Video Projects
Interview: Building a Walk-Through Astronomy Festival
This short interview captures the ideas behind our on-campus Astronomy Festival—a week-long, walk-through experience where beauty pulls you in and hands-on science keeps you exploring. We talk about why citizen science belongs in a high school atrium, how abstract concepts become touchable tasks, and how design elements (from an accordion photo wall to a “ring” backdrop) turn curiosity into method—then into action.
You’ll hear how we designed daily micro-activities—Galaxy Morphology Challenge, “13 constellations vs. 12 astrological signs,” build-a-Kepler telescope, bright-spot ID drills, and a free-creation “personal cosmos”—so students repeatedly pass by → pause → participate. We also discuss the festival’s emblem (“the ring” as orbit and oath), the scenography that mimics light curves and apertures, and why admitting “I know that I don’t know” is the most reliable compass for the future—whether you’re reading The Three-Body Problem or looking up at the Veil Nebula.
What’s inside the video
The motivation: giving true astronomy lovers a steady platform—and opening a door for those who aren’t (yet).
Citizen astronomy in practice: classroom skills mapped directly to real research labels (think Galaxy Zoo logic).
Design as pedagogy: light-curve walls, aperture portals, and ring clusters that make science walkable.
Daily interactive blocks: see → judge → make → express.
Astrophotography & meaning: turning wonder into philo-sophia—a love of wisdom grounded in evidence.
A modest forecast for humanity: start from the knowledge of our ignorance, and choose with humility.
Elevator line: “We wanted science you can walk through—where evidence becomes our shared oath, and curiosity returns, each loop, a little sharper.”