Some Public Astronomy in China MSU’s GK-12 Project: Expedition 2008 To Beijing and Xi’an.
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Goals
• Connections to university researchers
• Connections to school administrators
• Connections to public schools
• Sightseeing
People in the group
• 6 university faculty• 1 school district superintendant• 3 middle school teachers• 6 GK-12 Fellows (graduate students)• 1 spouse
• Beijing city wall was built in the 1400’s against the Mongols
• In 1442 the Ming and Qing dynasties began to put astronomical instruments on the wall
• In 1600’s and 1700’s robust instruments