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Galileoscopes in Classrooms

SEP 01, 2012
Exciting Kids about Astronomy and Physics
Coty Tatge, KelliAnn Anderson, and Zach Troyer, Carthage College

Children in Tanzania using a Galileoscope brought by Chuck Ruehle

Children in Tanzania using a Galileoscope brought by Chuck Ruehle

Four hundred years after Galileo’s first telescope observations, the year 2009 was celebrated as the International Year of Astronomy (IYA). Several big, worldwide initiatives were launched to engage people with astronomy. Ranking among the largest was the Galileoscope Project (

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