Dennis Schatz, Senior Advisor and former Senior Vice President of Pacific Science Center in Seattle, has won the 2014 Klumpke-Roberts Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, given for a lifetime of contributions to the public understanding of astronomy. Previous
winners of this prestigious award include Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov, Dava Sobel, and Timothy Ferris.

Schatz’s more than 20 books on science for children (including The Astronomy Activity Book) have been translated into 23 languages and have sold more than 2 million copies. Schatz is perhaps best known for his widely-used hands-on astronomy activities, which put students in the role of scientists — asking questions, doing experiments, and drawing conclusions. These activities include “Reasons for the Seasons,” “Pocket Sun Clock,” “Modeling and Explaining Lunar Phases,” “Invent an Alien,” and “Recipe for your own Comet.” Many of his
activities have been published in two popular astronomy curriculum packages, AstroAdventures and The Universe at Your Fingertips.

For more about the Klumpke-Roberts Award (including previous winners), see:

http://www.astrosociety.org/about-us/klumpke-roberts-award-of-the
-astronomical-society-of-the-pacific/