ROBESON PLANETARIUM and Science Center
Superintendent Dr. Freddie Williamson
Director Ken Brandt
Survey link is here: planetarium post-visit survey for students
First board member who completes the survey gets a NASA Viking lander, mint-in-box 1/20 scale model
Please fill out the survey. One lucky winner will receive a MOJO Jojo pop collectable toy
back a winning team! Our community advisory group, the Rising Phoenix, is a 501.3c charity whose purpose is to rebuild the Robeson Planetarium and Science Center. The web page is here: http://www.robesonrisingphoenix.org/____________________________________________________
In 1/8/22's Robesonian: https://www.robesonian.com/features/153065/determination-persistence-leads-to-planetarium-funding#/search;query=boards%20meet%202022
The Robeson Planetarium is offering free, virtual planetarium programs to anyone affected by the recent violence in Uvalde, TX., or anywhere else. Just email kenneth.brandt@robeson.k12.nc.us with the request. Please include ages served, and number you expect will attend, as well as some dates/times. If you have a topic to be covered during the program (for example, Mars exploration) please let me know.
Virtual program requirements:
1. Each student must have their own device. Displaying on a smart board in front of the whole class is problematic at best, as the students in the rear of the room will have trouble seeing the images-especially the night sky.
2. Have each student prepare at least one question about space exploration, astronomy, or any science subject that is in some way related to what we're doing.
If both of these conditions are untenable, please reconsider your request. I will disconnect any connection to a smartboard display.
3. Recommended number/visit: 2 classes/virtual session. 30-40 students (can be more or less).
Perseverance dangling from it's cables, about 6 feet above Mars! Image downloaded 2/19/21
Perseverance looking out from it's left front hazard cam, toward the delta and rim on Jezero crater. Image downloaded 2/19/21
Perseverance parachute and landing system, as seen from another Martian spacecraft, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Image downloaded 2/19/21
-from L to R, Ken Brandt, Bill McArthur (astronaut from Robeson County), and JPL's Marvin full-scale Mars rover.
Virtual Programs are available by emailing kenneth.brandt@robeson.k12.nc.us
Check out our grade-level appropriate activities and resources on our links to the left.
Mars rover Opportunity's last panorama:
Please note that our schedule is subject to change, as current events in space science dictate.
For school groups: 28 students and 2 adults can be comfortably seated indoors.
For information email
CLEAR SKY CLOCK
Weather: here is a link for our own clear sky clock. See whether it'll be clear or cloudy here in SE NC.