Homeschool Open House: Astronomy All Summer Long; Mon, May 12 @ 1:00 p.m.

Homeschool Open House: Astronomy All Summer Long

Monday, May 12 from 1:00 – 2:15pm

Important Note about required Base Pass included below

To conclude our Homeschool Open House program for the 2024-25 academic year, we return to our wildly popular Astronomy All summer Long program.

This show will highlight how students and families can do Astronomy throughout the summer – both just by going outside to look up with your naked eyes, and with the aid of a telescope – yours or at a stargazing event.

• Stargazing and Astronomy topics will include:
  • Stars and why they have different colors
  • Constellations vs Asterisms and which are visible throughout the summer
  • Galaxies
  • Nebulae
  • The “Blaze Star” – T. Coronae Borealis
  • and more!

After the Live portion of the program will be the short film, Two Small Pieces of Glass.

“Two Small Pieces of Glass – The Amazing Telescope show follows two students as they interact with a female astronomer at a local star party.
Along the way, the students learn the history of the telescope from Galileo’s modifications to a child’s spyglass — using two small pieces of glass — to the launch of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the future of astronomy.
Aiming to engage and appeal to audiences of all ages, the show explores the wonder and discovery made by astronomers throughout the last 400 years.”

Show running time: ~75 min.

 NGSS Science Standards covered include, but are not limited to:

• ESS1: The Universe and its Stars
• Space Systems: Stars and the Solar System
• ESS1: Earth’s Place in the Universe

IMPORTANT NOTE: PASS FOR BASE ACCESS REQUIRED

HOW TO GET YOUR PASS:

ALL attendees, 18 and over, MUST register for a pass to get on the Academy.

Each registrant for Homeschool will receive an email with a QR Code to use to register for this pass

You will receive the QR Code in your email no earlier than one week prior to the event date

• EACH person 18 and over MUST complete this separately to get their own pass
• Any member of your group, 18 and over, with a current DoD ID card does not need to get a pass via this process
• Once completed, EACH person will receive an Approval reply which is that person’s pass to enter the Academy for the visit on your scheduled day
• ONLY visitors with a proper pass and valid government issued ID (such as driver’s license, passport, state ID) will be allowed onto the Academy
• We highly recommend those 18+ attending submit their request as soon as possible to allow time for the background check
• Passes are valid at both the North and South Gates
• EVERY PERSON 18+ must have their own pass