The Impact of Light Pollution Education through a Global Star-Hunting Campaign and Classroom Curricu

The emphasis of the international citizen-science, star-hunting campaign, GLOBE at Night, and its accompanying Dark Skies Rangers activities is to increase public awareness on issues of light pollution. An on-line evaluation survey was administered to 585 people who participated in a GLOBE at Night and/or Dark Skies Rangers workshop and had received a Dark Skies Education Kit over the last 5 years. The survey was conducted to help improve the dark sky education programs and was administered and assessed by an external evaluator. Results will be presented on the usefulness of the programs, workshops and associated materials (e.g., the Dark Skies Rangers activities, materials, kit). Results will also include the evaluation of the GLOBE at Night campaigns, the use of these resources in the classroom, and the educators' impressions of student learning outcomes. Session participants will: 1) Learn about ongoing efforts to evaluate a large citizen science project; 2) Learn about usefulness of Dark Sky products for a variety of educational providers; 3) Learn how to apply the presented techniques to their own outreach activities.