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| * Patten University's [[http://www.prisonuniversityproject.org/pages/about/about-us.html|Prison University Project]] at San Quentin helps inmates earn degrees. Volunteers teach and tutor math, astronomy, and physics. (Donations and volunteers are needed because, by law, federal funds may not be used for education of the incarcerated). Casey Law (''claw@astro'') has worked with them recently. | * Patten University's [[http://www.prisonuniversityproject.org/pages/about/about-us.html|Prison University Project]] at San Quentin helps inmates earn degrees. Volunteers teach and tutor math, astronomy, and physics. (Donations and volunteers are needed because, by law, federal funds may not be used for education of the incarcerated). Casey Law (''claw@astro'') has worked with them recently. |
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| | * [[http://www.crscience.org/volunteers/aboutbasis| Bay Area Scientists In Schools (formerly Community in the Classroom)]] is like Project ASTRO but you visit a bunch of different classrooms throughout the school year and do basically the same demo every time. They also include all sciences, not just astronomy. Nicholas McConnell (''nmcc@astro'') and Adam Morgaon (''amorgan@astro'') have participated recently. |
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| * [[http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/|SSL Center for Science Education]] has lots of educational programs available. Bryan Mendez (''bmendez@ssl'') and Dan Zevin (''dzevin@ssl'') collaborate often with our Department. | * [[http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/|SSL Center for Science Education]] has lots of educational programs available. Bryan Mendez (''bmendez@ssl'') and Dan Zevin (''dzevin@ssl'') collaborate often with our Department. |
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| | * There are tons of astronomy and general science museums in the Bay Area and many of them love to have astro grads as docents/volunteers or to run star parties. Jeffrey Silverman (''jsilverman@astro'') has volunteered at the [[http://lawrencehallofscience.org/|Lawrence Hall of Science]] just up the hill from campus and Statia Cook (''sluszc@astro'') has volunteered at the [[http://www.chabotspace.org/index.htm|Chabot Space & Science Center]] in Oakland. |
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| * [[http://expandingyourhorizons.org|Expanding Your Horizons]] is a nationwide program that conducts one-day conferences to educate middle-school girls about careers in science and technology. [[http://eyh.mills.edu|Mills College]] runs a local conference each March. No one in institutional memory has participated in this. | * [[http://expandingyourhorizons.org|Expanding Your Horizons]] is a nationwide program that conducts one-day conferences to educate middle-school girls about careers in science and technology. [[http://eyh.mills.edu|Mills College]] runs a local conference each March. No one in institutional memory has participated in this. |
