Tenpla Project how we can enjoy Astronomy with people

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Tenpla Projecthow we can enjoy Astronomy with
people?
2007.3.2 _at_ Subaru Seminar

• Naohiro Takanashi (TENPLA / Univ. of Tokyo)
• Hanae Inami (TENPLA / Meiji Univ.)
• Rieko Momose (TENPLA / Tokyo Gakugei Univ.)
• Nagisa Kaneyasu, Satomi Natsugari (TENPLA)

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Topics

• What is Tenpla?
• What do we do?
• - Tenpla Science Cafe (Inami)
• - Astro Karuta and Astro-Treats (Momose)
• - Mars Candle (Kaneyasu)

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Naohiro Takanashi
graduate student - type Ia Supernova
Survey - light curve study head of Tenpla
group
SDSS-II SN Survey
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Hanae Inami
From this April Be a doctoral program
student Study about Astronomy The campus is JAXA
NOW Senior at Meiji University Study about
Materials
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Rieko Momose
(Tokyo-Gakugei University. Undergraduate)
What do I do usually? Physics Astronomy
?Tokyo University from April Staff of star
party at NAOJ
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Nagisa KANEYASU
Staff of star party at NAOJ Staff of the
planetarium theater GALAXY Volunteer at
Science Museum
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satomi Natsugari
Designer of Tenpla Project
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What is tenpla?
Tenpla project of popularizing Astronomy
Tenmongaku to Planetarium (Astronomy and
Planetarium) started from 2003 by M. Hiramatsu
and N. Takanashi member students, researchers,
coordinators, educators, designers,
citizens Tenpla is a group activities open to
any people Tenpla is independent from any
organization
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Purpose
Enjoy Astronomy with people!
!
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Member

• tenpla mailing list participation 214
• ( students94 coordinators43 other77 )

student
All members of tnepla ML
coordinator
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Strategy

• 1. Collaborate with members
• 2. Suggest unique ideas
• 3. Execute the ideas using their forte
• 4. Enjoy the activities

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Activities

• 1. Communication between members
• 2. Activity with people
• 3. Outreach Tenpla activities

people
Tenpla
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Communication between members

• mailing list
• online communication
• tour to museums / planetariums
• offline communication

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Activity with people

• Astronomy Lectures / Star gazing parties
• museums, planetariums, schools,
• community centers
• Science Cafe

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Science Café
Hanae Inami
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What is Science Café ?
With coffee

Talk with scientist
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Why Science Café ?
Feel difficult
Not a dialog
Like a lecture
Be nervous
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Science Café by TENPLA
Sapporo
10/6,8 2005 12/8 2006
4/23 2006
Kurashiki
Tokyo
Many times
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Science Café Star Party_at_ local airport
Chofu airport
Pretty cafe
runway
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Science Café _at_ local airport
TARGET FAMILY
Have a dinner Learn about airport
airplanes Star party Play astronomical games in
the café Talk with young astronomers Go back
home with souvenirs
About 3 hours
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Dinner
Talk with young astronomers
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learn about airport
Im a pilot.
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Star party
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Play in the café
Picture books, 4D2U Mitaka, and so on.
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Souvenirs
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Evaluations from guests
Many people said they got more interested in
astronomy
Good point
Had a dinner with young astronomers Had good
communications with young astronomers Looked
into telescopes Could lay down and watch
stars Learned about the airport and airplanes
Need improvement (for the next time)
Number of guests 40 is too many ? Way to
advertisement (where to reach) Appointment is
really necessary? Sharing the field between
astronomy and airplanes
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In future

• Another targets
• a event for couples (ex.valentine day)
• Café without appointments
• Organizing a café by ourselves
• Collaboration with musicians
• Looking for sponsors

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Sora Uchi (2004)

• flash typing game with Astronomy terms
• developed by undergraduate student
• free to play

Over 300,000 access for 2 years!!
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Astronomical Toilet Paper (2005)

• printed a life of star
• sold in museum shops (\250 per 1 roll)
• shipped over 20,000 rolls
• funded by Nissan Science Foundation

Science, vol.311, 1355p
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Other goodies

• large scale structure Sensu
• (Japanese fun)
• printed LSS simulation
• coming soon!

bookmark of summit telescopes designed by
Natsugari coming soon?
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Astro KARUTA
Rieko Momose

• Motivation
• Study Astronomy easily by playing
• Include latest Astronomy
• Get easily

Astro KARUTA (Japanese traditional card game)
Funded by NISSAN Science Foundation
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Astro KARUTA
? ?? ??? ? ?? ? ? ?? ?? ? ?
Molecular Cloud

• Example

Ophiuchus Taurus Orion Chameleon
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Astro KARUTA

• Progress
• 01.2006 Distribute on Web site
• (www.tenpla.net)
• 01.03.2007 KARUTA Tournament
• Science Museum at
  Tokushima
• 04.2007 Distribute from the MEXT

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Astro-Treats Project
Motivation Taste Astronomy Feel Astronomy
easily Idea Astronomical candy Moon
chocolate Data chocolate Dark matter cake
Saturn cookie ??????etc
Saturn Candy
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Astro-Treats Project
Making 1, Design candies 2, Order to a candy
shop (Nagono confectioner) Progress
Distribute in our events ?Good reaction!!!
Sell them (plan)
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Mars Candle
Nagisa Kaneyasu
Real! The Mars Candle
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Structure

• surface

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Structure

• inside

wick
wax
Acryl gouache
wax
Light a candle , you can see a inner core as they
melt! (and you will study the inner structure of
Mars)
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Making

• Make a mold with Artist
• Spread wax in the mold
• 1. inner core with wick
• 2. outer core
• Color the candle
• South Pole / North Pole Wax
• Surface Acryl Gouache

searching a marketing route of shops
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Outreach Tenpla activities
educator
Local community
student
Museum Planetarium
ASJ
IAU
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Workshops

• Science Goods Workshop
• suggest unique science goods
• Physics, Biology, Geoscience

26 / Nov. / 2006
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Coverage

• TV, News paper, magazine
• not only in Science part but also in Culture
  part
• 5th order in google search with Astronomy in
  Japanese

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Evolution of Tenpla activities
lecture
star party
goodies
Science cafe
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
There are many people who have a barrier to touch
Astronomy!!
ex.) hospital patient kids, children in the lower
grades of elementary school, mothers who have
infant, disabled people, and so on
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Astro Club / ???????
extracurricular activities at local elementary
school

• Once per month
• half of members are 6,7,8 years old
• talks, hands on, star gazing parities
• recent Astronomy
• cooperate with guardians

Membership card ?
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Cooperation with guardians
Communicate with a school through guardians
decide what do we do in a discussion
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Cooperation with guardians
Bring telescopes to the school
Help operations of telescopes to watch stars
Not only kids but also guardians have a chance
to touch Astronomy!
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Mitaka Uchuu Jyuku
Astronomy lectures at local community center

• target Mothers who have infant
• free babysitting service
• Jun. Aug. / 2006
• 11 mothers with 11 children
• cooperate with child-raising assistance NPO

There are many many needs which we overlooked
like this case
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Future works
Reasonable line
Todays talk
Satisfactory
Frontier!!
Time and Money for Science
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Organizational diagram
ideas

• Administer

plans, topics