Tag: IPY 2007

  • Frozen Sun musings 1

    This is what I have been trying to think while I am organising this event. So, all posts related to this can come under this category. (Creating categories on Roller is a pain).

    Anyways, I have been having a tough time at school with everyone going all serious on me. So, I decided that if I take the same dour attitude towards students whom we are trying to reach out to it won’t help. Just won’t!

    Imagine three scientists walking into the room at the same time when you’re supposed to be going out and playing! Except one sex-education talk( hey, I was 15 then!! ), I have never enjoyed any other talk and have come to hate some of the subjects discussed at the time – spirituality, craft etc.

    So, I thought instead of asking children to listen to intellectual stuff that go way over their head, let’s ask scientists how they live, what they do in their spare time, what part of the work they enjoy doing and then write a small description of their actual work. Although this is what I think the post should be about, I would have them write from their heart, which might turn out to be difficult for scientists.

    So, the IHY/IPY 2007 which I asked Kirk to hand over to me, has got this new dimensional push. Ha! and I have my exams on 24 and 26th so that makes it even worse for me to handle this!

    Now, my only problem is whom to contact in NASA/ESA. The trouble is that all of them are so open you don’t know whom to approach. In India, since the website has only one name, the decision is easier. Which reminds me I have written to the person in charge of IHY 2007 asking for help and also some help from IIAp ( Indian Institute of Astrophysics). I have yet to ask some one from ISRO about their plans. Well, let’s see what happens.

  • IHY/IPY

    And so, I enter another adventure. I have decided to help  Kirk with the SEDS IHY/IPY blog humourously (according to me) called Frozen Sun. I have just sent out a mail to the SEDS-Earth and SG Talk list with respect to this. So, thought I should post a snippet of it here too:

    hi all,

    We have started a blog called Frozen Sun to celebrate the International
    Heliophysical and Polar Years. You can find the blog here -
    http://blogs.seds.org/frozensun/

    We'd like people working in fields related to these fields to share
    they're work with students like me so that we know more about what you do.
    We don't want exact technical details of your project. We'd like to know
    how you spend your time there, how's the pay and maybe a sketch of what
    you're doing there technically. You're free to write in proportions of
    what you do in the way you like.

    You can do this using plain old text, images or even videos.

    Oh! and just so that you know what you're getting into, you won't be let
    off the hook after you post. Students will read your post, ask you
    questions and we would be greatful if you could answer them.

    expecting a good response,
    Pradeep

    Help in anyway is appreciated.