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outreach to schools/kids
I most probably am in the wrong space here, but its all relevent. I know Curtin university does school outreach programmes every now and then, though they don't do too much to be pro active with it.
In conjunction with IIS i would love to use some of my time to go out to schools and share what i know, along with the use of my equipment and curtins equipment to excite youngsters, as i belive that this is where the future of astronomy lays.
Doing it with ISS does 3 things, Promotes ISS, Curtin uni, and sets these people up with the appropriot community in which they can ask questions and be welcomed. Astronomy is not something for "geeks" I for one am as far away from the term as you could think about. though it seems that everybody that i talk to attaches that stigma to astronomy.
These are my thoughts, and if you would like to talk to me about anything else that would be great, I will be talking with curtin anyhow to see if i can organize something but it would also be good to be working with IIS.
Regards
Brendan Mitchell
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