Teaching Astronomy in Italy and the Lessons I Learned

Andy Kreyche fell in love with the night sky when first saw stars in the deep, dark desert skies of Southern Arizona after moving there at the age of 7. He has been involved with informal astronomy education since the 1990's, after which he started a career working in planetariums. He likes integrating hands-on learning with the planetarium experience to foster a deeper connection with audiences and better understanding of key concepts. Andy is an inaugural board member of the Live Interactive Planetarium Symposium (LIPS), is Vice President of the Santa Cruz Chapter of DarkSky International, and works as a presenter at the Jean and E. Floyd Kvamme Planetarium at West Valley College in Saratoga.