dark night sky

During the past year, Science Foundation Arizona has been active statewide, with several projects in Northern Arizona. Last October hundreds of Flagstaff fifth-graders gazed into the dark night sky at distant stars with their self-built “Galileoscopes.” Seven months later in May, many of those same students peered through jewelers’ loupes to study, up close, what they soon learned was the inside skeleton of a prickly pear cactus. Several of the 10-year-olds told Barbara Hickman, … [Read more...] about Science Foundation Arizona Active in Flagstaff