Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jun 2008
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Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2007: Proceedings from the IAU/National Observatory of Athens/ESA/ESO Conference, Athens
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The Global Hands-On Universe (www.globalhou.net) started a few years ago with the main purpose of renewing the teaching and learning of science. It gathers teachers, educators, scientists and students in more than 20 countries around the world. Its most successful international effort is EU-HOU, the European Hands-On Universe, which was partly funded by the European Commission in a collaboration of eight European nations. More than 1500 teachers worldwide have already been trained in preliminary programmes. We plan to expand our network to at least 100 nations in seven years. Students regularly undertake science studies after being exposed to our multidisciplinary resources, heavily based on real astronomical data and new technologies. For the IYA2009, we want to begin a global programme fostering the interaction of schools around the globe. Our programme is called `Today I am Galileo - Tomorrow I am Darwin' and involves several activities: historical research, reproduction of Galileo's observations and extrasolar planetary studies. Our main objective is to promote a deeper, evidence-based understanding of our place in the cosmos.
Doran Rosa
Ferlet Roger
Pennypacker Carl
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