For more information
on field trips contact
Kathleen Stetter: 920-872-2250
Field
Trips
Come
visit the Buckstaff Planetarium this Friday evening!
Starry Nights: Fall Skies
Friday, Sept. 12 at 7 PM
Cost: $3/adult and $2/children & UWO students
See a seasonal overview of constellations and stars. We
will share some of the cultural mythology that is
associated with them and the circumpolar (year-round)
constellations. Learn about the role and importance of
Polaris (North Star). All are welcome to this public event.
Reservations are not required. Private bookings for this
show are also available for large groups. For more
information, please call Science Outreach at 424-0287 or
email sciout@uwosh.edu.
Future Shows Include:
Oct. 10: Earth in the Solar System
Nov. 14: Native American Star Myths
Dec. 5: Christmas Nights
Dec. 19: Christmas Nights - Encore Show
Jan. 16: Starry Nights: Deeper Look at Orion
Feb. 13: Lessons Learned Through Astronomy
March 13: Mars!
April 10: Starry Nights: Spring Skies
May 8: The History of Constellations
Nature
Photography Workshop
Saturday,
October 18, 2-4:30 pm
Fond du Lac School District’s Conservation
Education Center
Come
experience hands-on nature photography.
Ted Eischeid will introduce the basics of nature
photography
in a natural setting. Participants will then
have a chance to practice their skills at the Fond du
Lac School District’s Conservation Education Center.
A sharing session will follow. All photographers are
invited, but the emphasis is on amateurs with simple
digital cameras. Be sure to bring a patch cord and a
power cord for sharing your work at the end of the
workshop. Bring a laptop computer for this purpose
if available.
Limit: 20 participants. Contact Kathleen
Stetter (Stetter@centurytel.net or 920-872-2250) to
reserve a place.
Directions:
Eldorado
Nature Center is about eight miles west
of Fond du Lac on Highway 23. Watch for the
conservation classroom sign on the north side of the
road just past a small cemetery.
Adopt
a Trail
Join
Fond du Lac County
Audubon on Saturday, October 25 at 10 am at the
Prairie Trail at the intersection of Ducharme and
the 151 bypass. We will be picking up trash. Wear
gloves and comfortable shoes. This is an activity that
can include children. (A trail cleanup is safer than a
highway cleanup.)
Fond du Lac County Audubon has committed
to two years of participation in the “Adopt a Trail”
program. We have been assigned the section that
starts about 200 yards south of Ducharme and runs
a little beyond K. The county will supply the trash
bags and collect them after the cleanup.