Monday, Feb 4 - Rainout

Tuesday, Feb 5
09:30 - Meet at IfA Building
10:00 - Arrive at Keaukaha Elementary
10:20 - Conduct telescope activities
03:00 - Imiloa Astronomy Center
05:00 - JTTU event @ Hilo Yacht Club

Wednesday, Feb 6
11:00 - Subaru Telescope base tour
12:30 - Lunch at Imiloa Cafe with Dr Bus
02:00 - Imiloa Astronomy Center exhibit hall
04:00 - JTTU Family Science Night

Thursday, Feb 7
08:15 - Meet at IfA building
09:00 - Arrive at Kaumana Elementary
09:15 - Conduct telescope activities
02:45 - BIRR robotics planning mtg
04:00 - DOE JTTU potluck party

Friday, Feb 8
07:00 - Meet at IfA building
08:30 - Sean's talks at Hilo High
11:30 - Leave Hilo for Mauna Kea
02:30 - Arrive at summit, tour IRTF, UH88
03:30 - Leave summit for Hale Pohaku
04:00 - Dinner at Hale Pohaku
05:00 - Leave for Hilo
07:00 - AstroTalk public lecture

Sean Aiken of OneWeekJob.com is visiting the Big Island to learn what its like to be a Public Information Officer for the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. Sean will be working out of our office of Science Education and Public Outreach, and engage in classroom visitations, a visit to the Imiloa Astronomy Center, schmooze at a community social event, tour some observatories on the summit of Mauna Kea and take in a public astronomy lecture. Here is the schedule we prepared, and some images of his experiences.

Kenyan being interviewed by Sean Aiken and his cameraman Ian McKenzie at Keaukaha

Kenyan making a presentation on astronomy to 2nd Graders at Keaukaha Elementary

Sean helped the students of Kaumana Elementary build their cardboard telescopes

Sean and Ian in the Imiloa Planetarium, about to experience the 3D Stereo show

World at their fingertips - Ian and Sean with an Earthball at the Imiloa Gift Shop

Kenyan, Ian and Sean in front of the Subaru Telescope Hilo base facility

Sean taking a model of the Subaru Telescope for a spin

Dr Saeko Hayashi welcomed Sean and Ian to Subaru and provided a wonderful tour

Sean giving instruction on assembling the carboard telescope kits to Kaumana students

The only thing more fun than building telescopes is looking through them

Sean working on building his own underwater ROV at Hilo Intermediate

Sean & Ian with Big Island ROV Regional (BIRR) competition planning committee

Sean gave a presentation on his One Week Job project, the places he's worked at, people he's met and the jobs that he has worked over the last 45 weeks. Thankfully Sean did say that his assignment at the Institute for Astronomy was in the Top Ten best jobs he's experienced to date. Yeah!