From LK @TCA Newsletter
Come over at a discount to the Galactic Times as an educator!
Hi! Larry Krumenaker here. It has been a long time since I put out a Classroom Astronomer newsletter post. And this isn’t exactly one today.
A week ago I got a surprise email. I was offered a 20% discount to upgrade my The Galactic Times subscription, my other newsletter which I resurrected after being on medical leave for longer than expected (eight months). Except, I hadn’t actually sent it. Substack did, but only to selected TGT subscribers.
It took me a while to find out how and why Substack did that {*I* certainly don’t need a discount!}, but then I decided it was time for everybody there to get a shot at it. And because doing the two newsletters at the same time while writing books (finished two in the past 5 months) and STILL medically recovering, I have decided to merge aspects of The Classroom Astronomer newsletter into TGT. And you can join at a discount.
So….I am inviting my The Classroom Astronomer former subscribers to join The Galactic Times. Many of you already are subscribers of it. I have already started publishing astronomy education pieces in TGT, under a column called Towards Cosmic Awareness (TCA, get it?). But the larger columns and school/college articles on Teachniques, etc., of the old TCA will appear in the Paid and Education Professional levels, which both are about half the price of a paid subscription to the old TCA newsletter. In particular, these related items will be enhanced this summer by my attendance at three conferences that are fully, or include, astronomy education—AAS, NAM, CAP.
So…..I invite you to come out of the TCA desert and into The Galactic Times Galaxy! And at a discount!
There will be three-tiers of subscriptions—free, Paid, Professional Educator. The annual costs are—$0, $30, $35. Free subscribers get what goes out now, Sky Planning Calendar, Astronomy in Everyday Life, some This Just In news briefs, and other articles you have gotten already, including public outreach-related articles in the new Towards Cosmic Awareness column. Paid subscribers will start getting extra This Just In news briefs and the longer InDepth articles, longer than the occasional Deeper Looks. You also get access to the newsletters more than two issues ago! Professional Educators get everything above including extra posts of astronomy education conferences coming up (AAS, British NAM, and Communicating Astronomy to the Public), Teachniques for School astronomy education professionals, and the RAP Sheet of stories from the scholarly press.
You can get 20% off the annual fee from now until May 31st, 2024, by selecting the Summer Savings button below.
Thank you all for being future readers of The Galactic Times ! Next free issue goes out on the 16th!
LK