Using Sounds and Sonifications for Astronomy Outreach

Details Using Sounds and Sonifications for Astronomy Outreach Using Sounds and Sonifications for Astronomy Outreach

Aug 2006

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Innovation in Teaching/Learning Astronomy Methods, 26th meeting of the IAU, Special Session 2, 17-18 August, 2006 in Prague, Cze

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It is well known that good astronomy pictures play a great role in astronomy outreach, triggering curiosity and interest, as in the case of HST pictures. But this same aim can also be obtained by means of sounds. Here I present the use of astronomy-related sounds and data sonifications to be used for astronomy outreach. Examples of these sounds are the case of the Cassini probe passing through Saturn's rings, radio signals from pulsars, black holes, aurorae, or signals from space missions, among many others. These are sounds that people, usually, will never hear, and are a good tool for provoking an interest when teaching astronomy. In our case, sounds are successfully used in a weekend science-spreading program of the Spanish National Broadcast RNE, called "The sounds of science." But teachers can also make use of them in the classroom easily, as sounds only require a simple cassette player

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