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ABSTRACTS
Global Hands-On Universe Conference 2011
POSTER:
Glenn Reagan:
Monday July 25
Carl Pennypacker University of California Berkeley USA
Progress in Global HOU
Opening and welcoming talk, describing progress in various HOU nations, areas where things are working well, and also note and hope for progress in areas where more work is needed. Global HOU, like the many HOU's in individual nations, must also seek some core support for its on-going operations, which includes conferences, staff training web pages, curriculum software, and telescope networks. A lot of substantial achievements for the common good have been made on many of these, but we must continually strive to find and discover more ways to fund us and continute advancing our progress.
Download: pennypacker_ghou_welcome_overview.ppt
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Rich Lohman Over-The-Hill Observatory, Woodacre, California USA
Some Applications of "Stellarium" software (Workshop)
The software, Stellarium, is excellent for displaying the day or night sky and the astronomical objects that can be found on a given date, place and time. It is also quite useful for planning an observing session using a telescope. However, it has many other applications within the general domain of astronomical education. This session will be devoted to the following activities using Stellarium: 1) Determining the distance to the Moon by measuring its parallax from two different locations on the Earth; 2) An explanation for the seasons by measuring the hourly positions of the Sun on the Winter and Summer Solstices; 3) Determining the orbital periods of the 4 Galilean moons of Jupiter.
Download: Some Applications of Stellarium (.doc, 53kb)
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Rosa Doran rosa.doran nuclio.pt NUCLIO / GHOU Largo dos Topázios
Sun4all (Workshop)
Sun4all is a resource produced by the Observatório Astronomico de Coimbra (OAC). The observatory has been observing the Sun since 1920 and has an amazing collection of images in different wavelength. This resource was produced taking into account the usability of such digital database for teaching purposes. During this workshop I will explain how educators from all levels and different disciplines can make use of solar images for teaching.
Links: ESA vodcast --||-- Sun4all
Download: Sun4all materials --||-- sun_4_all_Rosa.pdf --||-- Anexo4_SalsaJ2.0.pdf
sun_304activesm.mpeg --||-- sun_20110607_193304_combo_small.mov
sun4all_images.zip
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Rosa Doran NUCLIO/GHOU Largo dos Topázios
Home Made Spectroscope (Workshop)
During this workshop I will exhibit how to assemble a home made spectroscope using simple daily life tools. The result is a very effective tool that can be used specially to address spectra and their importance to our understanding of science.
Download: home_made_spectroscope.pdf
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Frank Pino San Tan Valley, Arizona USA
Ironwood North Observatory (Workshop)
Ironwood North Observatory has proven to be a powerful tool for some educators. I will describe the telescopes, their capabilities, how to use them, and the science and education undertaken.
Link: http://simulator.my-sky.com name: fpino password: helo
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Kevin McCarron kmccarron oprfhs.org Yerkes Observatory Oak Park, Illinois USA Make a spectra (Workshop)
We will make a board showing how different colored light is dispersed differently when viewed through a diffraction grating. We will use light emitting diodes (LEDs) to make a small foam board spectra. When viewed through a diffraction grating, The light will disperse more depending on the wavelength.
Download: mccarron_led_spectraGHOU2011.doc
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Chander Devgun chander.devgun gmail.com President, Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators; National Coordinator, India, World Space Week
Astronomy teaching in India
Presentation discuss about the teaching of astronomy among students and teachers in India as an hands on activity to enhance their understanding of science and use astronomy as tool of learning and SPACE's efforts in bringing the astronomy to masses during astronomical events such as eclipses, transits, satellite passes. Working with teachers in projects to enhance and hone their skills to teach hands on science.
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Marc Berthoud mgb11 cornell.edu Yerkes Observatory
Building Tools for the STEM Lab Education using the Arduino Platform
At Yerkes we have been developing lab tools based on the Arduino platform. The Arduino is a cheap, open source microcontroller with a simple C-based programing language and various analog and digital I/O options. Using that platform, we are developing simple applications for hands-on learning in the science classroom. We will demonstrate a prototype light sensor and discuss it's applications for teaching. This project has the potential to replace more expensive and proprietary systems common in STEM classrooms today.
Download: MarcBerthoudHOU2011Arduino.ppt
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Tuesday July 26
Rosa Doran NUCLIO/GHOU Largo dos Topázios
Salsa J (Workshop)
Salsa J is a powerful image processing software for schools, developed by EUHOU, based on ImageJ. This user friendly software allows educators to build curriculum content while using real research methodology.
Download: salsaj_english.pdf --||-- salsaJ_images.zip
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Suzanne and Michel Faye
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Richard Gelderman, Western Kentucky University. richard.gelderman wku.edu
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Rosa Doran rosa.doran nuclio.pt NUCLIO / GHOU Largo dos Topázios
Planetaria Software (Workshop)
During this workshop I will introduce the participants on the use of planetaria software such as: Stellarium, Celestia, Google Applications, etc.. These are important tools for planning observing sessions, to teach about the Solar System and space exploration etc.It is a powerful tool to address curricula content of different levels and to address topics of several disciplines.
Kyle Fricke kyle ssl.berkeley.edu, Bryan Mendez bmendez ssl.berkeley.edu Space Science Lab, UC Berkeley
Using WISE data in your classroom
NASA's WISE mission surveyed the entire sky in 4 infrared wavelengths in 2010. These observations allow for a wide variety of science investigations, ranging from properties of asteroids to searches for brown dwarfs and ultraluminous infrared galaxies. An image atlas and source catalog for WISE is now available online for the public. We will present and seek feedback on draft activities for the classroom that can be done with WISE data.
Download:
WISE_Science_Image_Access-v2.pdf --||-- CreatingColorImagesFromWISEdata.pdf
Link for large FITS files: http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/temp/ZetaOph.zip
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Robert T Sparks rsparks noao.edu NOAO Tucson, Arizona USA
Using Robotic Telescopes in Astronomy with Skynet
Learn how to involve your students in using technology to control a telescope remotely and perform scientific research by becoming part of the Global Telescope Network (GTN) and support the Fermi Gamma Ray Telescope launched in June of 2008. Your students will learn how to become part of the GTN, how CCD cameras take astronomical images and about active galactic nuclei, some of the most energetic objects in the universe! Participants in the workshop will be able to access telescopes to take images.
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Link: http://skynet.unc.edu
Vivian Hoette Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Skynet (Workshop)
The HOU 30 inch at ARO (Illinois) and the Yerkes 41 inch (Wisconsin) telescopes are now on Skynet. Soon Stone Edge 20 inch in Sonoma, CA will be on Skynet. See how Skynet works. Brainstorm how we integrate this opportunity into a GHOU resource.
Download: Make an Asteroid Movie --||-- Stone_Edge_Observatory.pdf
Stone_Edge_Observatory.pdf
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Peggy Piper Lincolnway North, Orland Park, Illinois USA
Asteroid Rotation Curves (Workshop)
1. Light Curves Studies for Students in collaboration with Bob Holmes and Tyler Linder, Astronomical Research Observatory.
2. SOFIA Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors
Downloads: Piper_SOFIA_GHOU2011.pdf -|- Color Images with Salsa J 2.2 (txt)
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Hongfeng Guo. China Hands-On Universe, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, http://www.chinahou.org. ghf123 yahoo.cn
The Recent HOU Teaching and Activities in Chinese Schools.
The HOU education has started in China since 2005. HOU Idea is widely accepted，HOU resources are widely needed. In order to meet the needs of education，recent years, We have developed outlines which are very useful to HOU teaching in China. Here I will share my sample outlines of China HOU curriculum for educations in primary schools, high schools, and colleges.
Download: recentHOUteachingInChina.ppt
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Wednesday June 27
Connie Walker. cwalker noao.edu NOAO
The Dark Skies Rangers Program (to save energy while saving the night sky) (Workshop)
Energy conservation is a critical problem that needs to be addressed further in schools. Three learning experiences from the Dark Skies Rangers program introduce middle and high school students to basic energy-responsive measures that can minimize light pollution. We utilize the “Light Shielding Demonstration” to provide vocabulary, concepts, and visual illustrations of the causes of light pollution. While this learning experience reveals how changing the shielding components of a streetlight can save energy, the primary goal of the second learning experience, the “Spectra of Lights”, is to show how the energy efficiency of a specific type of lamp is related to the lamp’s spectrum and physical properties. The third learning experience, “School Outdoor Lighting Audit”, explains the need for energy efficient bulbs and has students perform an audit and produce a revised master plan by retrofitting with compliant lighting. These learning experiences provide a fun, highly adaptable, integrated learning unit.
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Connie Walker. NOAO
The GLOBE at Night Citizen-Science Campaign (to save the night sky globally through monitoring locally) (Workshop)
The GLOBE at Night program (www.globeatnight.org) is an international citizen-science campaign to raise public awareness of the impact of light pollution by inviting citizen-scientists to measure their night sky brightness and submit their observations to a website from a computer or smart phone. Light pollution threatens not only our “right to starlight”, but can affect energy consumption, wildlife and health. The GLOBE at Night campaign has run for two weeks each winter/spring for the last six years. People in 115 countries contributed 66,000 measurements, making GLOBE at Night one of the most successful light pollution awareness campaigns. The presentation includes how to involve your students, especially with the new web application data submission process. The website is easy to use, comprehensive and holds an abundance of background materials. The database is usable for comparisons with a variety of other databases, like how light pollution affects the foraging habits of bats.
[Recording of this presentation combined with previous one.]
Robert T Sparks NOAO Tucson, Arizona USA
The Galileoscope (Workshop)
The Galileoscope is a small, low cost telescope developed for the International Year of Astronomy 2009. Participants will learn about the telescope, its optics, it uses in education and how to recreate Galileo's historic observations.
Cheap good tripod: "2001UT tripod"
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Nancy Ali Space Sciences Lab, University of California, Berkeley USA
NASA: Exploring the Infrared Universe through the World Wide Telescope (Workshop)
Get up close and personal with the cosmos in this session which uses the free, downloadable World Wide Telescope software to create tours of the Universe with NASA images. The World Wide Telescope is a program that enables both Macs and PCs to function as virtual telescopes. NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has created an education tour on the World Wide Telescope that educators can use to teach about the electromagnetic spectrum and infrared astronomy. The first part of the session will showcase an existing World Wide Telescope tour to demonstrate the capabilities of the software. The second part of the session will focus on the "how-to" of developing tours using digital images. Instruction sheets for downloading and using World Wide Telescope will be provided, along with information on how to access NASA images for use in creating tours.
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Bonnie Thurber Northwestern University Illinois USA
The Moon Over Us
The Moon Over Us was planned by Hongfeng
Guo and Bonnie Thurber as a collaboration between 10 year old students in Beijing, China, and Chicago, USA. In this workshop/presentation we will talk about, discuss and show how the project was designed to encourage discussion between students from two different cultures.
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Thomas Morin Plymouth State University, Gilmanton Iron Works, New Hampshire USA
The Great Constellation Project
The object of this project is for the student to demonstrate his/her understanding of a particular constellation as it relates to astronomy and humanities. Regarding aspects of astronomy, the student successfully locates and identifies their constellation naming the brightest stars by their ""proper name"" as well as their English translation, apparent magnitude, spectral class and distance in light years. The student also is to correctly identify celestial objects located with in the constellation's territory.
Relating to the humanities, The student must summary either the Greek or Roman mythology of their constellation as well as give a summary of at least one legend or mythology from another culture. They are to find examples of art, literature, and music as it is associated with either the constellation of objects found in the constellation. [from earlier abstract:] Students select a particular constellation to study and present. They are responsible for the constellation's location, when best seen at night, show an understanding of stellar classification, translation into English ""named stars"", summarize either Greek or Roman Mythology along with at least one mythology from another culture. They also have to identify and show major objects such as galaxies, nebulae, clusters, exo-planets, etc.
Downloads: tmorin-constellation_objectives_2011.doc
tmorin-Presentation_Rubric_constellation1.doc
tmorin-SourcesUsedInThePresentation.docx
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Rosa Doran. NUCLIO / GHOU Largo dos Topázios
GTTP - Challenges Ahead
GTTP has come a long way and new challenges are ahead of us. To ensure we will meet all expectations of the global community we must seek for common solutions regarding accreditation and funding. We must also seek the strengthening and continuation of our very successful and continuously growing community of educators. Cooperative efforts, global campaigns, a solid sponsorship scheme must be goals for the future. During this talk a brief outline of recent success stories will be presented, new campaigns and partnerships announced and a request for your input on the roadmap for GTTP’s future will be presented.
Download: gttp-ghou2011.pdf
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Vivian Hoette vhoette yerkes.uchicago.edu Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Skynet
The HOU 30 inch at ARO (Illinois) and the Yerkes 41 inch (Wisconsin) telescopes are now on Skynet. Soon Stone Edge 20 inch in Sonoma, CA will be on Skynet. See how Skynet works. Brainstorm how we integrate this opportunity into a GHOU resource.
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Discussion on Collecting and Sharing Resources and Tools
Patrick Miller pmiller hsutx.edu
Student Asteroid Discovery: International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) and the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS)
The International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) has worked with the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) to organize two asteroid search campaigns. High school and college students participating in these campaigns made >500 preliminary Main Belt asteroid (MBA) discoveries, 24 provisional discoveries, and one near-Earth object (NEO). Schools from Brazil, Bulgaria, Germany, Poland, Taiwan, Turkey, and United States participated.
The Pan-STARRS camera is attached to the 1.8-m PS1 telescope located on Haleakala, Maui. It produces 1.4 billion pixel images that are partitioned into 64 sub-images for distribution to schools. During one night PS1 produces 2 terabytes of data, equivalent to 500 DVD movies.
One PS1 image is equivalent to a full 45-day campaign using images from the Astronomical Research Institute (ARI, Westfield, IL). IASC and the ARI have conducted search campaigns since October 2006. These campaigns have produced >250 provisional MBA discoveries, 1 NEO discovery classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid, and 11 numbered asteroids. Each year 300 schools from more than 40 countries participate.
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Thursday June 28
Ido Bareket Bareket Observatory, Israel
Presenting Astronomy to the public
Astro-Edu network: its a new state of the art astronomical-educational database for teachers students and the general public. One of the goals is to bond the middle east population, while using astronomy astronomy as the catalyze. In the session we'll discuss about the astronomical-educational innovative tools and programs which are being used within the educational system on the region. We will also present how Bareket's robotic remote telescope it being used in order to enable the public direct and live access to astronomical data gathering while using the Astro-Edu network to obtain the relevant knowledge and tools to in-raise it.
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Roger Ferlet. Institut d'astrophysique de Paris, France
Hands-On Universe - Europe (EU-HOU)
The EU-HOU project is now a collaboration of hundreds of teachers and scientists from 15 countries in Europe with the purpose of creating a way for students to get excited by science. The chance to use real astronomical data to investigate volcanoes and craters on Mars or the moons of Jupiter, to detect a new planet outside our solar system, to weigh a galaxy and discover the existence of dark matter, or to identify the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, can engage our students in the wonders of scientific discovery, and arouse the natural scientist contained in all young and old people alike. The on-going EU-HOU funded project aims at implementing the first network of radio antennas dedicated to education.
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Susan Murabana. Status of Africa HOU and Astronomy in Africa
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Toshiro Handa, Tokyo University Japan.
Global view of the annular solar eclipse in May 2012
and simultaneous observation of Venus transit in June 2012
to estimate the distance between Earth and Sun.
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Michel Faye lycée LOUIS LE GRAND, FONTENAY-AUX-ROSES FRANCE
Suzanne Faye lycée CHAPTAL FONTENAY-AUX-ROSES FRANCE, mfaye2 wanadoo.fr
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Donna Charlevoix GLOBE
Download: Charlevoix201107GHOU.pdf
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Chuck Ruehle chuck.ruehle yahoo.com Racine, Wisconsin 53406
Telescopes to Tanzania
I"ll share my experience from 2010 of using Galileoscopes to teach astronomy in remote communities on Mt. Meru in Northern Tanzania. And, I'll share plans for returning in October along with the challenges of preparing materials and methods for teaching off the grid that don't require power or advanced technology. At 9,000 feet there are no "Big Box" stores available for last minute purchases.
Download: TelescopesToTanzniaArticle-Ruehle.pdf;
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Post-trip photos from Tanzania: TTT report - Collage.pdf;
Post-trip report: TTTreport-Narrative.doc
Ana Inés Gómez de Castro - houesp mat.ucm.es
Stellar Streams and Planets. New Developments by HOU-Spain
Since the last HOU meeting in 2010, HOU Spain has been involved in the development of an educational tool to measure and detect stellar streams with a robotic telescope of La Hita Observatory (Spain). In this contribution the current status of this development as well as a new extrasolar planets visualization tool for education will be presented.
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Tim Spuck tspuck hotmail.com and Kate Meredith kate8meredith gmail.com
Global Connections in Astronomy
The Hands-On Universe (HOU) Project has been around for 20 years, has faced many challenges along the way, and has experienced its share of successes and failures. This workshop will explore the possibility of using successful aspects of the HOU infrastructure as a backbone to create a network of globally connected communities engaging Middle School through life-long learners in astronomy research. We will explore what HOU has done well, what are effective models for place-based communities, and best practices for connecting a global research community. In addition we will look at emerging social media and how those tools can be used to support communication within the networks. What we expect to come from this experience is the framework for a new program that supports the development and implementation of globally connected astronomy research communities, and facilitate spontaneous growth of new and emerging communities. Following the HOU Global Meeting a team will be assembled to develop a full proposal and work to secure necessary resources to push the project forward.
Download: Tim_Kate_GHOU_comments.ppt
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Sudeep Neupane sudeepneupane gmail.com Nepal Astronomical Society (NASO), Kathmandu, Nepal
Astronomy Activities for school and undergrad students in Nepal
Nepal has been struggling for the development of our society through science and technology. Nepal Astronomical Society has been organizing various activities like star parties, seminars, workshops, teachers trainings, conferences etc for the development of our society. Astronomy and space science activities carried out by Nepal Astronomical Society (NASO) will be explained.
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Mike Hibbs Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas USA
Super Novae Discovery Program
Tarleton State University in cooperation with the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) begins this summer a Super Novae search campaign. Following the example of the extremely successful IASC International Asteroid Discovery Program, Tarleton and IASC will provide high schools and colleges throughout the world the opportunity to identify and discover super novae. Using Tarleton's 32-inch research grade telescope, located in Stephenville Texas, a reference image library of Abell galaxy clusters will be developed. The reference baseline will be constructed using a criteria similar to one outlined by Bob Holmes of the Astronomical Research Institute (ARI), where Abell clusters within the distance range or "Z" value, that a typical Type 1a super nova will appear at an apparent magnitude of 21 or brighter are selected. After or during the development of this reference library, the clusters will be reimaged on a regular schedule. These images will be distributed to schools globally where comparisons to the reference baseline image library may be made in order to identify any super novae or transient events.
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Gustavo Rojas gurojas gmail.com Universidade Federal de São Carlos Brazil
Two Years of Brazilian participation in the International Astronomical Search Collaboration The International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) is an educational outreach program for high schools and colleges, aiming to involve students from all over the world in original astronomical discoveries. Brazil has joined IASC in 2009, and since then there were 5 schools in 4 cities participating in 4 campaigns, with over 30 students involved. A number of discoveries have been made, including 5 Main Belt asteroids and one Apollo-class Near Earth Object. Additionally, dozens of known asteroids had its positions measured by the students. In 2011 a Brazilian team joined the Pan-STARRS campaign, which uses the 1.8m PS1 telescope in Hawaii. This proved to be the most successful campaign so far. A record number of 5 schools in 4 different cities will participate in the forthcoming August 2011 campaign. The goal for the future is to group at least a dozen schools for the First All-Brazil Asteroid Search Campaign. In this talk a summary of these participations will be presented, and the impact of the work on the students and teachers will be discussed.
Download: rojas-ghou2011.pdf
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Hongfeng Guo. China Hands-On Universe, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ghf123 yahoo.cn, http://www.chinahou.org
China-HOU 2011
The recent activities of China HOU including The International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC), GLOBE at Night, Sun Shadow Measurement, Guide Students’ papers , organize Summer camp and so on are introduced in this presentation. The main. All information can be obtained on our website www.chinahou.org.
Download: ChinaHOUactivities2010-2011.ppt
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Friday July 29
Frank Pino Ironwood North Observatory, San Tan Valley Arizona USA
Progress at Ironwood Observatory
Over the past few years, students and teachers from around the world have regularly use Ironwood Observatory remotely for a number of interesting studies. I will describe the present status of the observatory, numbers of observations made, and the kind of science and education undertaken.
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Thilina Heenatigala. thilina astronomerswithoutborders.org
Remote Observing with Astronomers Without Borders
[Present via Internet] Remote Observing has gain popularity in recent times due to the availability of expensive equipments for cheaper or no cost and accessibility from any part of the world. Taking the concept of Remote Observing further, Astronomers Without borders (AWB) has been organizing programs at global level since IYA2009. Over the years thousands of people from more than hundred countries have participated in AWB Remote Observing programs. Adding more educational value to these efforts, AWB use professional or experienced amateur astronomers to communicate live with the public throughout the program. These programs also act as a unique way of bringing people from different cultures and backgrounds together to explore the universe as one.
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Avivah Yamani. avivahy gmail.com
Social Network & Astronomy Outreach in Indonesia
[Present via Internet] Right now facebook and twitter become very popular among people in Indonesia. In fact we are part of the fourth largest facebook users in the world. People love to talk and shares about everything as well as astronomy through this social network. Several new group of astronomy has been born and from our point of view most of the member are students. As astronomy communicator and education media, we try to reach these students by implement social media and social network to communicate astronomy and to build community. How we interact with public through social network also bring impact to langitselatan blog which is the main media to give information from the most current discoveries to countering hoaxes and misconceptions circulating among public. As for astronomy outreach, social network does bring new astronomy enthusiast and new chance to do astronomy outreach and education in diverse community gathering and schools projects.
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Rich Lohman
Universe Quest is an after-school astronomy program for girls, ages 13-15. It has been piloted in Oakland and San Jose, California, for the past 3 years. Aspects of the program have also been used in Portugal. The curriculum has slowly evolved into the following 5 major modules: 1Night Sky, 2Stars, 3Planetary Systems, 4Galaxies and 5Thinking World Game Applications. This presentation will give summaries of the first 4 modules (excluding Thinking World Game Apps.) It will also show examples of a number of the activities within the modules.
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Rosa Doran. Universe Quest scalability test in Portugal
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Eleni Tzani. School of Nestani Nestani-Arkadias-Greece
Our school and association of volunteers who support school was founded in 1980 in the frames of communication of family and support of child in the education and his school life. Aim his is the growth of narrow collaboration between family, schools and teachers for the education of students, the culture and growth of educational conscience in the family and the society. The growth of social solidarity between the parents of students and the aid and support of poor students. The support and support of work of schoolteachers. The concern for the completed and even manning of school in instructive personnel and means. The attribution of praises and rewards in the most excellent and distinguished students of school. In the years of operation to him the Association has developed intense activity for the concretisation of his aim. It has organised speeches, festive events, excursions and emphasise to students who likes sciences.Many times organized exhibitions about astronomy,global etc. It makes regular concentrations of members where are discussed subjects of communication of family and problems of students. It morally supports and materially the work of education in the school and is always present in all the events of school.
It grants rewards and praises in the arjstey'santes and distinguished students for the morals, the records training or athletic.
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Alan Gould Lawrence Hall of Science - University of California, Berkeley USA
NASA Kepler Mission and GHOU
Finding exoplanets is of great interest to an increasing number of GHOU teachers and students. A few exercises have been documented for the transit method of exoplanet discovery, e.g. "Discover an exoplanet" (in EUHOU) and ""Exoplanet Transits"" in chapter 8 of A Changing Cosmos. This paper will have the latest information from the NASA Kepler mission in terms of discoveries and the education and public outreach efforts. In connection with the Kepler Starwheel, which is a variant to Uncle Al's Starwheels, there is invitation to make new starwheels in different languages and with constellations from difference cultures. There will also be open discussion of possibilities for exoplanet detection as GHOU research project.
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Alan Gould The Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley USA
Lifelines for High School Climate Change Education
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