Planetarium Presenter
Jean & E. Floyd Kvamme Planetarium - West Valley College, Saratoga, CA
Santa Cruz, California, United States
Andy fell in love with the night sky when he first saw stars in the deep, dark desert skies of Southern Arizona after moving there at the age of 7. Coming from a background in theater, he became involved in the informal astronomy programs of the ASP in the1990's, after which he started a career working in planetariums. He likes integrating hands-on learning with the planetarium experience to foster a better understanding of key concepts. Andy served as an Educator Fellow for NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. In 2019 he was selected to teach astronomy in Italy as part of the Week in Italy program, a professional development initiative under the auspices of the International Planetarium Society. Due to Covid, that opportunity wasn't fulfilled until 2023. Currently, Andy is an inaugural board member of the Live Interactive Planetarium Symposium (LIPS), Vice President of the Santa Cruz Chapter of DarkSky International, and works as a presenter at the Jean and E. Floyd Kvamme Planetarium at West Valley College in Saratoga, California.
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9D-1 - Planetarium Pirates: Exploring Dark Adaptation and Visual Perception
Friday, August 23, 2024
3:00 PM – 3:50 PM US PDT
