1. Children’s Hospital Astronomy Outreach

3. UCSF Children’s Hospital
Collaborators
Space in Medicine
UAS
UCSF Children’s Hospital
Planetary Society

4. Our Goals Design a curriculum adapted for children at local hospitals.
Offer creative and fun space education lessons for children at the hospital.

5. Lesson plan ideas Google contract with Planetary Society
Google VR cardboard glasses
Titans of Space VR app
Google has generously offered to donate their google cardboard VR glasses to our project.
Titans of space is an android app that gives tour of space

6. Fun physics labs Guest speakers
How do telescopes work? How to make one?
Astrophotography lab
Low-cost lesson plans adapted for children at hospital
Guest speakers
Astronauts
Aeronautical engineers

7. Personalized book
Currently working with a publishing company that writes personalized books about space for children.

8. Current Plans Working with UCSF Child Life Program Science summer camp
2-3 volunteers in each session
1-2 sessions/month
Rotate volunteers for each session
Program will continue into the academic year

9. Screening Can be fast! Gathering immunization records
Scheduling occupational health appointments
Submitting and passing background check

10. Ways you can get involved
Help us design a curriculum adapted for hospitalized children.
Volunteer at sites and conduct lessons
Help us expand to other sites
Schools
Other hospitals
Libraries
Volunteers don’t have to go to hospital sites if they can’t or prefer not to. They can help out in many other ways.

11. Join Us! Sign up on our google form!
Will send out after meeting
Or contact us for any questions or concerns:
Mohit Jethi:
UAS: