About Skip

Wayne “Skip” Bird is a NASA Heliophysics Ambassador, and Outreach Director/Night Sky Network Guru for the Westminster Astronomical Society, and outreach fanatic (definition of fanatic: someone who will not change his mind AND will not change the subject).

He is also a “Mad” Science teacher for the South Carroll HomeSchool Association. He is the world-renowned author of “Night Flying Astronomy Bird” articles (OK, maybe world-renowned is being a little modest), and the World’s Greatest Dad – he has the button to prove it, but enough about Skip.

NASA Heliophysics Ambassador

Official title: The Heliophysics Educator Ambassador (HEA) program for Informal Educators is a NASA-funded program that will focus on in-depth learning experiences around Earth, Space, and Physical Science topics for educators working with informal audiences and formal K-12 educators. The goal of the HEA program is to develop the capacity and provide the opportunity for informal educators to train other formal and informal educators on NASA Heliophysics science and educational resources.

Unofficial title: Come join Skip Bird to find out what a Heliophysics Educator Ambassador is, where they work, how you can become one too, and when the world will end (just checking to see if you’re still reading). I will give a short (OK maybe a little longer than short, OK, OK, a lot longer than short) talk about the HEA program, some samples of activities, and how this program can help our club bring in and keep younger members.