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October 14, 2020

Planetarium students, director present at Great Lakes Planetarium Association Annual Conference

Seven planetarium student staff and the director, Dr. Sara Schultz, presented this week for the annual GLPA conference, this year held virtually. Senior English Education major, Callie Tescher, presented on the shows she has developed based on astronomy and mythology, entitled Mythology and the Milky Way: Celebrating the Stories of the Sky in the Planetarium.Junior Chemistry major, Abigail Bormann, presented […]

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October 1, 2020

Planetarium student live streams Space Story Read Aloud

Planetarium student Madison Rechtzigel live streams her very first Space Story Read Aloud. The MSUM Planetarium has been looking into expanding our reach through creating virtual content. Our very first step into live-streamed content was showcased today by Madison. Several of the Planetarium student staff are working on a series of webisodes on various topics to share through our social […]

College of Science, Health & the Environment
September 28, 2020

Schultz, Hernandez present at Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society virtual conference

Planetarium director Sara Schultz and science education student Erick Hernandez presented Sept. 25 and 26 to the Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society (MAPS) annual virtual conference. Schultz presented to the members about her doctoral research on strategic questioning in the planetarium. Schultz and Hernandez presented a workshop based on that same research which Hernandez had been developing over the summer as […]

College of Education & Human Services
August 3, 2020

Schultz earns doctoral degree, presents at virtual conferences this summer

Planetarium Director, Sara Schultz, completed her doctoral degree this summer from the University of Wyoming. Her degree is in Curriculum & Instruction with a focus on Science Education, in particular, using the planetarium as a teaching tool. Her doctoral research investigated the nature of formative assessment in the form of assessment conversations (i.e. strategic questioning) present in planetarium presentations across […]

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