Mechuwana Science Camp Tonight — Wednesday, July 23, 2014

A reminder about tonight’s cloud party at the science camp at Camp Mechuwana in Winthrop: So far, two of us have arranged to teach astronomy to school children. Conditions are expected to be impossible for a star party, at least cloudy and maybe rainy, so we’ll be teaching inside instead. This is a sharp group of budding scientists, so we have exciting plans anyway. For a lesson in celestial mechanics, I will bring a C8 on its wedge and play detective, determining why this telescope’s seemingly bizarre appearance perfectly fits its purpose. For spectroscopy, D.K. will use a common prism and a few different sources of light to illustrate how we can know the chemical composition of distant stars. If anyone else is able to join us, please call me, or email back.

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