National Optical Astronomy Observatory

ASTRO Chile: Projects

In October 2002, NOAO launched innovative efforts to realize light pollution education on two continents through a new program dubbed “ASTRO-Chile”. These efforts were aided by Internet 2-based videoconferencing between NOAO North and South. Since then, NOAO has co-sponsored on average two teacher professional development videoconference workshops per year, linking teachers in Tucson, AZ, and La Serena, Chile. Each videoconference has been conducted for the most part in Spanish.

• The Nature of Light (Videoconference for Teachers) (2002)
• Light Pollution Projects (2003, 2004)
• Lunar Eclipse Projects (2004)
  • In Chile
  • In Tucson
• More Light Pollution Projects (2005)
• Family ASTRO in Chile and Argentina (2005, 2006)
• CADIAS (2006)
• Remote Sensing of the Earth Projects (2006, 2007)
• Remote Sensing of Mars Projects (2007, 2008)