With thanks to David Wilson from NASA AMES who sent this to us.
A power point of the Curiosity's Initial Report was made available for the public.Here it is " Curiosity_Outreach_Oct2012.pptx " attached for you to enjoy!
It gives a good overview of the rover, of the landing sequence and of the sites planned to explored. Some early (now) measurement results are included as well.
The 25 edition just went live and you can find a link here: http://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann12095/
"Science in School" touches on subjects from all areas of the curriculum.
Here are some of my highlights:
- How to use mathematics to study Jupiter's Moons http://www.scienceinschool.org/2012/issue25/galileo (for students aged 13-18)
- Science in the open: brining the Stone Age to life for primary school pupils http://www.scienceinschool.org/2012/issue25/stoneage (I always loved archery
this material also talks about how to make bows from branches)
I find it a great site, all yours to enjoy!
http://www.scienceinschool.org/categories
About ESO
ESO, the European Southern Observatory is an intergovernmental astronomy organisation in Europe and "the world's most productive astronomical observatory" they say. They conduct front-line science in the best conditions with a budget of approximately 131 million Euros per year.
ESO employs around 730 staff members. We meet two of them so far:
- Julian Girard in 2011 during the World Space Week when myself and Elf Eldridge interviewed him for our podcast http://www.worldspaceweek.org.nz/2011/event/64/podcast-03-julien-girard-astronomer-european-southern-observatory He works at the Very Large Telescope in Paranal. If you wish to find out more about the VLT, watching the movie "We Are Astronomers" at Carter Observatory is a great place to start!
- Oana Sandu in 2012 who sent us a most wonderful powerpoint on Outreageous Outreach for the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand at the 2012 conference in Wairarapa which I presented on stage. Here is Oana's site where you can find more useful information about astronomy communication and outreach. http://astronomycommunication.com/