AstroNite at UM-Flint: April 16, 2016
Visit UM-Flint and enjoy a family-oriented open house that’s out of this world!
As part of the International Day of Astronomy sponsored by the Astronomical League, UM-Flint Physics and Longway Planetarium have joined for a night that is sure to make your imagination soar to the stars. AstroNite is a free and fun way for all ages to celebrate astronomy. Activities explore rainbow forensics, planetary science, telescopes and other instruments, stars, cosmology, and more through hands-on learning, games, and crafts.
- Date: Saturday, April 16, 2016
- Time: 7pm-10pm
- Location: Murchie Science Building, UM-Flint
- Contact: 810-762-3131 or umflint.edu/physics or www.facebook.com/UmFlintAstroNite
In addition to being a great resource for local families, AstroNite provides a unique teaching opportunity for the physics program’s students. Notes Justin Wisby, Physics and Mathematics majors, “I have been helping out with AstroNite for a couple of years now, ever since my first semester here. AstroNite is a key event each year which allows all participates a chance to learn something new. Since the demographic of your audience changes throughout the night, all presenters must vary their presentation style to help their audience understand. Knowing physics is not the difficult part, it is convincing others you do. AstroNite is the typical introduction of presenting physics, an experience that all new physics students at UM-Flint must have.”
For more information, or to RSVP, visit the event’s Facebook page.
