Learn About Light Pollution
How Cool is That?! –Environmental Education for pre-K – age 99
Get out and enjoy the night sky! How many stars can you see from your home? That depends on where you live. Lights on at night can prevent you from seeing the beautiful night sky, harms wildlife, affects human circadian rhythms and wastes billions of dollars in energy consumption and carbon emissions.
Visit Globe at Night to learn about light pollution and what you can do about it. You can learn the constellations and take easy light pollution measurements with your cell phone to help scientists understand what light pollution looks like near you.
To find education materials on dark skies and energy for ages K-12, visit Dark Skies Rangers and National Optical Astronomy Observatory. Globe at Night provides Next Generation Science Standard correlations on its Educational Standards tab.
- Introduction to Light Pollution – What’s the Problem?
- Video: The importance of shielding outdoor lighting.
- Effects of Artificial Light at Night on Wildlife.
- Light pollution map.
What does the night sky and light pollution look like where you live? Go find out!