. >> cynthia lew is a mother of an elementary school student she worked on it for a month volunteering their time. one works for google. the maps are powered by the internet search giant. per school district it's one more tool to help them deliver the facts. >> california has a very complex school funding system. so any help we can help in that regard is certainly appreciated and any way we can make it clearer to parents we want to do that. >> they also have ways for parents to contact their local lawmakers. >>> some of the world's finest radio telescopes have fallen prey to budget cuts, that means the end of popular research for extra terrify es tree yals. >> as a place for radio as tron any, it is perfect. the 42 telescopes do nothing now. >> we have lost the research. >> it feels criminal. >> if you sense the frustration of the doctors bear in mind they are holding back as the result of state and federal budget cuts the hatch creek observatory is now in mothballs and deep space research abandoned perhaps indefinitely. >> we're talking science. that has always been my interest in it.