Lowell Observatory's Native American Astronomy Outreach Program: Book Club at home Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/lowell-observatorys-native-american-astronomy-outreach-program-book-club-at-home/ Astronomy for a better world! Wed, 13 Oct 2021 15:10:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Lowell Observatory's Native American Astronomy Outreach Program: Book Club at home Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/lowell-observatorys-native-american-astronomy-outreach-program-book-club-at-home/ 32 32 Astronomy Outreach Program Helps Native American Students https://astro4dev.org/native-american-astronomy-outreach-book-club/ Fri, 25 Jun 2021 14:48:47 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=23973 The goal of the Native American Astronomy Outreach Program (NAAOP) is to help teachers to get their students excited about STEM and STEM careers. One component of the program is Book Club, used to increase student interest in STEM, but also student literacy. Native students generally read below grade level, and yet reading is a [...]

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]]> Lowell Observatory’s Native American Astronomy Outreach Program: Book Club at home https://astro4dev.org/lowell-observatorys-native-american-astronomy-outreach-program-book-club-at-home/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 13:32:00 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/blog/2020/09/10/lowell-observatorys-native-american-astronomy-outreach-program-book-club-at-home/ Target location: Navajo Nation/USA Target audience: 4th-6th grade students at Kayenta Unified School District (KUSD), Kayenta, Arizona, USA on the Navajo Nation. NAAOP pairs astronomers/educators with 4th-8th grade teachers to work together with the goal of getting Native students interested in STEM and STEM careers. The curriculum uses Project Based Learning to help students see [...]

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