STEM Educational Programs
Students in the Los Angeles area have the unique opportunity to visit the mountaintop where humanity discovered its place in the Universe–from our position in the Milky Way to Hubble’s observations, proving our galaxy is one of billions, all in an expanding Universe. At Mount Wilson, an astronomer from Carnegie Observatories or NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab will teach your students–at any level–about the astrophysics that led Hubble to discover the expanding Universe. What better place to learn about the Big Bang and other STEM core topics, than standing next to the historic 100-inch telescope that Hubble used? Come visit all our telescopes, the 100-inch Telescope, the 60-inch Telescope, the Snow Solar Telescope, and the 60 and 150-foot Solar Telescopes. These historic instruments revolutionized astronomy during the first half of the 20th century. The CHARA interferometer telescope array, completed in 2004 and operated by Georgia State University is also located on the Observatory campus. This array of six telescopes currently has the highest resolution of any optical telescope system ever built, including those in space–capable enough to observe the shapes of stars and the presence of “star spots” rotating on distant stars.
So bring your students for a visit. Einstein came and so did Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan. What better place to get inspired to learn more science?
To learn more about Mount Wilson’s STEM Educational Program for your school, contact Jessica Rodriguez at stemed@mtwilson.edu or by phone at (571) 762-5850.