“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”  ― Benjamin Franklin Deadly Moons My workshop Deadly Moons has been presented on hundreds of occasions.  Thousands of Irish school children have taken part and learnt something interesting. The title of the workshop has its roots in the expression ‘that’s deadly’. This is  Irish street talk, which means, something is ‘Amazing’. Deadly Moons is built on a range of robotic space images coupled with some of my lunar sketches. From time to time I update the presentation to include images from Cassini, Mars Reconnaissance Obiter (MRO) and of course New Horizons. I realised early on in my outreach efforts that most children and most adults are totally unaware that other moons exist. In general, people are not able to recognise moon phases. They are also unable to  point out  features on our moon.  Our moon is in the sky for the duration of all … Continue reading →