Science Communication / Outreach Activities

I'm interested in science communication and outreach activities.

Outreach Experiences

Student Staff of the NAOJ Mitaka Star Party2001 - 2008
(Student Staff in Chief, NAOJ Mitaka Star Party)(2004 - 2006)
Assistant of the Science Live Show UNIVERSE, Science Museum, Tokyo2001 - 2007
Co-founder, the Tenpla Project2003 - present

The Tenpla Project

I'm a co-founder of the Tenpla Project, which is an organization for popularization of astronomy under cooperation among students, museum staffs, teachers, professional researchers, and the public. We've organized star parties, science cafes, and other scientific events. We have developed education materials and goodies. All our projects were well organized and appreciated by the involved people. The project webpages are written in Japanese, but we have an English page for our representative product, ATP (Astronomical Toilet Paper). An article on the ATP appeared in the Science Magazine, 10 March 2006 issue. Please check it!

Our activities were presented in IAU General Assembly Special Session held in Prague.

Popularization of Astronomy under Cooperation between Students and Educators in Japan: the TENPLA project (1)
Masaaki Hiramatsu, Kazuhisa Kamegai, Naohiro Takanashi, and Ken Tsukada
(IAU GA 2006 Special Session 2 " Innovationof Teaching/Learning Astronomy Methods", 2006.08.17-18, Prague)
Popularization of Astronomy under Cooperation between Students and Educators in Japan: the TENPLA project (2)
Kazuhisa Kamegai, Masaaki Hiramatsu, Naohiro Takanashi, and Ken Tsukada
(IAU GA 2006 Special Session 2 " Innovationof Teaching/Learning Astronomy Methods", 2006.08.17-18, Prague)

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