What a revelation! For the first time the universe was more tangible and real. I’m in awe of how much humanity has learned about our universe in the last 30 years and at the same time the immensity of our lack of knowledge.Ī few months ago I went to Virginia to visit my daughter, and her husband showed me the google sky map. All these years later I’m still learning and I’m still fascinated with the universe. I enjoyed the process of exposing them to something they didn’t see in their regular curriculum, but then also learning from them. Their presentations were exhibited in the school auditorium for a week. My students worked hard and used a lot of creativity. Research from magazines or newspapers gave them the best marks. The conditions I gave the students were: 15 minute presentation on the universe, or solar system, on a topic that was new to the class, and visuals were required. The only resource we had was an old library with a lot of encyclopedias. We did not have any computers or the internet. If you will choose me i would be really gratefull.īack in my country (South America), 30 years ago, I worked as a High School Math teacher, and astronomy was the way for my students to get extra points. For the applications i would prefer star walk because for now i can watch most of the planets through my telescope but that nebulas and galaxies are a bit harder to find but solar walk is also amazing application. With these app everything would be so much easier not just for myself but for the others too that i want to bring astronomy closer to them. At those spots where i go to watch the night sky with my telescope i also meet people from time to time who also want to take a look through the telescope so of course i let them and i want to show them that astronomy is really interesting, educational and fun. Sometimes i also print the positions of planets or nebulas and galaxies for the night i went watching the sky so having something like this is just mindblowing. I dont have the that auto-tracking telescope so everything i’m trying to watch i do by hand. Most of the time also my friends come with me and we stay there for hours searching the night sky. Now that i’m a bit older (i’m a student at the moment) i go out almost every week with my telescope if its not cloudy (in my country sky is ussualy cloudy). I remember at that time when i was lying on the grass with my contalation book and a head torch looking at constalations in the book and then trying to find them on the starry night sky. Astronomy is my passion since i was very little. Hi, those applications are just the things i always wanted to have when i go looking at the night sky with my telescope. So, the thing is… I’m trying to find “points” in order to choose astrophysics over medical physics and with Star Walk App I can picture myself in winter nights gazing the night sky and remembering myself why I fell in love with the Universe and its mysteries so many years ago. However, right now I’m deciding about what I’d like to master in, and I’m choosing between astrophysics and medical physics. Every time I stare at the night sky, every time I read a new article in Universe Today, every day I talk to my friends about what I’ve read, I feel this passion filling my mind. Right now I still feel that passion runnng through my veins. All I wanted to do was to get all the knowledge I could get in order to understand a little bit better the universe. The idea of such beauty outside this planet, over my head, was inspiring. I’d love to win the Star Walk app! The reason? well, i’m a physics student who chose to major in physics because of astronomy! The universe is the reason why I started to get involved in science. Perhaps even our little daughter will be drawn into it as well, as she has a tremendous aptitude with the ipad. I believe it would be great to further her interests in a productive field of science which I also appreciate and enjoy. I am quite sure she would be thrilled to add either the solar walk or star walk app. for our ipad which she has taken an avid interest in.
She has gone on to take an interest in the planet’s moons and as of last year she watched a special on the big bang with fascination and curiosity. Before she was 4 she had already memorized all of the planets names in order and is able to recognize them by sight.
One of my fondest memories is painting a scale mobile with her and hanging it on her ceiling. From the age of 3, just after she learned to talk she has taken a tremendous interest in the solar system. Her interests are mercurial and she prefers a sedentary lifestyle, but she is highly intelligent. I have two daughters, and the oldest one is 8 and has a mild form of autism.