MEDIA RELEASE

Galaxy Forum Hawai‘i – Hilo

“21^st Century Education – Get to Know Our Place in the Universe”

An exploratory forum to promote Galaxy Education in the 21st Century

FREE Admission — Open to the Public

• When: Sunday, 17 May 2009, 10:30am – 12:30
• Where: `Imiloa Astronomy Center
• Who: Open to Hawaii’s educators and education advocates, science teachers, students, cultural practitioners, amateur and professional astronomers and the general public

Program:

• Shawn Laatsch, ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center, Planetarium Galaxy Show
• Ali‘i Kimo Pihana and Leilehua Yuen: “Native Hawai‘i Astronomy and Cosmology”
• Robert Fox: PISCES, UHH Astronomy Department
• Kumiko Usuda: Subaru Telescope, “Make Your Own Milky Way Models”
• ILOA: “International Lunar Observatory Galaxy First Light Imaging”
• Concluding Panel Discussion on advancing and enhancing general science education in Hawai‘i

For more info call ILOA at 885-3474, or visit us online at www.iloa.org.

International Lunar Observatory Association
65-1230 Mamalahoa Hwy D20 • Kamuela, HI 96743
808-885-3474 | www.iloa.org | info@iloa.org