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Everyoneisaci-zenoftheworld.Atsomelevelweshouldallbeitsstewardswithaccountabilitytowardpreservingitsenvironment.Onecomponentofthatisthepreserva-onofdarkskiesorthepreven-onoflightpollu-on.Thepreserva-onofdarkskiesisimportantformanyreasonsincludingastronomy,energyconserva-on,cost,wildlifeandevenhumanhealth.ThroughtheDarkSkiesRangerProgram,studentslearnabouttheimportanceofdarkskiesandexperienceac-vi-esthatillustrateproperligh-ng,lightpollu-on’seffectsonwildlifeandhowtomeasurethedarknessofyourskies.Ahighlightoftheprogramistheci-zenscienceproject,GLOBEatNight,whichenliststhehelpofstudentsandadultstocollectdataonthenightskybrightnessintheircommunityandcontributetoaworldwidedatabaseonlightpollu-on.

DarkSkiesRangerac-vi-esareon‐lineatwww.globeatnight.organdwww.darkskiesawareness.org/DarkSkiesRangers/,aswellasonCD.Ac-vi-escomecompletewithlearningobjec-ves,standards,materialsneeded,prepara-onneeded,background,lessonsequence,studentworksheets,ques-ons,integra-on,assessments,extensions,teacherresources,etc.

Trainingvideosfortheac-vi-esandforhowtopar-cipateinGLOBEatNightwillbeavailableonthesamewebsitesduringthefallof2011.

In2012therewillbe4GLOBEatNightcampaigns.ThefirstcampaignisJanuary14–23.ThesecondcampaignisFebruary12–21.ThethirdcampaignisMarch14–23andthefourthcampaignisApril11–20.

Foranyfurtherques-ons,[email protected].

SkyQualityMeter

Constella2onatYourFinger2ps

TheNightYouHatched

DarkSkiesKit

EarthatNight

LightShieldingDemo

BeforeShieldingADerShielding

GLOBEatNight2011

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