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Astronomy from the Ground Up and Sky Rangers
Many of the AFGU activities are now available on the ASP's The Universe at Your Fingertips DVD-ROM. The AFGU community shares ideas, resources, and continued learning experiences on the AFGU Community Website. To see photos of our past AFGU workshops, please visit our Flickr photo pool! The AFGU team offers both in-person and online workshops. To become a part of the AFGU Community, please apply to participate in one of our upcoming workshops. If you cannot participate at this time but would like to be notified of future opportunities, please sign up here. The AFGU team can be contacted at: Astronomy
from the Ground Up Email:
afgu {at} astrosociety.org  *Astronomy
from the Ground Up is based upon work supported by the Informal
Education Division of the National
Science Foundation under Grant no. ESI-0451933. Any opinions,
findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material
are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views
of the National Science Foundation |
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Astronomy from the Ground Up (AFGU) is a National Science Foundation funded program* developed to provide informal science educators and interpreters with new and innovative ways to communicate astronomy. AFGU is a growing community of more than 600 educators from museums, science centers, nature centers, and parks around the country, who are actively enhancing and expanding their capacity to address astronomy topics for their visitors. Here are some sample activities used by AFGU participants to get their audiences excited about astronomy:
Astronomy from the Ground Up was created in 2005 by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) in collaboration with the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) and the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC). In 2009 the AFGU team began offering astronomy training and materials to park rangers and other outdoor educators and interpreters, thanks to a generous grant from NASA. The new program, Sky Rangers, builds on the success of AFGU and involves collaboration with the National Park Service, the National Association for Interpretation, and NASA's Night Sky Network.