My outreach forms part of the extensive
outreach programme of the Kapteyn Institute. It is our goal
to use astronomy to interest children, students, and everyone in
society into science. For this we use natural phenomena, such as
eclipses and transits, as an excuse to organise activities. We
rfegularly organise activiteit on our campus, centered on tours to
the Blaauw Observatory, with talks on current topics, mobile
planetarium shows, etc. On top of that there are activities for
children, involving a lot of volunteers of the Kapteyn Institute.
We always participate in Zpannend
Zernike, the Nacht
van de Nacht, en de Landelijke
Sterrenkijkdagen. Since recently, we also organise
activities in Lauwersoog. We regularly appear in the press,
including local and national TV, and newspapers. As long as we
don't have an outreach coordinator, I play this role, with the
help of studentcpoordinator Nynke Visser and .several other
students.