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Show H I I I it I V ; ' ."? ; f ; 3 0 1 Neil Hueffner did his report on Von Del Chamberlain, director of the Hansen Planetarium. Chamberlain became director of the planetarium in March of 1 984. h Chamberlain looks up ; ; at the stars in his work I j I Editor's Note: Students from , Mueller Park Junior High School'! Autonomous Learner Class submitted I I these articles which resulted from a f class project The students were re- I , I quired to choose a local figure, set up I and conduct an interview and write a feature story about that figure. By NEIL HUEFNER I ' Look up at the stars! Utah has a star of its own in Mr. Von Del ; Chamberlain, director of the Hansen Planetarium, i I Mr. Chamberlain grew up in I the small town of Kanab, Utah. ' He has always loved science and f he wanted to be a scientist even while he was growing up. He went to the University of Utah, where he studied physics and astronomy. Astronomy is his first love. In March of 1984 Mr. Chamberlain became the director direc-tor of the Planetarium. In this position he is mainly a busi-I busi-I nessman and spends most of his I time working with budgets, planning, administrating programs, pro-grams, and making arrangements. arrange-ments. The thing he enjoys the most about his job is seeing people peo-ple enjoy the Planetarium's pro grams. The program he feels was most successful was "Zap," a program where they did a lot of dramatic things with electricity and taught a lot about science. He says the hardest part of his job is getting everything done. As an astronomer Mr. Chamberlain- thinks that the flight of the Voyager Space Craft is one of the most exciting things that science has ever accomplished. ac-complished. ' 'There were so many discoveries as it flew past the planets one by one. It revealed reveal-ed something like 70 new worlds that we knew almost nothing about," he said. Mr. Chamberlain is concerned about the lack of interest in science among young people today. to-day. He thinks that science teachers should have more field trips and experiments and do less lecturing. He thinks students have to spend too much time memorizing. At the Planetarium they are trying to make science fun and popular. They are trying to teach people about science by letting them participate. If you want to go to the Hansen Planetarium, you can call 538-2098 for program information. |