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Meadow's Edge

Students and teachers are active
in community project.

 

3D Model to Visit School

Students built a model of the results of the Let There Be Night experiment using over 35,000 LEGO blocks to represent the ideal night sky. From that 3D map, over 12,000 blocks had to be removed to represent the night sky lost to light pollution, according to over 3,400 student observations. The 3D model will be displayed at Meadow's Edge Elementary School on January 11-15, 2010.


Starlab in gym Entering Starlab Adults in Starlab Student recording SQM readings Meadow's Edge SLT


Student artwork of OrionStudent Artwork Features Orion

Display case with Orion artwork

 

Students at Meadow's Edge Elementary School depict Orion in art.


Poster at Meadow's EdgeStudent using SQMSky Quality MeterA poster at Meadow's Edge appeals for LEGO blocks to support LTBN. Meanwhile, every night a team of students is measuring sky glow with a hand-held Sky Quality Meter (SQM).

Images courtesy of Lauren Parker.

 

Morning announcementMayor Rea and StudentsSchool News

Meadows Edge student Kennedy P. announces the Let There Be Night program on the school news, left. Later, she represented the school at a student meeting with Mishawaka Mayor Jeff Rea to discuss Let There Be Night, outdoor lighting issues, and Earth Hour, occurring March 28th. See the related WNDU TV story.

Turtle Hatch Activity

Students as sea turtle hatchlings scurry from predators during the Turtle Hatch activity at the 2009In Your Dreams Book Night at Meadows Edge Elementary School. Members of the Student Leadership Team record the positions of the hatchlings ater two "hatches"--one in the prescence of light pollution, and a second time after the students addressed outdoor lighting issues and adjusted some of the "shoreside" fixtures.

Meadows Edge Turtle Hatch

Meadows Edge Turtle Hatch Meadows Edge Turtle Hatch

Meadows Edge Turtle Hatch Meadows Edge Turtle Hatch

Images above courtesy of Laban Kauffman.

Students gathered in gym
Prior to hatching, turtles (rather, students) get instructions from Mr. Bueter. Image above courtesy of Lauren Parker.

Meadows Edge LTBN TeamThe LTBN Student Leadership Team at Madison recorded on paper plates the results of two trial runs to show the change in turtle survival rates when outdoor lighting was altered.

Image, right,courtesy of John Mott.


Meadows Edge Student TeamThe Team

The evening included a reading of There Once Was a Sky Full of Stars, and some raffle prizes that included the Let There Be Night DVD set and the NASA WISE Mission's lenticular postcards of Orion in visible and infrared light.


Constellation Book

Our class decided to create this book as an introduction of the constellations before we go on our planetarium field trip on January 30, 2009. We wanted to share what we learned with other students also. As a part of our "Let There Be Night" program, we know that light pollution is making our night sky brighter and we can't see the stars. We decided to make this book in order to know where the constellations should be and what they look like even with light pollution. Please enjoy our book!

Mrs. Stephanie Betzer's 4/5 Class

(Click images below to enlarge.)

Meadow's Edge-constellation Constellation drawing- Orion
Constellation drawing and story- Orion Constellations Book Cover

Meadow's Edge Staff MeetingTeachers Prepare

Meadows Edge teachers prepare for Let There Be Night at an in-service meeting on October 1, 2008. The support of teachers is paramount to the success of this community-wide science experiment.