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Astronomy Education for Schools, Clubs, and the Public
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Dayle with her Starlab in 1990
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WHO IS PEGASUS PRODUCTIONS?
The director of this enterprise is Dayle L. Brown, an educator with over 30 years of classroom experience. Ms. Brown has specialized in planetarium education for over 20 years.
Accomplishments in the field of astronomy education include:
* 1985 Students worked with Ms. Brown after school to build a cardboard dome for a K-6 planetarium program. A used Spitz (see Home) A1 projector was donated by Ohio State University.
* 1987 recipient of Teacher Creativity Fellowship from Lilly Endowment
*1989 selected to attend a NSF Leadership Institute in astronomy and space science conducted by Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley
*1991 selected to attend S.P.I.C.A., a NSF Project to prepare master teachers to become resource agents for science teachers, operated by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA
*1991 awarded rank of "Fellow" by the Great Lakes Planetarium Association
* 1993 & 1994 served as co-director of POPS (NSF Leadership Institute in astronomy and space science) conducted by the Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley
* 2001 Writer for Indiana Science Curriculum Frameworks Document
* 2003 selected for "A Week in the North Of Italy", hosted by Serafina Zani Astronomical Observatory, in collaboration with the International Planetarium Society Mobile Planetarium Committee, and with the support of Learning Technologies, Inc. Activities include presenting lessons to students, a workshop to teachers, and a talk to general public.
Learning Technologies, Inc.
* 2004 published first book: Skylore from Planet Earth: stories from around the world...ORION. Writen and illustrated in full color by Dayle.
* 2005 served with NASA Explorer Institute Focus Group at NASA Glenn Research Center
*2006 published second book: Skylore from Planet Earth: stories from around the world...PLEIADES
*2006 awarded grant by the Indiana Arts Commission to write, illustrate, and publish the third book in the Skylore series - Skylore from Planet Earth: stories from around the world...THE MILKY WAY
*2008 published third book: Skylore from Planet Earth: stories from around the world...MILKY WAY
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1985 - Dayle with students building the dome in after-school project.
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"Phaethon's Path" (Rome) - Illustration from
Skylore from Planet Earth: stories from around the world...
MILKY WAY
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To see the Skylore series locally, visit
Borders on Grape Road
Frame of Mind
215 E. Main Street
Niles, MI 49120
(269) 683-3610
or
Sycamore Fine Arts
1100 Chicago Ave.
Suite #7
Goshen, IN 46528
Old Bag Factory
Visit this new area gallery in your next shopping spree!
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