Learning

There’s much more to lure us outdoors at 4 a.m.: Between catching shooting stars, skim the southern skyline to see one of the most compelling constellations, Scorpius the Scorpion, accented by brilliant, red-orange Mars and golden Saturn.

I had a chance encounter with another luminary, Joe Rao, and learned up close about how fervent astronomy enthusiasts are when strategizing to assure a spot from which to see a solar eclipse.

Amy Salinetti's kindergarten class did an inpection tour of their school grounds. They noticed that the American flag was a bit tattered.

The Educational Series honors Du Bois, recognized as the “premier architect of the civil rights movement in America,” who was born and raised in Great Barrington and graduated from Great Barrington High School in 1884.

As spring stars and constellations rise in the east and travel the heavens all night, winter’s dazzling stars and constellations are poised to set in the west before midnight.

The Berkshire Edge is partnering with OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College, to bring the Edge beyond your screen and out into the classroom.

“Denny Alsop is a man of conviction and an activist.” -- Muddy Brook Principal Mary Berle, to third grade students, as Alsop met with the class to explain his Canoe for Clean Water expedition up the Housatonic River and beyond

Thanks to Henrietta Leavitt we now know that our Milky Way is just one of billions of galaxies in the universe and how far from us they all are. 

Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomer who discovered Pluto in 1930, will be remembered in a NEAF presentation by his children, Alden and Annette Tombaugh.

On the eve of the MCAS testing season there is growing concern among Berkshire educators and parents that the culture of standardized testing is crippling public education by stifling effective and engaging teaching practices. One avenue of protest is for parents to have their children opt out of taking the test.

The senior class at the Berkshire Waldorf High School is in the midst of an illustration class. They spent time drawing in Stockbridge Coffee & Tea, a place they visit daily.

Globe at Night is an international citizen-science campaign to raise public awareness of the impact of light pollution.

Lore has it that the name sundog derives from the sense that the swatch of color is tethered to the sun, like a dog on its master’s leash.

There’s an old saying that’s thrown around a lot if you’re around enough to hear it: Iowa picks corn — New Hampshire picks presidents.

I gazed at the two distinct bands of shimmering colors, one set above the other, with pleasure; they were like the mother of pearl inside an abalone shell.

This reasonably rare alignment of five planets is “essentially a quirk” of the universe, and is well worth seeing.