Over the weekend we were chalk drawing at the UC Berkeley Space Science Lab which is only open one day a year to the public.

www.ssl.berkeley.edu

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The Space Science Lab has more satellites (6) than any other Universities in the world – really cool to get into this room!

Our chalk drawing was short, 3 hours plus, but it was sweet.

 

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Laura Peticolas, Director – Center for Science Education

 

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C on left, Berkeley student in the fall, astrophysicist, her grandpa helped make the Hubble Space Telescope. E on right, 6 grader, she was so comfortable talking to an adult, broke her foot on a trampoline. The two girls bonded while drawing – so cool.

 

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The dad had tears in his eyes, sounded like he and his son were not connecting and this had them doing something together.

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Riley and Tara, totally cool kids, great parents. I sent them home with chalk. Tara keenly listened to everything I was talking to her mom about – totally great teaching moments, just makes everything worth it 10 fold.

 

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The Lab is working on a bridge program with indigenous leaders connecting space science to ancient wisdom.
Called the Cosmic Serpent, thought I’d combine it with Earth Day.