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Vol. 36, No. 3 September 2007 Journal of the International Planetarium Society The Eugenides Planetarium Athens, Greece A Focus on Education Articles 6 Performing and Visual Arts, The Sciences: Visualization September 2007 Vol. 36 No. 3 brings them together at the Gates Planetarium Executive Editor Daniel Neafus and Ka Chun Yu 18 The Influence of School Astronomy Education on Sharon Shanks Astrological Belief Ward Beecher Planetarium Inga Gryl Youngstown State University 20 Toward a Methodology for Informal Astronomy Education One University Plaza Research Youngstown, Ohio 44555 USA Nicholas Stroud, Meghan Groome, Rachel Connolly, (1) 330-941-3619 daytime phone Keith Sheppard [email protected] Advertising Coordinator Columns 4 In Front of the Console . .Sharon Shanks Chuck Bueter 28 President’s Message . Susan Reynolds Button 15893 Ashville Lane 33 Past President’s Message . Martin George Granger, Indiana 46530 USA 34 Forum: How important is knowledge? . Steve Tidey (1) 574-271-3150 42 Reviews. April S. Whitt [email protected] 45 Mobile News. .Susan Reynolds Button www.ips-planetarium.org/planetarian/ 48 General Counsel: Copyright and email . Christopher S. Reed ratesheet.htm 51 Digital Frontiers. Ed Lantz 55 NASA News. Anita M. Sohus Membership 58 International News. Lars Broman Individual: $50 one year; $90 two years 64 Gibbous Gazette. James P. Hughes Institutional: $200 first year; 69 Planetarian’s Calendar of Events. .Loris Ramponi $100 annual renewal 70 What’s New. John Schroer Library Subscriptions: $36 one year 72 Last Light . April S. Whitt Direct membership requests and changes of address to the Treasurer/Membership Chairman Index of Advertisers allsky.de . 71 Back Issues of the Planetarian Astro-Tec Mfg., Inc . 50 IPS Back Publications Repository Calgary Science Centre . 49 maintained by the Treasurer/Membership Clark Planetarium . 57 Chair; contact information is on next page Evans & Sutherland . outside back cover Global Immersion. 5 GOTO INC . 54 Index Konica Minolta Planetarium Co. Ltd . 3 A cumulative index of major articles that have Learning Technologies, Inc . 44 appeared in the Planetarian from the first issue R.S.A. Cosmos . inside back cover through the current issue is available online at Rudinec & Associates . 31 www.ips-planetarium.org/planetarian/ Sky-Skan, Inc . 27, centerfold, 68 planetarian_index.pdf Spitz, Inc. 32 Zeiss, Inc. inside front cover Final Deadlines March: January 21 Associate Editors June: April 21 Digital Frontiers General Counsel International NASA Space News Ed Lantz Christopher Reed News Anita Sohus September: July 21 Lars Broman December: October 21 Education Gibbous Gazette Reviews Steve Tidey James Hughes Mobile News April S. Whitt International Planetarium Society home page: Susan Button www.ips-planetarium.org Forum Last Light What’s New vacant April S. Whitt John A. Schroer Planetarian journal home page: http://www.ips-planetarium.org/planetarian The Planetarian (ISN 0090-3213) is pub- Guidelines for Contributors and Advertisers: lished quarterly by the International http://www.ips-planetarium.org/planetarian/ Planetarium Society. ©2007, Inter- guidelines.html national Planetarium Society, Inc., all rights reserved. Opinions expressed by authors are personal opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the International Planetarium Society, its of- Cover: The seats of the Eugenides Planetarium in Ath- ficers, or agents. Acceptance of advertisements, announcements, or other ens await the retun of more school children this year. material does not imply endorsement by the International Planetarium Soci- More than 350,000 people sat in those seats during ety, its officers or agents. The Editor welcomes items for consideration for the 2006-07 school year. Picture courtesy of the Eu- publication. 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