Hello welcome to my website I am an Artist, Astronomer and  Educator.
I invent design and enact creative workshops to help children understand our solar system. That's me in a nutshell !!
New Workshop Available NOW - Smiley Face Eclipse
Duration 1 Hour
Age group 8-12 years
All material and equipment provided

What is a Smiley Face Eclipse I hear you think ?
March 20th 2015 is a Friday and that morning at going to school time the moon will move between the Earth and the Sun and block out 91 % of our stars light from us.  The resulting remaining solar disc  makes a Smiley Face at the peak of the eclipse -  hence the name Smiley Face Eclipse.

*Of course viewing this partial solar eclipse is weather permitting , however the learning within the workshop and presentation is weather proof.

* Smiley Face Eclipse consists of a short talk / presentation followed by a practical enactment of the actual eclipse by the participants. The activity which also includes drawing works very well.

*Smiley Face Eclipse supports elements in the curriculum and helps participants understand the Sun Moon Earth Connection for themselves.

* In everlasting hope for  a clear sky to the South East on March 20th 2015 NASA has supplied me with a small amount of  safe viewing Eclipse glasses and educational material to give away.

Contact me for details -  skysketcher@gmail.com

For more information on eclipses visit Trinity College's Eclipse 2015 site

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Action Comet at Maynooth University during Science Week 2014

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All children are artists.
The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
  
Pablo Picasso

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