindergarteners have been learning about the solar system all month and I was excited to offer a bit of time to do some solar observing. The 80mm proved perfect for this, not only is it ideal for setting up quickly, but the short-legged students didn't even need a stool. Most of them were able to see the sun and quite a few could count more than a few sun spots on Friday. I gave a short lesson beforehand, reviewing how we can safely look at the sun with my scope & filter, we talked about how big the sun is and how it's so far away. They answered every question I asked the group and some even had great additional questions for me. I don't have any teaching experience and planning public speaking things makes me quite anxious, but the audience was great! If it's important, I did this as a parent of the school, not a BBAA member.
I made sure to go into Yahoo and delete all of my info. Apparently, Yahoo decided to give me an email account when I signed up to join the now-defunct Yahoo! Groups (and did so without letting me know). And since the groups (and then their email service) went defunct, it seemed that a Yahoo email address was still valid - sort of how AOL picked up the now-defunct Verizon (dot) net accounts, and those with a Verizon email can still use it, even though it goes through AOL and not Verizon. But I kept getting notices from Yahoo that "a new device" had logged into my account, and questions from some friends with a blatant spam email attached asking "Is this really you?"
So I logged into Yahoo to find that THREE different locations (four if you counted mine) were currently active on my "galacticprobe" account; two were in Brazil, South America, the other was somewhere in the midwest! I was able to delete those (which probably came as a surprise to those frackwads using it at the time), and then I changed my password before deleting my account, just to be safe. Then I had to go through all of my forums (like this one) and change my password on each one in case one of those frackwads did a Google search for "galacticprobe" and found what groups/forums I belonged to and tried to get in and spam them. It was a hassle because of all the security protocols on some of those forums, but it was worth it to protect my standing and reputation.
Our days using Yahoo for BBAA discussions may be over, but anyone that still has a Yahoo account I seriously urge you to check your Yahoo account just to make sure that what happened to me isn't happening to you.
"Keep looking up!"
Dino.
-----Original Message-----
From: Keegan Morrison <keegan@...>
To: BackBayAstro@groups.io
Sent: Mon, Nov 7, 2022 8:46 am
Subject: Re: [BackBayAstro] Solar Observing at my son's school
From: Keegan Morrison <keegan@...>
To: BackBayAstro@groups.io
Sent: Mon, Nov 7, 2022 8:46 am
Subject: Re: [BackBayAstro] Solar Observing at my son's school
I didn't realize my yahoo account had an old handle of mine - this is me :)
On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 8:45 AM gourangatang <yodel@...> wrote:
Hey everyone. Wanted to share a little outreach I did at my son's school, Chesapeake Montessori.The 60 or so Pre-K and Kindergarteners have been learning about the solar system all month and I was excited to offer a bit of time to do some solar observing. The 80mm proved perfect for this, not only is it ideal for setting up quickly, but the short-legged students didn't even need a stool. Most of them were able to see the sun and quite a few could count more than a few sun spots on Friday. I gave a short lesson beforehand, reviewing how we can safely look at the sun with my scope & filter, we talked about how big the sun is and how it's so far away. They answered every question I asked the group and some even had great additional questions for me. I don't have any teaching experience and planning public speaking things makes me quite anxious, but the audience was great! If it's important, I did this as a parent of the school, not a BBAA member.
Gourangatang,
Excellent job! Nice photos of your outreach, too.
Please join BBAA and help us do this outreach with others!
Sincerely,
Jeff Goldstein, BBAA Vice President
From: BackBayAstro@groups.io <BackBayAstro@groups.io> On Behalf Of gourangatang
Sent: Monday, November 7, 2022 8:46 AM
To: BackBayAstro@groups.io
Subject: [BackBayAstro] Solar Observing at my son's school
Sent: Monday, November 7, 2022 8:46 AM
To: BackBayAstro@groups.io
Subject: [BackBayAstro] Solar Observing at my son's school
Hey everyone. Wanted to share a little outreach I did at my son's school, Chesapeake Montessori.The 60 or so Pre-K and Kindergarteners have been learning about the solar system all month and I was excited to offer a bit of time to do some solar observing. The 80mm proved perfect for this, not only is it ideal for setting up quickly, but the short-legged students didn't even need a stool. Most of them were able to see the sun and quite a few could count more than a few sun spots on Friday. I gave a short lesson beforehand, reviewing how we can safely look at the sun with my scope & filter, we talked about how big the sun is and how it's so far away. They answered every question I asked the group and some even had great additional questions for me. I don't have any teaching experience and planning public speaking things makes me quite anxious, but the audience was great! If it's important, I did this as a parent of the school, not a BBAA member.
George Reynolds
Good job, Keegan! Isn't it fun to do astronomy outreach?
George
George Reynolds
"Solar System Ambassador" for South Hampton Roads, Virginia
Back Bay Amateur Astronomers (BBAA)
http://www.backbayastro.org
http://www.backbayastro.org
On Monday, November 7, 2022, 08:45:53 AM EST, gourangatang <yodel@...> wrote:
Hey everyone. Wanted to share a little outreach I did at my son's school, Chesapeake Montessori.The 60 or so Pre-K and Kindergarteners have been learning about the solar system all month and I was excited to offer a bit of time to do some solar observing. The 80mm proved perfect for this, not only is it ideal for setting up quickly, but the short-legged students didn't even need a stool. Most of them were able to see the sun and quite a few could count more than a few sun spots on Friday. I gave a short lesson beforehand, reviewing how we can safely look at the sun with my scope & filter, we talked about how big the sun is and how it's so far away. They answered every question I asked the group and some even had great additional questions for me. I don't have any teaching experience and planning public speaking things makes me quite anxious, but the audience was great! If it's important, I did this as a parent of the school, not a BBAA member.
Keegan Morrison
It sure is, and the class made me a book of their drawing of the sun as a thank you, which was really great!
On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 4:05 PM George Reynolds via groups.io <pathfinder027=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
Good job, Keegan! Isn't it fun to do astronomy outreach?George
George Reynolds
"Solar System Ambassador" for South Hampton Roads, VirginiaBack Bay Amateur Astronomers (BBAA)
http://www.backbayastro.orgOn Monday, November 7, 2022, 08:45:53 AM EST, gourangatang <yodel@...> wrote:Hey everyone. Wanted to share a little outreach I did at my son's school, Chesapeake Montessori.The 60 or so Pre-K and Kindergarteners have been learning about the solar system all month and I was excited to offer a bit of time to do some solar observing. The 80mm proved perfect for this, not only is it ideal for setting up quickly, but the short-legged students didn't even need a stool. Most of them were able to see the sun and quite a few could count more than a few sun spots on Friday. I gave a short lesson beforehand, reviewing how we can safely look at the sun with my scope & filter, we talked about how big the sun is and how it's so far away. They answered every question I asked the group and some even had great additional questions for me. I don't have any teaching experience and planning public speaking things makes me quite anxious, but the audience was great! If it's important, I did this as a parent of the school, not a BBAA member.