Starry Nights in Cape Verde - Astronomy reaches out West African Islands Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/starry-nights-in-cape-verde-astronomy-reaches-out-west-african-islands/ Astronomy for a better world! Mon, 22 Oct 2018 06:30:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Starry Nights in Cape Verde - Astronomy reaches out West African Islands Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/starry-nights-in-cape-verde-astronomy-reaches-out-west-african-islands/ 32 32 update: Activities https://astro4dev.org/update-activities/ Mon, 22 Oct 2018 06:30:19 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17826 We  developed the following activities on the islands of Santo Antao, Sao Vicente, Santiago and Fogo: (1) continuing education courses for teachers along the lines of international program Galileo Teacher Training Program (GTTP); (2) astronomy sessions for students; (3) public activities of observation of the sky and the sun with telescopes; (4) activities with children [...]

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]]> update: astronomy activities https://astro4dev.org/update-astronomy-activities/ Wed, 30 May 2018 06:04:44 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17367 Between May 28 to June 10, 2018, the project will conduct, on different islands of Cape Verde, educational and cultural activities related to astronomy, such as courses for teachers, sessions for students and public observations of the sky and the sun.   Starry Nights in Cape Verde – Astronomy in the West African Islands is a [...]

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]]> Overview of project https://astro4dev.org/overview-of-project-12/ Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:27:35 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17009 SN-CV project will promote Galileo Teacher Training (GTTP) workshops and astronomy education activities at the university and schools of 4 Cape-verdean islands during 15 days, in Oct. 2018. Our target audiences are teachers, STEM undergraduates and school students. We’ll also dedicate 1 day of our program to work with vulnerable children. SN-CV is lead by [...]

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