Clear Skies Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/clear-skies/ Astronomy for a better world! Mon, 11 Oct 2021 10:42:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Clear Skies Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/clear-skies/ 32 32 Hands-on Astronomy Workshop for School Teachers https://astro4dev.org/astronomy-workshop-for-school-teachers/ Tue, 06 Oct 2020 08:33:57 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=21866 Astronomy Workshop for School Teachers, 30-31 October 2020 Using astronomy as a tool is most effective since astronomy incorporates various disciplines in science like mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. The workshop was valuable for teachers keen to find new and innovative ways of making science more engaging. The course was conducted via Zoom and attended [...]

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]]> Final report https://astro4dev.org/final-report-41/ Mon, 03 Aug 2020 13:34:53 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=21356 Clear Skies was conceived as an excersise to inculcate rational thinking in students, using Astronomy as an effective tool. For more than a year, the project team worked with the same set of underprivileged students from Shaikhpet, Hyderabad in India. Various sessions were held with around 200 students, aged 12-15, ranging from eclipse observations, lectures [...]

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]]> update: website, events, resources https://astro4dev.org/update-website-events-resources/ Mon, 15 Jul 2019 09:15:10 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18678 List of resources and upcoming events are on the Project website Activities: August 2019, “The Elegant Universe and its Creation”, Hyderabad Science Society, Science and the City Meeting, Hyderabad (Talk & Q&A) August 2019, “The Indian Space Program”, Navodaya Leadership Institute (NLI), Rangareddy, Hyderabad (Talk & Q&A) July 2019, “Indian Space Program” , MG Govt [...]

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]]> Video: Popularizing astronomy in India https://astro4dev.org/video-popularizing-astronomy-in-india/ Mon, 15 Jul 2019 09:09:48 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18676 Prof Salman Hameed chats with Professors Priya Hasan and Najam Hasan about popular and professional astronomy in India and their project Clear Skies in India. Video on youtube  

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]]> Overview https://astro4dev.org/overview-20/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 10:02:07 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18047 In spite of our advanced space program, India still suffers from the evils of blind faith and superstition. It is time for the scientific community to rise up and act against this growing trend. To encourage rational thinking in people, it is important to inculcate scientific temper in students at an early stage. Using astronomy [...]

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