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SotonAstrodome Mobile Planetarium
Southampton
Since 2011 when the Soton Astrodome was established my team has taken the mobile planetarium into over 200 schools. We typically visit up to 40 schools a year with our engaging planetarium shows. Our aim is to inspire young people in Southampton and the local area to study physics and astronomy and become excited about our research.
Who Am I?
I am Sadie, the Outreach Leader in Astronomy, as well as managing the Soton Astrodome school visits with my team, AKA #OurGreatestTeam. I also organise Stargazing evenings on campus and public engagement events in the local area such as the #AstroAirport project at Southampton Airport.
Our mobile planetarium school visits with the Soton Astrodome allow up to 200 school children to see an astronomy themed show each day. The students get the opportunity to tour the night sky and use the fantastic ‘stellarium’ software to pick out the major constellations in the northern sky. The content of these talks closely follows the Primary, GCSE and A level syllabuses and are tailored to each group’s needs to make sure they get the best possible experience.
Unfortunately, this project is now one of the many outreach projects that have suffered a big reduction in funding, and we need your help to carry on reaching out to local schools. We want to raise at least £6,000! This will allow us to offer up to 24 local schools & colleges mobile planetarium visits free of charge in this academic year.
We really want this project to continue, it not only inspires the school students we work with but the the PhD and Undergraduate students who work in #OurGreatestTeam also gain valuable transferable skills as a result of presenting the shows in schools.
We have some fab rewards if you pledge to our cause; these include handwritten thank you cards, shout outs on Twitter, mugs, t-shirts, wristbands and constellation umbrellas!
Check them out on the right hand side of this page --->>
Once again a 'MUHASSIVE' thank you to everyone who donates, whatever the amount you might give :) myself, my team and the school students are so grateful to you for your support.
If you want to know more about the Soton Astrodome project you can find our website here:
We are also on Twitter and Facebook:
www.twitter.com/SotonAstrodome
www.facebook.com/SotonAstrodome
Select this reward if you just want to donate to the project without receiving a reward.
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You will get a shout out from our Twitter page @SotonAstrodome
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Estimated delivery: 1 December 2017
You will receive a handwritten thank you card :)
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You will receive an astronomy/space/festival themed Soton Astrodome cloth wristband.
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Estimated delivery: 1 April 2018
You will receive a SotonAstrodome #AwesomeSponsor mug.
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Your reward will be your very own Soton Astrodome #AwesomeSponsor T-shirt.
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You will be rewarded with your very own constellation umbrella - revise your knowledge of astronomy when it rains :) We will also add your name to our 'Donor Wall' which will be projected onto the inside of the Astrodome when school children enter for each show.
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This pledge will fund a whole day at a school. For such a large award you will receive all of the previous awards plus an invite to our 'Thank you event' where you will get to see the astrodome in action. You will also get to meet astronomy academics, the astrodome team members and fellow donors.
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Estimated delivery: 1 April 2018