Dark Skies Awareness is an ongoing campaign to preserve and protect our dark skies in parks and other places used for astronomical observation. The impact of the loss of dark skies not only affects research, but also humans, animals, and energy. For more information about this project:
Dark Skies Awareness site
Dark Skies Rangers Program with activities
U.S. IYA Dark Skies site
International Dark Skies site
Earth Observatory Cities at Night
EARTH HOUR
McDonald Observatory Dark Skies Program

PARTICIPATE IN A CITIZEN SCIENCE DARK SKIES RESEARCH PROJECT:

• Great World Wide Star Count OCTOBER 2010 (date TBA)
  
• Globe @ Night MARCH 3-16, 2010

• Globe @ Night activity
  
• NASA Star Count Ongoing

• Let There Be Night site for Teachers
  
• A Silent Cry for Dark Skies Universe in the Classroom Newsletter, Winter 2008
  
• Activity from Let There Be Night: The Night You Hatched Kids simulate turtles hatching on a beach
  
• Activity on Light Pollution from Paper Plate Education contributed by Sarah, age 8
  
• Kepler Star Wheels

• A Silent Cry for Dark Skies The Universe in Your Classroom
• Light Pollution The Universe in Your Classroom