Carolina Association of Planetarium Educators
Meeting November, 8-9, 2021
Every year planetarium and astronomy educators from all over North and South Carolina come together to share ideas and opportunities with one another.
CAPE 2021 will be a joint venture between The Neuseway Nature Park & The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Greenville and Contentnea Creek. Our plan is to offer a relaxed and fun time where our planetarium community can share, learn, and just hang out together.
Your 2021 Hosts
NCMNS Greenville & Contentnea Creek
Brian Baker
brian.baker@naturalsciences.org
729 DIckinson Avenue, Greenville, NC, 27834
Neuseway Nature Park
Sarah Bartlet
sarah.bartlett@ci.kinston.nc.us
401 W Caswell St, Kinston, NC 28504
Resources
NC Space Grant & North Carolina Space Education Ambassador
Join the Adventure on Mars!
Get K-12 students exploring Mars with NASA scientists, engineers, and the Perseverance Mars rover as they learn all about STEM and design their very own mission to Mars.
Finding a lesson YOU can use in your class!
JPL – Jet propulsion lab
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/
NASA education
https://www.nasa.gov/education/resources
Websites for grades K-8
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/finditfast/K-8_Alpha_Index.html
E-clips – videos for all ages that are super for many disciplines
https://science.nasa.gov/learners/wavelength
NASA Digital Badges
https://nasa-epdc.pensarlearning.com/login
NASA Express
Gallery
The Itinerary
Event Schedule
Monday, November 8th
12:00pm-1:00pm Greeting and tour of the Neuseway Nature Park
1:00pm-2:30pm Presentations
2:30pm-3:00pm Tom Petty laser show
3:00pm-4:00pm Bus Tour of Kinston
4:30pm-5:00pm Travel to NCMNS: Contentnea Creek (Shuttle service available)
5:30pm-7:30pm Dinner
7:30-9:00pm Stargazing in the Kitty and Max Joyner Observatory
9:00pm Travel back to Kinston (Shuttle service available)
Tuesday, November 9th
9:00am-10:00am Travel to NCMNS: Greenville (Shuttle service available)
10:00am-10:30am Greetings and tour of NCMNS: Greenville
10:30am-12:00pm Presentations
12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm-2:00pm Guest Speaker
2:00-2:30pm Closing Remarks
2:30pm Shuttle service back to Kinston
Presentation Schedule
Monday, November 8th
1:00pm Chris Seale & JT Towne “Evans & Sutherland/Spitz”
1:20pm Liz Klimek “Madlib Myths”
1:40pm Neil Pifer, “NC Space Education Ambassador Program”
2:05pm Gary Lazich, “A Dome within a Dome”
2:25pm Darcie Roten, “Update on a new NC planetarium in the works”
Tuesday, November 9th
10:30am Margaret Thiele “Mayland Earth to Sky Park Transformation from a Mine to an Environmental Education Park”
11:00am Carole Holmberg “Milankovitch Cycles and long-term climate change”
11: 20am Brian Baker “LED Constellations”
1:00pm Patrick Treuthardt “Spiral Graph”
A Special Thanks To Our Sponsor
Evans & Sutherland and Spitz are proud to continue our support for the planetarium community of the Carolinas.
729 Dickinson Avenue | Greenville, NC 27834 | 252.364.2862
The NC Museum of Natural Sciences is a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources