Nevada Historical Society and Planetarium

Thursday we had a great day on our field experience. We started at the Nevada Historical Society Museum at UNR. Our class was split into two groups, which each had a specialist lead the tour. We learned so much, and reinforced so much about our learning in school. Next, we watched an educational film about the Maya people and the astronomy they used. This connected to earlier learning this year as well. Finally, the director of the Fleishmann Planetarium came out and personally gave us a talk about astronomy and what could be seen in our night sky (although it rained Thursday night). The rain stayed away and we were able to eat a picnic lunch out on the grass, taking turns seeing the amazing sun dial there that is accurate to the minute (although it was 2 minutes off).