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From Dream to Reality: Building the Hale Telescope Primary Source STEAM Workshop

June 1, 2021
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Grades 8-12. This project describes to students the great hurdle in the Hale Telescope’s construction: successfully transporting the 40-ton, 200-inch mirror and its packing materials from upstate New York to the top of Palomar Mountain in southern California. Documents include shipping manifests, conversations regarding the movement of the mirror, and photographic documentation of the mirror’s journey up Palomar Mountain. These sources can be used for inquiry-based learning exercises.

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By: Elizabeth Berkowitz
Elizabeth Berkowitz is the Executive Director of the American Trust for the British Library, and is a former Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow and Outreach Program Manager at the Rockefeller Archive Center. She holds a PhD in Art History from the Graduate Center, CUNY, as well as an MA in Modern Art from Columbia University and a Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies from Tufts University.

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From Dream to Reality: Building the Hale Telescope Primary Source STEAM Workshop

Grades 8-12. This project describes to students the great hurdle in the Hale Telescope’s construction: successfully transporting the 40-ton, 200-inch mirror and its packing materials from upstate New York to the top of Palomar Mountain in southern California. Documents include shipping manifests, conversations regarding the movement of the mirror, and photographic documentation of the mirror’s…