The teamwork required to build giganto-scopes renews clubs' sense of purpose and forges ties to their local communities. One in seven children in the United States speaks a language other than English at home. Their difficulties with English may seem like a barrier to science education. But science education can be the impetus they need to overcome their difficulties with English. With sidebars by Isabel Hawkins and George Musser.
Kids still love it.
7 Echoes of the Past, by Katherine Bracher Amateur astronomers have convinced bus drivers in San Francisco to get off for a glimpse of Saturn. They have given villagers in the Amazon basin their first view through a telescope. They have been bringing science to people, and people to science, for over a century. The Internet is fun. It is bounteous.