The document proposes bringing the sun to Earth through an educational tool that would allow layers of materials like grass, clay, or leaves to represent the sun's surface and features. The tool was created by Deirdre Kelleghan as a way to understand the sun through drawing and build engagement with astronomy through participatory and kinetic learning activities, with the goal of sharing it with Dublin schools and her astronomy club.
1. Action Sun – Lets bring the sun to Earth – Deirdre Kelleghan
Huge filaprom December 6th 2010 PST 40 8mm
TVP eyepiece Pastel and charcoal on black card
10 :45 UT a sketch by Deirdre Kelleghan
2. Sketch East Limb proms
and filaprom Jan 12th 2012
PST 40 mm 8mm eyepiece
Pastel and Conte on black paper
From Bray Co Wicklow
by Deirdre Kelleghan
I have always used drawing as a
vehicle to understand the sun
The mind is not a vessel to be filled
but a fire to be kindled.
Plutarch
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4. For Dublin City Libraries For my Astronomy Club in Bray
For an inner City Dublin School Partial Solar Eclipse – Public