Target location: Perú Target audience: Firstly: School children and young people. Secondly: First year undergraduate students. Thirdly: Any interested people. “Ask an Astronomer” is a science education and outreach project carried out weekly on social media where two Peruvian young astronomers discuss open questions and important topics in astronomy and space sciences. The program will […]
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Target location: Nigeria Target audience: This project is targeted at Elementary and High School Kids (6-15 years) in Nigeria who have been home for months due to the Covid-19 lockdown. This project aims to engage elementary and high school children through an Astro-Art competition. The competition will encourage school children to paint their space imaginations […]
Target location: Italy Target audience: Anyone who speaks Italian and needs to laugh, dream, relax and hope. The combination of all elements (literature, theatre, art, music and astronomy) present in this project has the potential to make the content suitable for a wide audience including kids and young adults. Moreover, the recordings will be publicly […]
Target location: India and all over the world Target audience: Undergraduate, Post Graduate Students, College/University Teachers with a Physics/Maths/Astronomy background. In principle, astronomy enthusiasts with a science background. The project will train students to use the high-quality astronomy data from various facilities. Participants will be shown step-by-step techniques of accessing and analysing astronomy data from […]
Target location: Canada Target audience: Low income families, patrons dependent on the local Food banks. Often people who depend on Food banks do not have access to the online programming that schools are moving towards since COVID has shut down any in-person learning. With minimal access to technology it poses a disadvantage to youth that […]