[AstroNet] AstroGuide: An evolving astonomy outreach resource

[Kevin Govender]

Greetings all
Please have a look at 
http://www.astronomy2009.org.za/projects/astroguide/ for the latest copy 
of the one-page guide to outreach (it's actually 4 pages squeezed into 
one double sided page).
This will also be the basis for the astronomy outreach workshops in June 
and we invite comments and suggestions for changes.
Personal note: Although targeted at people doing outreach, just about 
everyone even vaguely curious about astronomy should find it quite 
interesting, so spread the word as far as you care to.

Extracted from the webpage:

This resource is meant to be a quick reference guide for people doing 
any form of astronomy outreach. It is meant to cover some of the most 
common questions that are asked during any astronomy presentation. Hence 
it has been dubbed the "Essential Astronomy Quick Reference Guide for 
Outreach". However, upon careful consideration of the acronym "EAQRGFO" 
we have decided to called it the "AstroGuide" for short.

One of the principles was that everything fits onto a single A4 sheet of 
paper which can easily be folded and kept in one's pocket in case of 
emergency astronomy outreach! (Such an emergency situation may arise if 
one comes across a clear sky in the presence of a crowd!) Well, we've 
managed to squeeze in a whole lot of info onto 4 electronic pages so 
when you are printing this guide, please print "2 pages per sheet" and 
"print on both sides" in order to keep to the principle of it fitting 
onto one A4 page.

It is also meant to be an evolving document so anyone with experience in 
astronomy outreach is welcome to evaluate and suggest changes to this 
document. Also, if you come across similar documents/guides let's try to 
take the best of each and come up with a user friendly final version. 
Whatever suggestions you have for improvement, please send them to 
info(at)astronomy2009.org.za. Have we missed something important? Have 
we made a mistake? Should we squeeze in more? All comments welcome.

Latest versions of the AstroGuide will be downloadable from this webpage 
(http://www.astronomy2009.org.za/projects/astroguide/)




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