GeminiFocus 2015 Year in Review | Page 76

For his presentation at Hilo High School, Gemini Director Markus KisslerPatig discusses how, when looking for life in outer space, we might first look at Earth’s own extreme life forms. Gemini North’s Public Information and Outreach Manager Peter Michaud enlightens 6th graders at Hilo Union Elementary School as they design and build simple spectroscopes to explore light. Gemini science operations specialist Michael Hoenig uses an infrared camera at a 5th grade class at Hilo’s De Silva Elementary School to demonstrate how astronomers observe the universe in different types of light. 74 GeminiFocus 2015 Year in Review January 2016