Mr. Northrup

Author:	jack northrup	Created:	7/20/2007 10:23 AM
What planetarium shows are being made at MLK Planetarium? What labs are going in at the planetarium? What presentations are coming?

Getting ready for May

By jack northrup on 4/26/2009 6:57 PM

Many of our readers are aware of all the great opportunities that given to KSTM students during the month of May.

Seventh grade outdoor education event Qwizdom Astronomy Trivia Challenge Sixth grade camp Solar Racer - Students will wire and test a solar racecar that will used in a 5 meter drag race. Honor's Astronomy Rocket Launch For the last two weeks the students have been building pnumatic ballistic flight simulators. The payload of the rocket is a golf ball, big thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Yuhas for the supplies. Students will measure the time of flight, angle of launch, altitude, and range then use these pieces of information to calculate the accelleration do to gravity. Fifth/Sixth grade Solar experience (Earth Day event - okay so it was in April it is close) Students were invited to a presentation by Dr. Richard Komp on solar energy applications. A big thanks to Ms. Rita...

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New Cool Picture

By jack northrup on 4/8/2009 10:35 AM

From Left to Right: Mrs. Christopherson, M101-Space Telescope Institute, and someone who was asked to hold up one end of the picture who may be Mr. Northrup. Image courtesy of: Kailyn Reed, OPS Public Information

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From behind the Console

By jack northrup on 3/30/2009 2:09 PM

Many times during presentations I am tied to the console at the back of the planetarium to keep the lesson moving. Well, this week we are working with King's Qwizdom® kit with the students to work with Moon Phases and planetary facts/information. The cool thing is that Qwizdom has a controller that let's me move into the audience. I am working on finishing up one of our older shows on the Moon phases that will use this system as part of the interaction.

Speaking of finishing a show, I am going to be working with a couple of King Alumni to supply the voices for the characters. If you are thinking you will see a talking moon, instructing it on it's cycle, you will be disappointed for all you will see is the sky with a voice doing voiceover.

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100 hours of astronomy

By jack northrup on 3/28/2009 9:10 AM

I have been talking about many of the International Year of Astronomy activities that have been planned for this year. Well there is one that I have been hearing a large amount of conversation about, The 100 hours of Astronomy. For KSTM and the Planetarium we will be on Spring Break and miss it but from home there are things you can do and places you can go.

http://www.100hoursofastronomy.org/

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Mrs. Bender's Tour of the Seasons

By jack northrup on 3/26/2009 9:19 AM

Start here: Link 1

Then go here: Link 2 and scroll down to Season's interactive

Wrap up going here: Link 3

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Links issue

By jack northrup on 3/25/2009 6:23 PM

I am aware that for some reason the links on the blog to other sites are not working I will be investigating and working to correct this issue.

-Thanks

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AHHHH! Where has the year gone!

By jack northrup on 3/25/2009 6:04 PM

It is hard to believe that Spring Break is right around the corner.

I had a parent ask me why there seems to be a shift in what is presented on this blog from last year. Well here is the backstory, this year is our first year with the Astronomy 7 program using ANGEL. Many of my posting on this blog were some way connected to the messages and running of the classroom. Now the information is available for the students through ANGEL. I decided to have a paradyme shift for the page. ANGEL will get all the postings that are connected to the astronomy classes and the blog will handle all the information about the Astronomy program and the Planetarium.

Here is a quick review of some of the items that have been going on lately: * King is selected to receive a Space Telescope Institute print of Messier object 101 (See the image above.) * The image was unveiled at the Planetarium's PPLS meeting. * The planetarium is working with the PKI on an alternative energy project culminating...

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An updated view of M 101

By jack northrup on 3/24/2009 4:02 PM

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I have not forgotten how to blog...

By jack northrup on 3/12/2009 10:43 AM

You may have noticed that KSTM's web presence has changed it's appearence. Well it has a couple of new features that I have been learning to use, one of is that blog postings do not automatically post when you save. I thought I have been communicating with you over the last few weeks only to find out that I was the only one who could see them.

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IYA2009 Activities at the Planetarium

By jack northrup on 2/13/2009 12:03 PM

Our first event is we are going to be unveiling a set of prints from the Space Telescope Science Institute of M101.

When: 2/18/09 12 to 1 PM this is during the PPLS event at the school.

Where: Starting in the library and progressing to the Planetarium

Who: Interested parents and the public

How: RSVP with Ms. Howe in the front office prior to the 18th to reserve your seat to the event.

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