Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2005
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In IAU Commission 55: Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2005 conference proceedings, Munich, 2005, I. Robson & L. L. Chris
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Scientific paper
We report on a major pan-European educational activity: the Venus Transit 2004 Public Science Discovery Programme. The key objectives were to use the 2004 Transit as a vehicle for disseminating knowledge about the Solar System, for raising awareness of exoplanet research, to enable the public to re-enact the historical measurement of the Sun-Earth distance, to raise public appreciation of the scientific method and to collectively obtain a basic scientific result based on geographically distributed observations. This very successful pilot project encompassed the development of an extensive set of teaching materials for schools, an effective web-based information and reporting system, observational activities as well as a video contest and a thorough post-event evaluation during a final meeting.
Boffin Henri
West Richard
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