Reach out

Outreach: a dream activity

Professor Julieta Fierro
Institute for Astronomy, National University, Mexico

I believe the secret to do good outreach is to feel free and work at it. Presently one minute television spots have been my most fruitful outreach endeavour; although I continue to write books for several levels, in order to offer the continuity that a few viewers seek, and give public lectures so I can keep in direct contact with the public. I am using simple small theatres for my television explanations, a have several stages to fit the screen and many objects to address constellations, biographies, archeo-astronomy, evolution, and all sorts astronomical and physics topics. I purchase and build the puppets using images I download and print on cardboard, so I keep science simple and fresh.