A National Program to Improve Science Education in Grades 3-12

Project ASTRO links professional and amateur astronomers with 3rd - 12th grade teachers in their communities. After the astronomer-teacher partners are trained together at 2-day workshops, each volunteer astronomer "adopts" a class or youth group and makes at least four visits during the year. The main focus of the project is on hands-on, inquiry-based activities that put students in the position of acting like scientists - as they come to understand more about the universe (and science in general).

New England Sites:
Boston Project ASTRO site
Connecticut Project ASTRO site

If you are interested in becoming a Project ASTRO site in the New England area not currently represented, visit the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's Project ASTRO: So You Want to Start a Project ASTRO Site? section of their website for information on how to get started!

For more information about the Project ASTRO program and its history, visit the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.