About the National Network
An ASP Legacy Project
Each Project ASTRO National Network site represents a strong commitment on the part of a community or region to support improved science teaching and learning through astronomy. Each site is composed of a Lead Institution and a Local Coalition of supporters. Contact the local Site Coordinator (see map and site list below) for more information about Project ASTRO (and Family ASTRO) activities in your area. Note: Some of these sites may no longer be active.
Network Specifics
As mentioned above, each Project ASTRO National Network site is managed by a Lead Institution, which appoints a project Director and Coordinator. These local leaders are trained and supported by the National Project ASTRO Staff, and often by other members of the network as well. Each site also establishes and relies upon a Local Coalition of scientific and educational organizations to help the lead institution share the work, find financial and in-kind support, help put on regional programs for their educator-astronomer partners, and identify new partners.
In establishing the regional Project ASTRO coalitions, the national sites have brought together professional and amateur astronomy organizations, local observatories, planetariums, and science museums with school districts, community groups (e.g., 4H clubs, after-school programs, etc.), NASA Space Grant consortia, and other groups involved in improving science or technology education. Lead Institutions and the communities they serve vary from site to site.
The Project ASTRO National Network Sites
Arizona
Lead Institution: National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, Arizona
Website: www.noao.edu/education/astrotucson.html
California (San Diego)
Lead Institution: San Diego State University, San Diego, California
Website: http://mintaka.sdsu.edu/projectastro/
California (San Francisco Bay Area)
Lead Institution: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, California
Contact: bayareaastro@astrosociety.org
Colorado
Lead Institution: Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, Colorado
Website: http://lasp.colorado.edu/education/cpag/
Connecticut
Lead institution: Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
For information: astro@ astrosociety.org
Georgia
Lead Institution: Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA
Hawaii
Lead Institution: Gemini Observatory (on the Big Island), Hilo, Hawaii
Contact: jharvey@gemini.edu
Website: www.gemini.edu/journey
Idaho
Lead Institution: Boise State University
Website: under development
Illinois
Lead Institution: Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Chicago, Illinois
For information: astro@astrosociety.org
Maryland
Lead Institution: Towson University and Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Website: www.towson.edu/fcsm/community_engagement/ProjectASTRO/index.asp
Massachusetts
Lead Institutions: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics/Boston Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts
For information: astro@astrosociety.org
Michigan (and Northeast Wisconsin)
Lead Institution: Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan
Website: www.nmc.edu/rogersobservatory/astro.html
Nevada
Lead Institution: Space Science for Schools, Incline Village, Nevada
Website: www.ss4s.org
New Jersey
Lead Institution: Raritan Valley Community College, Somerville, New Jersey
Website: www.raritanval.edu/planetarium/astronova/
New Mexico
Lead Institution: New Mexico Museum of Space History, Alamogordo, New Mexico
For information: astro {at} astrosociety.org
New York
Lead Institution: Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, New York
Website: http://www.cradleofaviation.org/education/index.html
Ohio
Lead Institution (Cincinnati): Cincinnati Observatory Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Website: http://www.cincinnatiobservatory.org/forteachers.html
Lead Institution (Cleveland): Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio
For information: astro@astrosociety.org
Pennsylvania:
Pittsburgh, PA
Lead Institution: Buhl Academy at the Carnegie Science Center
Website: http://www.carnegiesciencecenter.org/planetarium/buhl-planetarium-buhl-academy/
West Chester, PA
Lead Institution: West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania
Website: http://wcupa.edu/_academics/sch_cas.esc/projectASTRO.asp
Texas
Lead Institution: University of Texas at Austin and McDonald Observatory, Austin, Texas
Website: http://spirit.as.utexas.edu/~dan/pastrotx/
Utah
Lead Institution: Hansen Planetarium, Salt Lake City, Utah
For information: astro@astrosociety.org
Washington
Lead Institution (Seattle): University of Washington
Lead Institution (Pullman): Washington State University
For information: astro@astrosociety.org
